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The Baseball Biker

10.10.11 at 1:08pm by Mike Giandomenico

There are some folks who are lucky if they attend one baseball game a year, perhaps even in a few years. For Darren O’Donnell, it was 30 stadiums or bust in one season with a catch – traveling 10,700 miles** across country to visit every Major League Ballpark on his bicycle. The Idaho native quit his job, moved out of his apartment, and embarked on the trip of a lifetime from Bellingham, Washington in April, and wrapped up the excursion in St. Louis in September.

Moneyball

9.23.11 at 1:33pm by Jake Kring-Schreifels

Moneyball, the adaption of the best selling 2003 novel by Michael Lewis, isn't your typical sports film. Then again, what Billy Beane did with the Oakland Athletics wasn't typical either. The movie, directed by Bennett Miller (Capote), centers as a biopic but is laced together through a dramatic narrative. Spanning the course of a year, Miller takes us on the emotional roller coaster of a baseball general manager, insightfully hitting poignant moments of despair and unexpected jolts of hope. In this sense, it's not a baseball movie; it's a movie about baseball. It’s a subtle difference, but one that ultimately is able to capture the hearts of non-sports fans and make them care about a man and team that defied the odds.

Moneyball Still Means Something

9.22.11 at 9:07pm by Jake Kring-Schreifels

Late September in the baseball year is usually the time for post season surges, when teams jockey for position and aim to win the division or wildcard. That’s probably the reason that Moneyball, the book, now movie starring Brad Pitt about the 2002 Oakland Athletics, is out this Friday. That year, under famed GM Billy Beane, the A’s won 103 games, collecting a late season stash of victories (including a 20-game winning streak) en route to sealing the A.L. west division title. How they got there is more impressive.

Bogusch Talks US Open

9.11.11 at 1:55pm by James Passarelli

All top four mens seeds made it to the US Open semifinals this year for the first time since 1992. 28 seed Serena, meanwhile, looks unstoppable in the women's bracket. Here to give his opinions on the 2011 Queens-based Grand Slam event is WFUV alumn Andrew Bogusch.

World Records and Smiles at the Open

8.29.11 at 3:33pm by Ben Kelly

Flushing, NY -- Top ranked American tennis player Mardy Fish and 11th ranked women’s player Andrea Petkovic are setting world records at this year’s US Open, just not during matchplay. Fish and Petkovic teamed up to lead hundreds of New Yorkers in a Guinness World Record attempt for the “Most people to bounce a tennis ball on their racquet in one location.”

Life in the Minors - Chapter 10: Adjusting to the Minors

8.29.11 at 3:19pm by Steve Simineri, Kevin Sutcliffe

Minor League Baseball: How does it differ from the majors? For the eleventh consecutive year, WFUV goes behind the scenes with the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees In the Short Season Single-A NY-Penn League, it's long bus rides, low pay, and 76 games in 80 days. This is our look at Life in the Minors: How the Other Half Lives.

Keegan's Coach

8.28.11 at 2:25am by James Passarelli

Just a few weeks ago at the 2011 PGA Championship, Keegan Bradley proved that he could play with the big boys...and beat them too. For special insight into the life and character of the promising young golfer, Andrew O'Connell and Kyle Kesses talked to someone who knows him pretty well - St. John's University head coach Frank Darby.

The Baseball Biker

8.13.11 at 8:59pm by Chris Hilk

Darren O’Donnell has decided to intertwine two of his passions: baseball and bicycle riding. The 24-year-old college graduate is in the middle of a six-month long bike ride around the United States, with a quick stop in Canada. But what makes this journey especially unique is the stops along the way. Darren is on a quest to catch a game at every Major League Baseball stadium this season.

The Yankees Give Back

8.13.11 at 1:46pm by John DeMarzo, Ricky Cibrano, Kevin Price, Mack Rosenberg, Chris Hilk

This is the final installment of our HOPE Week Series. Read a summary of each event and listen to the entire week's activities including comments from the particpants and the Yankees.

Words with the Man Behind the Hope

8.13.11 at 12:39pm by Kevin Price

The annual HOPE week event, which stands for Helping Others Persevere and Excel (HOPE), is the brainchild of Jason Zillo, the Yankees Director of Communications and Media Relations. Now in its third year, the Yankees honor various people and groups throughout the week, seeking to provide a boost through the service of their players and coaches.