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An unlikely champion. An unprecedented accomplishment. A powerful story of a man on the verge of becoming a legend - at a time when the nation needed every hero it could get. In the 1930s, Bobby Jones did what no golfer had done before - and what no golfer has done since - he won all four major championships in one year.

For many of us, it’s playing softball with friends, under the lights, a cooler of beer in the dugout. In the late 1980s, author Rich Cohen, then a senior in high school, assembled a team of ne’er-do-wells - gear heads, burnouts, goof balls, and the possibly gifted - to compete in what Cohen considered the best 12-Inch softball league in the Lower 48. Think Field of Dreams, but, instead of a cornfield in Iowa, these games were played behind a grade school in Glencoe, Illinois, on Chicago’s North Shore.

In the wake of the stock-market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports. In the summer of 1930, Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, this natural, self-taught player conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship.

SLAM THE SCAM is an information podcast teaching people about scammers and hackers and how to avoid falling for one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Die Zeit ist reif für einen Podcast zum Tagebuch Slam: “Mein Tagebuch, ich + …” Was ist eigentlich ein Tagebuch Slam? 
Bei einem Tagebuch Slam lesen mutige Teilnehmer*innen vor Publikum aus ihren original Jugendtagebüchern vor und begeistern damit das Publikum. Dieses Format wurde erstmals am 05. April 2013 von Diana Köhle in Wien ins Leben gerufen. Bisher hat sie in ganz Österreich 208 Tagebuch Slams veranstaltet. Mit 471 unterschiedlichen Kandidat*innen, ja auch Männer haben Tagebuch geschrieben, sie geben es nur seltener zu. Der Podcast mit denen, die Tagebuch geschrieben haben...

The Dublin Story Slam Podcast is a collection of short personal and true stories recorded at our monthly open mic competitive storytelling night in Dublin. Each month ordinary Dubliners get up and share extraordinary stories inspired by a different theme each night and battle it out for a place in our Grand Slam final. Big & small, funny & sad, inspiring and compelling, we choose the best stories for our Podcast that will lift your heart and hopefully bring a smile to your day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Next to Normal Story Slam is a monthly storytelling event held at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington, Ill. People tell personal stories that revolve around a chosen theme. It is an opportunity to listen, connect and share. Stories are periodically shared on WGLT's Sound Ideas.

The astonishing life story from one of Australia's most inspirational athletes. Dylan Alcott has never let his disability get in the way of what he wanted to achieve. His family treated him no differently to any other kid, and it was the best thing they ever did. Growing up, Dylan always had a positive attitude to life. So when he discovered sport, he’d have a go at anything and could always be found at the centre of the action, giving his best and playing to win. Then he tried wheelchair basketball and tennis and was hooked.

SHORTLISTED FOR RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS. 'excellent' Donald McRae, The Guardian 'Gatland is the master' Sir Ian McGeechan 'Gatland is a coaching star' Sir Clive Woodward 'Gats is one of the all-time great coaches' Sam Warburton The definitive autobiography...

Wrecking Ball is a captivating and humorous memoir by Billy Vunipola, one of the stars of England's recent rugby renaissance, and will be enjoyed by those who have read the recent autobiographies by Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll, Dan Carter and Paul O'Connell. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches and...

Una espectácular crónica sobre el ascenso a la cima del tenis mundial de la dupla conocida como el Colombian Power. El sábado 13 de julio de 2019, Robert Farah y Juan Sebastián Cabal se coronaron campeones de Wimbledon —el torneo más antiguo y prestigioso del tenis profesional—, luego de una batalla de titanes que duró casi cinco horas y que los llevó a levantar el trofeo más anhelado por cualquier tenista en el mundo.

Meet. Love. Break. Recover. That’s been the routine of Staceyann Chin’s romantic life. But at 35, after yet another devasting breakup and overcome by an urgent and all-consuming desire to have a child, Chin realizes she’s running out of time. So she sets her sights on a single target: motherhood.