Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying 2 items of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "athletics".
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NBA Jam
August 24th, 2026 | 52 mins 55 secs
arcade, athletics, basketball, games, gaming, genesis, michael jordan, retro games, snes, sport, sports, super nintendo, video games
Boom shakalaka! In 1993 NBA Jam abandoned videogame basketball verisimilitude in favor of wild 2-on-2 arcade action and like its playable athletes, caught fire. Comedian and improviser Rich Baker (www.daretofailimprov.com) is ON FIRE! He joins us to revisit this classic game, its impressive (and sometimes even presidential) roster of all-stars, and the phenomenon that ensued when hoops gave way to havoc.
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A League of Their Own
March 18th, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1990s, 90s, aagpbl, athletics, baseball, entertainment, film, geena davis, madonna, movies, penny marshall, racine, rockford, rosie o'donnell, softball, sports, tom hanks, world series
Batter up, hear that call. The time has come for one and all... To play ball. We load the bases with guests Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton to revisit "A League of Their Own", a seminal sports movie that's still in a league of its own.