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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Stephania Bell, ESPN Injury Expert
Stephania explains the difficulties that team medical staffs are facing during this unique draft process and where she stands with Tua's injury.
8 min
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Jim Nagy, Reese's Senior Bowl Dir. & former NFL...
Jim talks about what it's like to be a scout in the NFL, takes us through his career, and explains the process leading up to the draft.
22 min
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The Sporting Life: 4/10/20
Jeremy talks with NBA Agent Todd Ramasar, NY Post golf writer Mark Cannizzaro and author/lawyer Jim Noles.
41 min
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Jim Noles, Author & Lawyer
Jim chats about the 1944 Army basketball team - the greatest hoops team in the school's history - which, despite being undefeated, never got to play in the NCAA tournament.
14 min
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Mark Cannizzaro, NY Post
The longtime golf writer discusses the postponement of The Masters and explains why it might actually be good for the sport if they are able to play in November.
18 min
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Todd Ramasar, NBA Agent/Life Sports Media & Ent...
Todd sheds some light on how his clients are handling the COVID-19 situation, as well as gives some thoughts on how the NBA might be able to return this season.
12 min
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Bryce Weiler, Beautiful Lives Project
Jeremy talks with the co-founder of the Beautiful Lives Project. Bryce is a blind sports radio broadcaster, who is also a disability consultant for the Baltimore Orioles.
8 min
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The Sporting Life: 4/3/20
Jeremy is joined by Olympics writer Phil Hersh, professor/author Johnny Smith, former college hoops coach Jimmy Dykes & NBA Skills Trainer Rob McClanaghan.
37 min
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Jimmy Dykes, ESPN CBB Analyst
The former CBB coach joins on the weekend that the Final Four was supposed to take place. Dykes delivers some inspirational messages and positive ways to use quarantine.
12 min
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Rob McClanaghan, NBA Skills Trainer
The NBA skills trainer explains to us how his clients are handling their quarantine and gives advice on how to stay in shape during this difficult time.
11 min
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Johnny Smith, Author & Professor
Johnny talks about the effect of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on sports, and specifically on Babe Ruth, plus he gives comparisons between that pandemic and COVID-19.
13 min
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Phil Hersh, Olympics Writer
Phil joins to discuss the challenges of moving the Games to 2021, why the IOC continues to have the worst PR in sports, and if the Games will even be played in 2021.
12 min
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The Sporting Life: 3/6/20
Jeremy is joined by Mike Tannenbaum to talk NFL offseason, Bill Ripken on old-school vs new-school in baseball, and Yaron Weitzman on the 76ers "Process."
37 min
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Bill Ripken, former MLB player
The former MLB player defends old-school thinking in baseball and says that the analytics crowd is unfairly critical of the previous generation.
13 min
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Yaron Weitzman, Author
The author of a new book about the Philadelphia 76ers explains why "The Process" was so divisive among the NBA community and whether or not we can deem it a "success."
10 min
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Mike Tannenbaum, ESPN
Mike joins the show to discuss potential NFL offseason moves, including Tom Brady, Jameis Winston and others. Plus, he explains why he's very high on Oregon QB Justin Herbert.
16 min
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The Sporting Life: 2/28/20
This week, we present Jeremy's recent E:60 profile of former NFL quaterback, Drew Bledsoe, in its entirety.
36 min
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The Sporting Life: 2/21/20
Jeremy talks with Ryan McGee about Ryan Newman's crash at Daytona, Adam Carolla about Willie T. Ribbs and Danny Tarkanian about his father, Jerry.
36 min
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Danny Tarkanian, Attorney & Author
The son of legendary coach Jerry joins the show to talk about his father's incredible career, and the current state of the NCAA.
12 min
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Adam Carolla, Documentarian
The co-director of the new documentary "Uppity" tells the story of Willie T. Ribbs, the first African-American driver to compete at the Indianapolis 500.
18 min
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Ryan McGee, ESPN
The ESPN Senior Writer describes being at the Daytona 500 for Ryan Newman's horrific crash, and how NASCAR has gotten much safer since Dale Earnhardts death.
11 min
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The Sporting Life: 2/14/20
Jeremy talks with ESPN Sr. Writer Howard Bryant, longtime sports columnist Jerry Izenberg, baseball portrait artist Graig Kreindler and curmudgeon Norman Chad.
36 min
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Norman Chad, Curmudgeon
Our least-favorite regular guest and curmudgeon, Norm discusses why Pete Rose's punishment has nothing to do with the Astros and which doctors have the worst senses of humor.
15 min
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Graig Kreindler, Baseball Painter
The baseball portrait artist talks with Jeremy about how he got into such a niche field, where he derives his passion, and what his process is for creating art.
11 min
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Jerry Izenberg, Newark Star-Ledger
After attending 53 consecutive Super Bowls, Jerry declined to go this season but correctly predicted the exact score. He chats with Jeremy about both incredible feats.
11 min