Diversions archive
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Research News
Study: Red Is the Color of Olympic Victory
May 18, 2005 New research that examined data from the 2004 Olympics in Athens concludes that athletes who wear red seem to win more often. Is it just a statistical fluke?
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Kitchen Window
How to Eat a Cupcake
May 17, 2005 Baker Warren Brown shares a private recipe for lemon white chocolate cupcakes as well as his secret passion for cupcake paper.
Monday, May 16, 2005
This I Believe
Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
May 16, 2005 We know them. We depend on them. We call them out on cold, rainy nights. Now, NPR listener Sarah Adams tells us why her life philosophy is built around being cool to the pizza delivery dude.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Sunday Puzzle
Matching Near-Homonyms
May 15, 2005 NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Stephen Grady from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WSCL in Salisbury, Md.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
Food
Beer Tasting: The World's Best, And Priciest
May 13, 2005 Grocery shelves are sagging with every kind of beer imaginable, in taste and appearance. With the help of beer expert Michael Jackson, Michele Norris and Robert Siegel take stock — and taste — of some of the world's finest (and most expensive) beers.
Sports
'Pound for Pound': Sugar Ray Robinson's Legacy
May 13, 2005 Most boxing fans reserve the phrase "pound for pound" -- used to describe a boxer of tremendous skill, regardless of the weight category -- for the man considered the best fighter in history: Sugar Ray Robinson. A new biography charts the fighter's rise and fall in and out of the ring.
