Press Box Access: A Sports History Po...
Sit down with host Todd Jones and other sportswriters who knew the greatest athletes and coaches, and experienced first-hand some of the biggest sports moments in the past 50 years. They’ll share stories behind the stories -- some they’ve only told to each other.
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Wendell Barnhouse: “It’s the Greatest, Craziest...
Wendell Barnhouse recalls the pressure of trying to find the right words in the immediate aftermath of the famous Duke-Kentucky basketball game.
56 min
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Claire Smith part 2: “Reporters in the Basement...
Claire Smith was a pioneer for women and journalists of color.
47 min
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Claire Smith part 1: “How You Used Those Barre...
This is the first of a two-part conversation with Claire Smith, a pioneer for women and journalists of color.
54 min
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Tim Kurkjian: “This is Why Baseball is so Beaut...
Tim Kurkjian’s love of baseball radiates as he recounts his four decades of covering our National Pastime.
62 min
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Jeff Jacobs: The Heart of the Matter
Jeff Jacobs is a writer who bleeds on the keyboard, and his passion for the craft has never wavered during 46 years in the business.
58 min
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Rick Cleveland: “They Didn’t Seem to Have as Mu...
We head down South on this episode with Rick Cleveland, who has been named Mississippi Sportswriter of the Year a record 14 times.
57 min
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Lenn Robbins: “You Knew You Were Seeing Somethi...
58 min
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Bernie Miklasz: “Everyone Went Along for the Ride”
Bernie Miklasz is synonymous with sports in St. Louis, where he has been writing stories and offering on-air opinions for nearly 40 years.
57 min
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50th Episode: Bob Ford: “You Got One More Rebou...
Bob Ford likes to say if he has 10 good stories to tell sitting around a bar, Charles Barkley is the subject of 7 or 8 of them.
57 min
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50th Episode Teaser
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Mary Schmitt Boyer: “Just Come in With Everybod...
Mary Schmitt Boyer helped pave the way for other women in sports journalism with her excellence and professionalism.
55 min
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Gary Shelton: “What an Absurd Way to Make a Liv...
Gary Shelton is someone you want to sit by in the press box or on a media bus. Laughter is sure to follow.
57 min
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Damon Hack: “Don’t Put Your Foot on the Furnitu...
Damon Hack reflects on his 16 years as a sportswriter and how those experiences informed his work in the past decade as a TV journalist at the Golf Channel.
57 min
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Elliott Almond: Catching a Wave of Sports Memories
We surf waves, climb mountains, and dive into odorous media mixed zones with Elliott Almond.
55 min
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Art Spander: “We’re all Running out There in ou...
There’s much to unpack from Art Spander’s joyful journey of six decades as a sportswriter...
58 min
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Alexander Wolff: A Global Search for Basketball...
Take a trip around the world with Alexander Wolff, one of the most lyrical writers of his era.
59 min
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David Steele: “He said Len Bias is dead. It jus...
David Steele recounts the many twists and turns in his nearly four decades as a sportswriter.
55 min
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Bill Koch: “Well, There’s My Second Source.”
Bill Koch knows Cincinnati sports as well as any journalist after covering his hometown for more than 40 years.
54 min
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Mark Whicker: “We Turn to Athletes to Reaffirm ...
Our 40th guest on Press Box Access is the esteemed Mark Whicker, one of my all-time favorite writers and people in the sports media business.
55 min
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Jerry Tipton – “Every Once in a While, You Feel...
Jerry Tipton knows where all the bones are buried when it comes to University of Kentucky basketball after covering the Wildcats for 41 years.
54 min
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Melissa Isaacson – “Michael Never Saw Us as the...
Melissa Isaacson takes us into old Chicago Stadium, where smoke rose to the ceiling while Michael Jordan soared into history.
54 min
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Bud Shaw: “He’s Three Inches from my Face, and ...
Take a spin around the Cleveland sports scene with Bud Shaw, who spent nearly 27 years there as a columnist with a keen and irreverent eye.
55 min
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Tony Barnhart: Going Deep with Mr. College Foot...
Tony Barnhart takes us on a trip through some of his favorite memories covering college football for more than four decades.
55 min
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Dan Wetzel: Looking Past the Black Hats and Whi...
Dan Wetzel takes us into the gray netherworld of sports, where some writers aren’t willing to tread.
56 min
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Dave Kindred: Taking us along with Ali, Tiger a...
Few sportswriters can match the lyrical and insightful work of Dave Kindred.
61 min