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In this classic tale of true-life adventure, David and Daniel Hays, a father and son, sail 17,000 miles from Connecticut to Cape Horn and back. Together they complete this odyssey and join a select group to successfully sail the Drake Passage in a small vessel. It is also the story of conquering inner struggles as well as great distances.

Welcome to The Old English D-Brief, your premier destination for deep-dive Detroit Tigers coverage and Motor City sports analysis. Hosted by Josh Hendrickson, this is the podcast for fans who care about more than just the box score—we’re talking analytics, roster strategy, and the future of the franchise from the heart of Michigan. ⚾ MONDAY (The Series Wrap): We recap the weekend series, breaking down the highs, the lows, and the momentum shifts that defined the last three days. ⚾ WEDNESDAY (The Mid-Week Check-in): We cover the Monday and Tuesday action, check in on the roster, and ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE The original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape 'The Old Ways...

Two die-hard fans chatting Detroit Tigers baseball.

Two old school Aussie mates talking old school NBA. We're primarily focussed on the NBA from the early 90's through to the early 2000's. However, we are crazy mad fans of the CURRENT NBA also, so don't worry, there'll be plenty of content around the League as it stands today. basketball, podcast, NBA, Australian basketball, 90s basketball, basketball culture, basketball history, player analysis, basketball moments, basketball fans

From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, via comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests, creative football chants and exploding billiard balls, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories. Even if you've never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls, why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of 'bicycle face' or what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed, this book will give you the astonishing answers - and plenty more besides.

The author of Bad Land realizes a lifelong dream as he navigates the waters of the Mississippi River in a spartan sixteen-foot motorboat, producing yet another masterpiece of contemporary American travel writing.  

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Old Man and the Sand Eel, written and read by Will Millard. Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his...

It's Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams! Mike Flynt was swapping stories with some old football buddies when he brought up the biggest regret of his life: getting kicked off the college team before his senior year. So, one of his pals said, "Why not do something about it?" Most 59-year-olds...

Brought to you by Penguin. Hurling is Ireland’s national game – a source of fascination and pride, even to people who have never played it. Ciarán Murphy, a lifelong club footballer, used to be one of those people. Then he spent a summer trying to play hurling with a tiny club in the West...

A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields. To many, the word ‘Viking’ brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage, of...

Ben Law has lived as a woodsman in Prickly Nut Wood for over 20 years. His authentic, incredible sense of the land and the wildlife, and his respect for age old traditions and how to sustain them offers a wonderful, inviting insight into the life and character of Prickly Nut Wood. Having...

Welcome to the Old Fart Livin — We're old and bold, we've been told. If you’ve lived it, you’ll get it. New conversations weekly 🎙️.Four guys, with just enough life experience to know we don’t know everything. Some of it’s funny, some of it’s real — mostly we’re just really funny. OFL isn’t about being old. It’s about having stories.If you’ve lived it, you’ll get it.This isn’t a fan base — it’s a table. Pull up a chair.Follow the conversation everywhere:@OldFartLivinThe hosts will lean on the Ol’Fart Faithful to settle sports, hobbies, and humorous debates....

Kieron Dyer's memoir, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, is the first intimate and unsparing portrait of the failures and excesses of the generation of English footballers made rich beyond their wildest dreams by the post-1990 World Cup boom in the game and the explosion of the Premier League. It...

At 73 years old, Simon Gandolfi sets off from Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico to embark on a five and a half month journey culminating at 'the end of the world', Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego. For Simon this is a journey of discovery. Leaving behind the safety and sanctuary of friends and family, he is truly alone but along the way he meets and talks with rich and poor, old and young, officials and professionals, agricultural and industrial workers.

In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.

Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. Serving as an apprentice, he quickly proved his worth and earned himself a mate's position by his early 20s. Graduating to third, second, and first office, he ended his career in command of, and having part-ownership of, his own vessel. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days records a series of real events from his childhood impressions of rough and ready seamen to his thrilling and brutal experiences of war. 

My name is Craig Warren I.m 71 years old father of nine grandpa to.a bunch. I grew up on a farm learned to work hard. Have spent most of my life in management in several different arenas, from retail to Construction. Have a lot of experience in a wide range of businesses and I have a lot of opinions. So what else do you need for a podcast. I like to talk about a lot of different things, I really like Politics but I am not political. I mean I have never been a member of a political party and never will. I read George Washingtons farewell address to Congress when I was young. Now I know for ...

Two long-time football fans argue their case on whether past is prologue for the present-day fortunes of one of the NFL’s most moribund franchises, the New York Jets. In each episode, a guest judge joins the hosts to make the call: will 2025 be the start of a brighter future at One Jets Drive, or will this season ultimately be another in a long line of failure?