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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Tim Donaghy, former NBA Referee
The disgraced former NBA referee explains how he got caught up in the gambling scandal that put him in jail and brought controversy to the league.
12 min
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Mina Kimes, ESPN Daily
The new ESPN Daily host describes her process for hosting the new podcast and what she hopes to accomplish with the show.
9 min
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The Sporting Life: 10/18/19
Jeremy talks with Howard Bryant about LeBron/China, Kevin Seifert on NFL officiating, Doug Glanville on the MLB Playoffs, and Craig Ellenport on the NFL's 100th season.
37 min
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Craig Ellenport, NFL Writer
The author of a new book discusses the 100 greatest moments in the history of the NFL, with this being the league's 100th season.
11 min
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Doug Glanville, former MLB Player
Doug talks about the Nationals advancing to the World Series and the classes he has created at UConn around the intersection of sports and society.
14 min
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Kevin Seifert, ESPN NFL Writer
Kevin talks about how the NFL has messed up the pass interference replay rule change, and why officiating has seemingly taken a step back in the league.
11 min
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Howard Bryant, ESPN Sr. Writer
Howard discusses LeBron James comments about Daryl Morey, and why he questions some of the motives of people criticizing NBA players.
13 min
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Seth Berkman, Author
Seth highlights the historical importance of the 2018 South Korean Women's hockey team, which was the first Olympic team to include athletes from both North and South Korea.
13 min
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Carey Pinkowski, Chicago Marathon Director
The Executive Race Director of the Chicago Marathon explains what makes his race, which will be run Sunday, unique. Plus, why the race is important to the economy of the city.
10 min
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Gerry Cooney, former Heavyweight Boxer
Gerry opens up about the difficulties he faced during an abusive childhood and what drove him to become a prize fighter.
17 min
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The Sporting Life: 10/11/19
Jeremy is joined by former heavyweight boxer Gerry Cooney, Chicago Marathon Race Director Carey Pinkowski and author Seth Berkman.
36 min
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The Sporting Life:10/4/19
Jeremy talks with former Cy Young winner, Barry Zito. Plus, NBA trainer Rob McClanaghan and UVM honors college dean, Dave Jenemann.
36 min
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Dave Jenemann, UVM
The UVM honors college dean and author of "The Baseball Glove: History, Material, Meaning, and Value," explains how the baseball glove helped shape American culture.
10 min
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Rob McClanaghan, NBA Trainer
The NBA trainer describes his process in working with elite athletes like Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and others.
14 min
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Barry Zito, former MLB Pitcher
The former CY Young Award winner talks with Jeremy about his rise to fame, and subsequent fall, and how his father impacted his life.
22 min
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The Sporting Life: 9/27/19
Jeremy talks with Slate's Mike Pesca, EP of HBO's "24/7 College Football" Bo Mattingly, soccer historian Simon Critchley and former Michigan & NFL WR Braylon Edwards.
36 min
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Braylon Edwards, former NFL WR
Braylon discusses his disappointing NFL career, plus why his alma mater, Michigan, can't seem to get into the upper-tier of college football.
13 min
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Simon Critchley, Soccer Historian
The soccer historian chats about what makes Leo Messi one of the greatest players ever, and how this year's USWNT changed the landscape of soccer in America.
12 min
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Bo Mattingly, HBO's 24/7 College Football
The executive producer of HBO's "24/7 College Football" explains the concept of the show and what to expect from the four featured programs this season.
11 min
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Mike Pesca, Slate
The journalist and podcaster talks about the Mets missing the playoffs again and why Adam Gase doesn't inspire Jets fans that good things are coming.
12 min
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The Sporting Life: 9/20/19
Jeremy is joined by former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, and Lars Anderson, who just authored a new dual-biography on Bear Bryant and Nick Saban.
35 min
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Lars Anderson, Author
The author of a new dual-biography of Nick Saban and Bear Bryant, Lars compares and contrasts the two Alabama coaching legends.
21 min
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Bob Stoops, Former OU Head Coach
The former Oklahoma head coach joins the show to discuss how he turned the Sooners around, his coaching philosophies, and why he's joining the XFL.
15 min
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The Sporting Life: 9/6/19
Jeremy talks with 1997 Heisman finalist Ryan Leaf, 2x Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip and author John U Bacon.
36 min
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John U Bacon, Author
Author of a new book about Jim Harbaugh, John talks about Harbaugh's career at Michigan thus far, and why he believes that Jim is still the best option for the Wolverines.
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