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2002
OCTOBER
October 21, 2002
Conversation: Legendary Pitcher
Media correspondent Terence Smith interviews Jane Leavy about her new book on baseball legend Sandy Koufax.

SEPTEMBER
September 23, 2002
Goal Line Economics
Paul Solman of WGBH Boston looks at the economics of professional football.

AUGUST
August 30, 2002
Play Ball!
Ray Suarez looks at the agreement between baseball owners and players with Jim Bouton, a former pitcher with the New York Yankees, the Seattle Pilots and the Houston Astros; Ron Rappaport, a sports columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times; and Allen Sanderson, a sports economist at the University of Chicago.


August 16, 2002
Baseball Strike?
Ray Suarez reports on the failed negotiations between Major League Baseball team owners and the players' union, resulting in an August 30 strike date.

JUNE
June 21, 2002
Global Goal
Ray Suarez discusses the performance of the U.S. team in the World Cup with Stefan Fatsis, sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Ray Hudson, coach of the D.C. United professional soccer team.


June 17, 2002
Global Goal
Kwame Holman looks at the U.S. men's soccer team's run in the World Cup.

MAY
May 31, 2002
Global Goal
Ray Suarez talks about the world's biggest sporting event with Stefan Patsis, sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

MARCH
March 22, 2002
Fit for Life
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on a new kind of physical education program aimed at helping children live healthier lives.

FEBRUARY
February 25, 2002
Scoring the Games
Terence Smith examines the Olympics' contests and controversy with Howard Berkes, a National Public Radio correspondent, and New York Times columnist Richard Sandomir.


February 15, 2002
Thin Ice
Terence Smith reviews the latest in the figure skating controversy in Salt Lake before turning to Mark Lund, publisher of International Figure Skating, and Tim Goldman, the sports correspondent for National Public Radio.


February 14, 2002
Thin Ice
Terence Smith talks to ABC commentator Dick Button, and Vicki Michaels, a reporter for USA Today about the controversy surrounding figure skating at this year's Winter Games.


February 8, 2002
The Olympians
Ray Suarez talks with three Olympic athletes about the opening Winter Games.


February 5, 2002
Olympic Challenge
Ray Suarez discusses the challenges of putting on safe and successful Winter Olympic Games with Mitt Romney, the person in charge of organizing the event.


February 4, 2002
The Unexpected Victory
Terence Smith talks to Peter Richmond, a sports columnist for GQ Magazine, about the New England Patriots' surprise win over the Saint Louis Rams at the Superbowl last night.

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