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Coffee Break: Red

Red Gerard of the U.S. won the gold medal in the men's snowboard slopestyle finals on Sunday
Red Gerard of the U.S. won the gold medal in the men's snowboard slopestyle finals on SundayMike Blake/Reuters via NPR

by Anna Reed

February 12, 2018

This weekend 17-year-old Red Gerard won the U.S.'s first gold medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the snowboarding event "slopestyle".

Girard was in last place after his first two runs but had a third run so phenomenal that he scored higher than all the other snowboarders, making him the youngest American male athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics since 1928.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the word "red"?

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Songs played

Spearhead - Red Beans and Rice
The New Pornographers - Champions of Red Wine
Swamp Dogg - Redneck
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
Fountains of Wayne - Red Dragon Tattoo
Nena - 99 Luftballons