Competition for Sport

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Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
(Lynne Cox)

Open: An Autobiography
(Andre Agassi)

Incidental Music:

Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger
competition for sport
competition for sport
Interviewer(s): 
Anne Strainchamps
Steve Paulson
Guest(s): 
Lynne Cox
Mark Obmascik
Tyler Gallagher
Andre Agassi
Producer(s): 
Charles Monroe-Kane
08.12.2012

The thrill of victory… the agony of defeat.  And the human drama of athletic competition.  We love sports. And every 4 years we get the pleasure to watch amateur athletes, at the top of their game, compete in the Olympics.  And that got us thinking about competition.  Because that’s what it’s about, right?

  1. Lynne Cox on "Swimming to Antarctica"

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    Lynne Cox is a long distance swimmer who specializes in the impossible. She tells Steve Paulson how she trained, and how she’s able to do survive in such cold water.

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  2. Mark Obmascik on Competitive Bird Watching

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    Mark Obmascik tells Anne Strainchamps about the biggest competition in North American bird-watching and how he got drawn into the quest.

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  3. Tyler Gallagher and Jeff Iula on the Soap Box Derby

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    Tyler Gallagher is the 2005 All-American Soap Box Derby Super Stock World Champion. Jeff Iula is the Derby’s General Manager...

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  4. Andre Agassi on "Open"

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    Andre Agassi tells Steve Paulson about his father who was driven to make him a champion, but whom he does not consider to have been abusive.

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