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NPR's Neal Conan has the season-ender in his Play-by-Play series: reflections on what's it's like to broadcast baseball games. Neal talks about how hard it is to muster enthusiasm for a losing team. The Aberdeen Arsenal concludes its first minor league season at home, Thomas Run Park in Bel Air, Maryland over the next four days.

Karen Schaefer from member station WCPN in Cleveland reports on the opening of a National Underground Railroad exhibit. Some two-thousand people will gather to celebrate and preserve a chapter in America's struggle for civil rights.

Kenneth Turan, film critics for the Los Angeles Times reviews Cameron Crowe's new film Almost Famous.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports Presidential candidate George W. Bush's campaign continues through Florida.

NPR's Joanne Silberner watched the struggles of Tyler Handerson and his family as they waited for the restart of an experimental medical study. Tyler has a cancer that affects nerve cells and the brain. The study aims to use a new kind of "gene therapy" to cure the cancer. But the trial was one of many put on hold last year after the death of a Pennsylvania teenager.

The first American to win a gold medal in weightlifting in 40 years hardly fits the sport's image. She's a 105-pound former gymnast named Tara Nott. As NPR's reports, Nott was awarded the gold when it was stripped from a Bulgarian lifter who tested positive for a banned diuretic. In other Olympic action, Americans won twin gold medals today when they tied in swimming's mad dash, the 50 meters, breaking a run of victories by Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband.

Critic Ken Tucker offers Linda a sneak preview of the fall television season. They'll discuss a new show starring Bette Midler; also, Ed, a program about a lawyer who opens a bowling alley, and a show featuring a genetically engineered supergirl called Dark Angel, from filmmaker James Cameron.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on another rough day for U.S. stocks. The NASDAQ composite plunged more than five-percent this morning on news that Intel will fall short of revenue targets for the third-quarter. The bad news on Intel's earnings managed to drag down all three major indexes, even though the NASDAQ did recover about half its initial loss by mid-day. Market watchers say investors are also concerned about the sliding Euro.

Joshua Levs reports from Sydney on that most Australian of delicacy: vegemite. The thick, yeast extract spread has been a long-time favorite of aussies for generations...still, many admit it's an acquired taste.

At each Olympics, the winner of the 100 meters becomes known as the fastest man in the world. The race lasts a tad over 9 seconds, but it requires tremendous physical and mental preparation. It's not unusual for an elite sprinter to engage a scientist to analyze the biomechanics of his gait. But as NPR's Tom Goldman reports, at race time simplicity is best. Top runners say they are able to clear their minds of extraneous thoughts during their races.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Canadian comedian Rich Little about his new show in which he plays 8 different U.S Presidents. Little has been doing impressions of presidents for approximately 40 years.

WILLIAM MAXWELL interview continued.We return to our conversation with ALEC WILKINSON.Guest film critic Henry Sheehan reviews –Space Cowboys,— directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Its about three aging air force pilots who want to go into space.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of fresh air. . . writer ALEC WILKINSON remembers his friend and mentor WILLIAM MAXWELL the legendary writer and editor who died Monday at age 91. . . and a listen back to a 1995 interview with MAXWELL. Then, film critic Henry Sheehan reviews –Space Cowboys,— directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Its about three aging air force pilots who want to go into space. Join us for the next fresh air.