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About Bruce Berglund
NBN Episodes hosted by Bruce:
March 19, 2017
The Oval World
The 2017 Six Nations rugby tournament concluded this weekend. England successfully defended its championship, despite losing the last match against a …
August 11, 2016
Power Games
Since the birth of the modern Olympics movement in the late nineteenth century, its leaders have attempted to maintain a strict separation of athletic…
June 8, 2016
Ball Don't Lie!
Leading up to this year's NBA Finals, sports media outlets offered their take on the most important storylines of the series between the Cavaliers and…
April 30, 2016
Blood Brothers
Is there a figure in sports more admired and beloved than Muhammad Ali? Widely revered not only as one of boxing's greatest champions but also as one …
April 11, 2016
Changing the Playbook
March Madness is big business. Each year the NCAA collects $700 million for television rights to the men's college basketball tournament, under the te…
February 7, 2016
Walter Camp
In anticipation of Super Bowl 50, Sports Illustrated and WIRED magazines teamed up to speculate about the state of football fifty years from now, at t…
December 30, 2015
Skiing into Modernity
With El Nino and the Arctic Oscillation bearing down this December, plenty of us will be wishing for a white Christmas. We have the antidote - a podca…
November 20, 2015
The Betrayal
Gambling and sports have been in the news lately in the US. Authorities in Nevada and New York have shut down the fantasy sports operatorsDraftKings a…
October 13, 2015
I Wore Babe Ruth's Hat
How would you write your sports memoir? Maybe you'd recall a memorable trip to the stadium when you were young, or even getting an autograph from one …
September 4, 2015
Writing the Prizefight
When ESPN anchor Stuart Scott passed away from cancer this past January, he was widely hailed for his innovative style, which mixed heavy does of Afri…
June 27, 2015
Eye on Cricket
Samir Chopra describes himself as a "cricket exile." For three decades, he has lived in country where most people not only pay little attention to the…
March 17, 2015
Is There Life After Football?
The health of former NFL players has received plenty of attention in recent years. The suicides of Junior Seau and Dave Duerson, along with stories of…
December 22, 2014
Activism and the Olympics
A new chapter in the history of the Olympic Games appears to be opening. As one city after another has dropped out of the bidding for the 2022 Winter …
November 4, 2014
Arthur Ashe
When he died from AIDS in 1993, Arthur Ashe was universally hailed as a man of principle, grace, and wisdom--a world-class athlete who had transcended…
September 4, 2014
Pedestrianism
Once upon a time, before baseball drew crowds to America's ballparks and English workers spent their Saturdays at the football grounds, one of the mos…
August 1, 2014
The FIFA World Cup 1930-2010
The history of globalization is found in more than international political organizations and multinational corporations, free-trade agreements and for…
June 24, 2014
The Country of Football
Passion. Flair. Instinct. Improvisation. As the World Cup advances to the knockout stage, you'll hear these terms associated with the football styles …
May 16, 2014
Keepers of the Flame
Last weekend was the NFL Draft, the annual event when teams select college players who have shown the talent to advance to the professional ranks. Sta…
April 25, 2014
Come Out Swinging
Imagine a boxing gym. What probably comes to mind is a large, run-down room on the upper floor of an old brick building, somewhere in a trash-strew…
April 4, 2014
A Brief Theology of Sport
Does God care who wins the game? According to a recent survey, plenty of American fans think so. The Public Religion Research Institute found that a q…
March 20, 2014
Sport Beyond Television
Twenty years ago, when I was studying abroad in Europe, the only way to keep track of my teams back in the US was to sneak looks in The International …
March 6, 2014
Advancing the Ball
Each year, following the end of the NFL season, there is a blizzard of activity as teams with disappointing records fire their head coaches and look f…
February 7, 2014
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
The 22nd Winter Olympics are underway. It's safe to say that the lead-up has not gone smoothly. Of course, there have been the obligatory cost overrun…
January 29, 2014
The Sons of Westwood
One of the great dynasties of American sports are the UCLA men's basketball teams of the 1960s-70s. In a twelve-year span, the Bruins won ten national…