Dec 20th, 2008 · Do you know the way to San Jose's heart? Achieve the winningest record in hockey — at least that's what their Sharks have done. Though they've lost two in a row they could still pass Detroit's 1995-1996 record of 62 wins. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about the week in sports from hockey to college football to the Atlanta Falcons.
Apr 6th, 2008 · The University of Maryland is hosting another kind of championship this weekend: the Final Four of chess. Rene Garcia, faculty adviser for the Miami Dade Community College Sharks, leads this year's Cinderella team. The Sharks have stomped powerhouses like Harvard, MIT and Stanford.
Dec 3rd, 2005 · Undersea explorer Fabien Cousteau recently studied sharks from inside the belly of the beast... using a decoy submarine built to resemble a great white. Cousteau tells Debbie Elliott about his upcoming CBS documentary, Mind of a Demon.
Oct 6th, 2005 · A 12,400-mile journey by a great white shark puts a snag in the theory that the animals stick close to established feeding grounds. The trip is bolstering claims that the sharks need worldwide protection.
Jun 28th, 2005 · With two recent shark attacks in Florida, one of them fatal, Slate senior editor Andy Bowers wonders if sharks can really smell blood.
Mar 14th, 2005 · In separate incidents, the world's only great white shark on display attacks two soupfin sharks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Both of the soupfins died of their wounds. Hear Randy Kochevar, a biologist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
May 27th, 2004 · In Las Vegas, close to 2,600 hopeful card sharks have entered the World Series of Poker, playing rounds of a game called Texas Hold 'Em. Older poker players are marveling at the new crop of players, and the loads of fresh money at stake: The winner stands to rake in a $5-million jackpot. NPR's Mike Pesca reports.