Children Outdoors

Did a major-league pitcher really hit a bird with a fastball in the middle of a game? What did a goat have to do with the Chicago Cubs not winning a championship for more than 70 years? Did Babe Ruth really point toward center field just before hitting a big home run in the 1932 World Series? Prepare to uncover the real stories behind these and other great baseball myths and legends!

Many of the greatest baseball players have earned funny, odd, or interesting nicknames during their careers. Listen to find out the stories behind baseball’s legendary nicknames.

Behind the flips, splashes, and speed of Olympic water sports, science is at work. Gravity and centrifugal force are at work as a diver spins and flips before splashing into the water. Olympic swimmers shave their bodies to reduce drag as they zip through the water. Find out how science is involved in all your favorite water events and how athletes take science into account in their quest for the gold medal.

Two fishers wait by a hole in the ice. Suddenly, the tip up flag rises. Is there a walleye on the line? Ice fishers know that winter fishing takes skill, patience, and the right equipment. Get the inside information on the augers, rods, sinkers, and safety skills you'll need to fish through the ice.

Popular author Gordon Korman has sold millions of copies of his irreverant books for young readers. In this fast-paced caper, 11-year-old Griffin Bing finds something far more profitable than cobwebs during a haunted house sleepover - a rare Babe Ruth baseball card. But when a swindler scams the card from Griffin for only $125, the resourceful sixth grader and his friends plot their revenge.

On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water?

The number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology and reconnecting with the web of life is a powerful antidote to the highly technological and fast-paced realities of so many.

From mucking out stables, grooming, feeding, and even visits to the dentist, a lot goes into taking care of a horse.

Bump, set, spike! Discover the tips to master the sport of volleyball, whether you play on sand or on the court.

Jonathan Toews is a standout center in the NHL. Learn about his childhood and his rise to becoming a hockey superstar.

Mike Trout is a standout MLB outfielder. Learn about his childhood and his rise to becoming a baseball superstar.

Racing fans love to watch sports cars whirl around the track. Discover how these amazing machines have evolved from their early days and into some of the fastest cars on the track.

Football statistics come to life. Listeners won't look at math the same way again!

Do you know which two days of the year have no major professional sports games? Which NFL team scored the sport’s only perfect season? Or which professional boxer actually knocked himself out, giving the victory to his opponent? Test your knowledge of fun and games with this collection of amazing sports trivia!

They slam big-time dunks. They pull down rebounds. Who are the brightest stars in the game of basketball?

Racing over snow and pulling a heavy a sled is all in a day’s work for these snow dogs. Learn what it takes to be a sled dog.

LeBron James is a standout forward in the NBA. Learn about his childhood and his rise to becoming a basketball superstar.

Serena Williams is a standout professional tennis player. Learn about her childhood and her rise to becoming a tennis superstar.

This lyrical account of a beloved time and place celebrates a father-son relationship. In Cogan’s Woods, Ron Ellis fondly recalls annual August hunting trips with his father: heading toward the great forests of Kentucky in the passenger seat of the family Mercury, exploring the foggy woods and hills above the Ohio River.

Did the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team really win the gold medal by beating the Soviet Union in 1980? Do Detroit Red Wings fans really throw octopuses onto the ice at home games? Do hockey players really get to take the Stanley Cup home with them? Get ready to learn the real stories behind these and other great hockey myths and legends!