More than a Game

We meet Rudy Gallego, the man who started the University of Arizona's first adaptive sports team, wheelchair basketball.

We head behind the scenes with the ASU women's club hockey team, and also hear about their soon-to-launch counterpart at UA.

Hear about an Arizona community college's surprisingly international soccer roster, then get introduced to an afro-Brazilian martial art.

We hear from a professional opera singer who was also an All-American football player in college.

Rodeo in Arizona, from its roots to its place as a collegiate sport. Plus a trip to the Pac 12 basketball tournament.

We head to a 24-hour mountain bike relay race. Then we talk to some of the people behind a documentary about spreading mountain biking on the Navajo Nation.

Different sports, different generation, but both Daytona 500 Runner-up Alex Bowman and former MLB shortstop Eddie Leon are among the top athletes Tucson has ever produced.

Hey, More Than a Game listeners. Since we're in between seasons of the show, we decided to bring you a bonus episode from one of AZPM's other shows. With college sports getting underway, our public affairs show The Buzz examined why the University of Arizona and Arizona State University are leaving the Pac 12 conference and moving to the Big 12 next year. We're starting to plan season 2 of More Than a Game, and hope to bring you more great Arizona sports stories late this year--maybe early next. But, keep this feed active because we've got some other ideas for bonus episodes yet to come. Thanks for listening!

It's our last episode of season one and the final part in our series examining baseball in the borderlands.

Maybe it's the years of battling a cross-town rival, or maybe it's the fact that a game blends beautifully with a natural environment. Whatever it is, a place can sometimes become intertwined in a competition.