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Can't Win 4 Losing
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Host King Kaufman brings you narrative stories about losing* in sports, in all its forms—including as a prelude to better things. As Tolstoy may have almost written: Every champion is the same, but every loser is a loser in their own way. Can't Win 4 Losing tells their—which is to say our—stories. *also about winning.
You’ve Got to Lose to Learn How to Win: Diego Luke’s Story
Diego Luke was a promising youth hockey player in Minnesota—"The State of Hockey"—until kidney disease forced him to step away from the game. His come...
Killer Weight Loss Secrets: Fighters Cutting Weight
Weight cutting. It's hard. It's painful. It doesn't really give fighters a competitive advantage. And it can be deadly. Andrew Stelzer on some fighter...
We Kicked It Like National Champions
An expanded version of a story that was featured on NPR's "Only a Game": As a football player in high school and college in Houston, Michael Porter pl...
Fútbol Americano
Football in Mexico. Not soccer. American football. Jonathan Tinajero is chasing his NFL dreams in Mexico City. How did a small-college defensive back ...
My Fault: The Trey Junkin Story
New York Giants fans—and almost no one else—remember Trey Junkin. He was a long-snapper in the NFL longer than anyone, ever. For 19 years he was an an...
Zippy Chippy: Legendary Loser to Champion of Champions
Zippy Chippy ran 100 races and lost 100 times. But he was a star, one of People magazine's 50 Most Intriguing People. And so many fans bet on him that...
Breaking Up: San Diego’s Life After the Chargers
One of the most painful ways to lose in sports is a city losing its team. San Diego Chargers fans were heartbroken when their team moved to Los Angele...
At Long Last: The Cavaliers, the Warriors and the Cubs
You spend a lifetime as the long-suffering fan of a losing team. It shapes who you are. And then: They win it all! Authors Scott Raab ("The Whore of A...
Casey Stengel: How to Learn By Losing
With the Yankees in the '50s, he had the greatest run in managerial history. But before that, Casey Stengel skippered a series of relentlessly terribl...