Sep 10th, 2004 · NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jon Wertheim of Sport's Illustrated about the Friday's semifinal women's matches at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, where two American women take on two Russians for spots in Saturday's final. American Lindsey Davenport battles Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first game, and Jennifer Capriati and Russian Elena Dementieva play second. Wertheim also looks ahead to Saturday's men's semifinals -- Australian Lleyton Hewitt plays little-known Swedish player Joachim Johansson, who beat 2003 defending champion Andy Roddick. In the second match, Britain's Tim Henman plays number-one seed Roger Federer of Switzerland.
Keywords: Robert Siegel · Americans · U.S · Vs · New York · battles · America · Russia · Britain · players · 2003 · Swedish
Sep 6th, 2004 · NPR's Robert Siegel talks with banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer about their unusual musical collaboration. The two friends have collaborated in both bluegrass and classical music. They recently released a CD together, Music for Two.
Keywords: Robert Siegel · classics · CD · music · players · bluegrass · friends · Bela · collaboration · banjo · Bela Fleck · bassist
Aug 26th, 2004 · Radio producer Michael Lee presents an audio portrait of a guitar player tuning up her instrument in Texas.
Keywords: Texas · players · Audio · tunes · instrumentation · stringed · guitar · portrait · Michael Lee
Aug 17th, 2004 · Day to Day producer Rob Sachs reports on U.S. Olympic badminton player Kevin Han. Han dreams of not only being a champion, but also being an ambassador for his sport.
Keywords: Olympic · ambassador · Americans · U.S · players · Hans · kevin · Rob Sachs · Dreams · badminton · Kevin Han
Aug 16th, 2004 · Puerto Rico's men's basketball team deals the U.S. men a 19-point drubbing, defeating the U.S. Olympic team 92-73. It is the first defeat for the U.S. team since it began using NBA players 12 years ago. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Tom Goldman.
Keywords: Olympic · U.S · upsetting · basketball · defeated · players · Renee Montagne · NBA · Puerto · Rico · Puerto Rico · Tom Goldman
Aug 14th, 2004 · NPR's Scott Simon talks to historian Steven Englund about his new book Napoleon, A Political Life. England says the diminutive conqueror was more of a poker play than a chess player.
Keywords: politics · Scott Simon · historian · players · england · chess · Conquerors · poker · Evaluating · diminutive · Napoleon · Steven Englund
Aug 10th, 2004 · Former NBA player Wayman Tisdale made the jump from the court to the performance stage nearly 10 years ago. He talks with NPR's Tony Cox about his latest CD, Hang Time, which shows off his growth as a bassist.
Keywords: CD · players · NBA · Tony Cox · bassist · Blossoms · Tisdale · Wayman Tisdale
Aug 8th, 2004 · Ingrid Jensen has always been fighting stereotypes. "When you look like I look -- a blond, white chick from Canada -- you're not supposed to sound the way I sound." The jazz horn player recently talked with NPR's Liane Hansen about her career and music.
Keywords: Liane Hansen · music · players · Canada · Jazz · stereotypes · Chick · Blonde · Jensen · Ingrid Jensen
