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Prime Time Boxing's Joe Louis vs. Rocky Marciano combines the original radio broadcast by Don Dunphy, the all-time most dynamic and knowledgeable boxing announcer, with additional commentary by boxing legend Bill Cayton and award-winning sports commentator Bob Page.

Prime Time Boxing's Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling combines the original radio broadcast by Clem McCarthy and Edwin C. Hill with additional commentary by boxing legend Bill Cayton and award-winning sports commentator Bob Page. Clem McCarthy had an unforgettable gravelly voice, described as a "whiskey tenor", and Edwin C. Hill was one of the most distinguished radio journalists of the century.

Occasionally smart, always irreverent. Conversations about sports in St. Louis and beyond.

The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come. There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams...

On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major League's first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey's motivations to integrate white baseball.