The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast: Recent Episodes
Peter Shaw
This is the podcast that dives deep into the stories of great teams that did not win a title. They came close, but as the old carnival barkers said, "No cigar!" Even though these teams never won the big one, they still deserve to be recognized. Whether the team was undone by poor timing, injuries, hubris or just plain bad luck, they all have a tale worth telling.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the "Springbok Minyan," the ten Jewish players who have represented the South African national rugby team, one of the best in the history of international rugby. There was an Afrikaner myth that a Jewish player was good luck to have on the team, but is it true? Listen to the last episode of the season and find out!
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of Urban Shocker, a little-known Major League pitcher who had an awesome name, great success but who sadly died too young. One of the last legal spitball pitchers, he toiled in obscurity for the poor St. Louis Browns before finishing his career with the team that cast him away for no good reason at the start of his career.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the first lacrosse team at a historically black college/university: the Morgan State University Bears. This team began with a shoestring budget in1970, but would go on to upset several NCAA powerhouse teams before the team was dissolved in 1981 because of inadequate funding brought on by Title IX mandates.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the Herbert "Hurricane" Washington, a track star at Michigan State who became the only designated runner in Major League Baseball History for the dominant Oakland A's.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the Pittsburgh Pipers, the first champions of the American Basketball Association who did everything possible to not become a dynasty.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of two amateur goalies who get to play in NHL games as emergency goalies and have their moment in the sun (on the ice, really).
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of Nate Colbert, the first star of the expansion Padres in the late 60's and early 70s who had the best hitting day ever, even besting his childhood idol for a day.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the English fanatical soccer (football) fan who gets put into a match for his favorite professional club, West Ham United.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of the Plainfield (NJ) Teachers College, their star running back and their unprecedented 1941 season.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of Prince Alexander Obolensky, the Russian prince who starred for Oxford University and the English national rugby team during an amazing, but all-too-brief career.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of Joseph Gaetjens, the Haitian who may have scored the most important goal in United States soccer history.
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In season 2 of The "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast the theme is "Unknown Legends" of sport. In this episode, I tell the story of Randy Bass, an Oklahoman who became a Japanese baseball legend.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1968-1978 Minnesota Vikings. My co-host this week is Bruce Stone, Minnesota native who comes from a long lineage of suffering Vikings fans. Part 3 of 3.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1968-1978 Minnesota Vikings. My co-host this week is Bruce Stone, Minnesota native who comes from a long lineage of suffering Vikings fans. Part 2 of 3.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1968-1978 Minnesota Vikings. My co-host this week is Bruce Stone, Minnesota native who comes from a long lineage of suffering Vikings fans. Part 1 of 3.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1985-1989 Cleveland Browns. My co-host this week is Jeff Gordon, the labor lawyer, not the NASCAR driver. Part 2 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1985-1989 Cleveland Browns. My co-host this week is Jeff Gordon, the labor lawyer, not the NASCAR driver. Part 1 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1988-1998 Utah Jazz. There is no co-host because I know no Jazz fans. Part 2 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1988-1998 Utah Jazz. There is no co-host because I know no Jazz fans. Part 1 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1990-1992 Pittsburgh Pirates. The guest co-host is Rob King. a veteran sports anchor covering the Pirates and Penguins for AT&T Sportsnet in Pittsburgh for over 20 years. This is part 2 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1990-1992 Pittsburgh Pirates. The guest co-host is Rob King. a veteran sports anchor covering the Pirates and Penguins for AT&T Sportsnet in Pittsburgh for over 20 years. This is part 1 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1979-1983 San Diego Chargers The guest co-host is my brother Tim Shaw, former star defensive back of the 1992 NESCAC Football Champions, the Middlebury College Panthers. This is part 2 of 2.
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In this episode of the "Close But No Cigar" Sports Podcast we discuss the 1979-1983 San Diego Chargers . The guest co-host is my brother Tim Shaw, former star defensive back of the 1992 NESCAC Football Champions, the Middlebury College Panthers. This is part 1 of 2.
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