Jul 1st, 2004 · At the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Serena Williams beats Amelie Mauresmo in the second of the women's semi-finals. Also, Russian Maria Sharapova beat former champion Lindsay Davenport to become, at the age of 17, the second-youngest Wimbledon finalist in the history of professional tennis. Hear Bud Collins of The Boston Globe and NPR's Robert Siegel.
Jun 22nd, 2004 · Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new reissue Black Christ of the Andes (Smithsonian label) by pianist Mary Lou Williams.
Jun 11th, 2004 · Day to Day producer Luke Burbank visits William Sung, a waiter in the Chinatown district of downtown Los Angeles, who's collected business cards from all the participants in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Jun 1st, 2004 · NPR's Melissa Block talks to historian Douglas Brinkley about fellow historian William Manchester, who has died at age 82. Manchester was the author of popular biographies on Winston Churchill and Douglas MacArthur and was the controversial chronicler of President Kennedy's assassination.
May 1st, 2004 · Jazz violinist Claude "Fiddler" Williams died this week in Kansas City at the age of 96. He started out by playing guitar, violin, mandolin and bass in string bands. He played briefly with Nat King Cole and later with Count Basie. But his career as a soloist didn't really take off until he was 80. NPR's Greg Allen has an appreciation.