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Dear NHL: Hit The Puck, Not The Players

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 12/27/2011 - 9:00pm

Commentator Frank Deford suggests a New Year's resolution for the National Hockey League: No more fighting.

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Is Football Culture The Core Of The Problem?

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 11/15/2011 - 9:00pm

Commentator Frank Deford wonders if the very nature of the sport contributed to the events at Penn State.

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Networks Add New Twists To Old Formulas, But Few Are Succeeding

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 11/14/2011 - 12:00am

Commentator Eric Deggans says the TV networks are spinning old genres in new ways, but they're mostly making themselves dizzy.

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No Love For November, Sports' Drama-Free Month

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 11/01/2011 - 8:00pm

For commentator Frank Deford, there's not a lot of excitement in the sports world these days — a feeling he chalks up to the November doldrums.

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Franz Liszt At 200: An Important, But Not Great, Composer

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:01pm

Commentator Miles Hoffman reflects on the influential composer's legacy 200 years after his birth.

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How To Pack Up A Neighborhood, Cumin Included

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 09/06/2011 - 10:01pm

For commentator Sandip Roy, his niece's departure for college on another continent brings a level of unexpected poignancy.

In this essay, he counsels her on how to say goodbye to her Indian neighborhood — while leaving room for the memories that make her community a home.

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For Hollywood's Dream Factory, A Sober 'New Normal'

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 09/06/2011 - 10:00pm

The attacks of Sept. 11 changed most everything about American life. As commentator John Ridley reflects, Hollywood and the stories it told were no exception.

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The Goal(post)-Oriented Pilgrimage

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 08/23/2011 - 10:01pm

Commentator Frank Deford tells of a 56-year-long quest by a man set out to visit all the stadiums of all the Division One college football teams in the nation.

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Couric's Farewell Isn't The End: How To Save News

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 04/26/2011 - 10:01pm

Katie Couric announced Tuesday that she is leaving her job as an anchor at CBS Evening News, but commentator Eric Deggans argues that this doesn't mean the end of the evening newscast — in fact, the big three networks are still going strong.

They just need a little push in the right direction.

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Can Music Predict The Super Bowl Winner?

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:01pm

Music commentator Miles Hoffman weighs in on the musical talents of this year's Super Bowl teams — the players and their cities' respective symphonies.

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