The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic
With Linda Carroll (Contributing Writer for msnbc.com's health section), and , and David Rosner (Sportswriter and Award-Winning Journalist)
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Pay For Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform
With Ronald A. Smith, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Sports History, Penn State University)
The Game From Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View
With Doug Glanville (Former Pro Athlete with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers 1996-2004; "Heading Home" Columnist with The New York Times; ESPN Baseball Analyst)
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Pioneering Latinos: Building a Legacy On and Beyond the Playing Field
With Orestes "Minnie" Minoso (pre-recorded) (Former Chicago White Sox Outfielder), and , and Bernardo Ruiz (Documentary Filmmaker), and , and Fernando Perez (Chicago Cubs Outfielder; Poet)
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Sports
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
With Laura Hillenbrand (Award-Winning Writer)
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The Baseball Music Project
With Dave Winfield (Executive with the San Diego Padres; Athlete, formerly with the New York Yankees, and five other teams; Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Writer; Host and Narrator of "The Baseball Music Project", Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 11/12 7:30 PM), and , and Scott Schwartz, Ph.D. (Archivist for Music and Fine Arts and Associate Professor, University Library, University of Illinois)
The Tenth Inning, Ken Burns’ new two part documentary
With Adrian Burgos, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of History and Latina/Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois), and , and David McMahon (Producer, Writer, Filmmaker)
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Sports
Catching Up: The Official History of the Eastern Illinois Baseball League
With Fred Kroner (President, Eastern Illinois League; Prep Sportswriter, The News-Gazette), and , and Darrin Fletcher (Oakwood Native, former Major League Catcher who also played with the Royal Giants in the Eastern Illinois League)
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Sports
Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture
With Andrei S. Markovits, Ph.D. (the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan), and , and Lars Rensmann, Ph.D.. (DAAD Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan)
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Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports
With Amy Perko, M.S. (Executive Director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics)