The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap

ESPN's renowned investigative reporter and TV commentator, Jeremy Schaap, takes a historical look at some of the greatest sports figures of past and present. Conversations with his guests range from the profoundly serious to the wildly ridiculous in a podcast that is guaranteed to inform the listener.

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Final live edition
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Hour 1: The Sporting Life
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The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap
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The Sporting Life August 30th 2020
Those who bullied Alonso remain as giant chips on his shoulder to this day
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TSL: Finebaum, Kezirian, Spears & Blyn
TSL: Finebaum talks future of CFB; Spears discusses living the NBA Bubble life
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TSL: Nevarez, Weintraub & Sowell
TSL: WCC Commish Nevarez talks about "Russell Rule" and college sports amid COVID-19 pandemic
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TSL: Hinton, Bremer & WIlkinson
TSL: Chris Hinton talks parenting of two college football players; Dick Bremer on calling MLB games in empty stadiums
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TSL: Albom & Susini
TSL: Mitch Albom talks anti-Semitism in sports; Fencing Captain Anna Susini reacts to Brown U cutting her sport
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TSL: Halbritter, Hislop, Blackistone & Lindsey
TSL: Halbritter & Blackistone react to Redskins name change; Hislop talks social justice in soccer
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TSL: Doug Williams, John McEnroe & Alan Gaff
TSL: Doug Williams on Redskins name change, John McEnroe on Arthur Ashe
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July 4th BEST OF
TSL: Breanna Stewart, Adam Carolla, Rod Carew & Roger Craig BEST OF
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The Sporting Life: 6/26/20
Jeremy talks with Dennis and Patrice Biddle, a former Negro Leaguer and his wife, plus NY Post writer Peter Botte and author Thomas Wolf.
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Thomas Wolf, Author
Thomas talks about the 1932 Chicago Cubs, as well as perhaps the most famous home run in baseball history - Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in Game 3 of the '32 World Series.
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Peter Botte, NY Post
Jeremy and Peter discuss MLB's decision to return to play, as well as the history of the New York Yankees.
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Dennis & Patrice Biddle, former Negro Leaguer a...
Jeremy talks with Dennis, a former Negro League baseball player, and his wife Patrice, about their efforts to continue to recognize the living members of the Negro Leagues.
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The Sporting Life: 6/19/20
Jeremy is joined by World Cup Champion Julie Foudy, NYT writer Ira Berkow and professional poker player Maria Konnikova. Plus, Mark Cuban from OTL.
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Maria Konnikova, Professional Poker Player
A PhD in psychology, Maria recently became a professional poker player to gain insight into the role of luck in all aspects of life.
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Ira Berkow, New York Times
Ira remembers sports journalism legend Murray Olderman, who passed away this week at the age of 98. And, Jeremy shares his thoughts on Bill Gildea, who also passed this week.
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Julie Foudy, 2x World Cup Champion
To commemorate the 48th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, Jeremy talks with Julie about the steps forward taken in women's sports since her last World Cup win.
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The Sporting Life: 6/12/20
This week, Jeremy talks with longtime Head of PR for the NY Mets, Jay Horwitz. Plus, conversations with filmmaker Aviva Kempner and author Phil Bildner.
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Phil Bildner, Author
The children's book author discusses his latest work, "A High Five for Glenn Burke", about a young, gay athlete dealing with the struggles of coming out to those around him.
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Aviva Kempner, Filmmaker
Aviva explains why Washington needs to change their mascot from "Redskins" and why teams like the Braves need to stop engaging in behaviors like the "Tomahawk Chop."
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Jay Horwitz, Mets PR
The longtime Mets Head of PR and friend of the Schaap family, Jay talks about the impact that Dick Schaap on his career, and he and Jeremy reminisce about the 1980's Mets.
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The Sporting Life: 6/5/20
Jeremy is joined this week by three prominent African-American sports writers: Terence Moore, William C. Rhoden and Howard Bryant.
42 min