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Joe Namath

Event Date: Nov 30, 2006 1:00 PM

Tommy Lasorda in Conversation with Bob Costas

Tommy Lasorda, one of the most successful managers in baseball history, discusses his love for the game and his memoir (written with Bill Plaschke), I Live For This: Baseball’s Last True Believer. Lasorda, a hall-of-famer who led the Los Angeles Dodgers to eight division titles and two world championships, also managed the gold medal-winning United States baseball team in the 2000 Olympics.

Event Date: Nov 13, 2007 8:00 PM

Running Quickly

Joe runs really quickly. He wins lots of races.

Event Date: Dec 30, 2006 5:00 PM

Running Quickly

Joe runs really quickly. He wins lots of races.

Event Date: Dec 30, 2006 5:00 PM

Discover Why Love Has Eluded You

Joe runs really quickly. He wins lots of races.

Event Date: Dec 30, 2006 5:00 PM

Discover Why Love Has Eluded You

Steve has lost more races than most people have even heard of.

Event Date: Dec 30, 2006 5:00 PM

Stuart Miller, author of “The 100 Greatest Days in New York Sports

Event Date: Dec 13, 2006 8:00 PM

Floyd Landis, Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France

Hosted by: John Eustice, Champion Bicyclist and Journalist Floyd Landis relays his side of the story after being accused of taking banned performance–enhancing-drugs to win last year’s Tour de France.

Event Date: Jun 27, 2007 12:30 PM

Running Quickly

Joe runs really quickly. He wins lots of races.

Event Date: Jan 01, 2005 12:00 AM

Jerry Rice on Fooball

Event Date: Jan 16, 2006 8:00 PM

Bob Costas with Budd Mishkin

Event Date: Feb 08, 2006 8:15 PM

Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG

Event Date: Feb 20, 2007 6:30 PM

Dave Winfield: Dropping the Ball: Baseball's Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them

Event Date: Mar 20, 2007 1:00 PM

Best New York Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard New York Fans

Event Date: Mar 20, 2007 7:00 PM

Editors and writers from Baseball America discuss “Baseball America’s 2007 Prospect Handbook

Event Date: Mar 29, 2007 1:00 PM

Former Yankees Great and Sports Announcer Bobby Murcer: "Yankee for Life"

The second half of Bobby Murcer's story is about his courageous, inspiring, and -- yes -- upbeat struggle against cancer. The two stories combine in a surprising, funny, insightful tale about baseball, family, and courage, told by a true Yankee for Life.

Event Date: May 28, 2008 12:30 PM

Mark Bowden: Best Game Ever: Giants VS. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL

The Best Game Ever is a brilliant portrait of how a single game changed the history of American sport. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the championship, it is destined to be a sports classic.

Event Date: May 29, 2008 7:00 PM