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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Johnette Howard: “Why Do You Think You Can Say ...
Johnette Howard has never been afraid to stand her ground while reporting and writing about sports for four decades.
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Vito Stellino: “I was Lucky to be in the Right ...
Vito Stellino has been writing about the NFL since the players needed off-season jobs to make a living.
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Jarrett Bell: Getting personal with the NFL
Jarrett Bell has been writing about the NFL since 1981, including the past 29 years as a national columnist for USA Today.
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Malcolm Moran: “So Reggie is holding court befo...
Malcolm Moran spent more than 30 years writing sports for Newsday, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today.
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Vahe Gregorian: “What do I do With This?”
My motto: Any time spent with Vahe Gregorian is time well spent. You’ll enjoy this hour with the sports columnist for The Kansas City Star as he shares highlights from his 35-year career.
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Ron Higgins: “Are you that new sportswritin’ fe...
Ron Higgins sure can spin a yarn, and he shares some side-splitting ones from his more than four decades of covering sports in the Deep South
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Austin Murphy: Finding Stories Around the Edges
Austin Murphy takes us on a whirlwind ride through his 33 years of writing for Sports Illustrated in the magazine’s halcyon days.
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Hal McCoy: The Big Red Machine and a Baseball Life
Hal McCoy is synonymous with the Cincinnati Reds. The Hall of Fame writer for the Dayton Daily News has been covering baseball’s oldest professional franchise since 1973.
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Helene Elliott: “Gretzky was like no one we had...
We’re talking hockey and much more with Helene Elliott, columnist for the Los Angeles Times and one of the most respected writers in the business.
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Rick Telander: Going Beyond the Surface
Rick Telander is curious by nature, and his drive to learn more through reporting and relationships has served readers well for five decades.
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Jerry Izenberg part 2: “The Most Dramatic Thing...
Jerry Izenberg earned his first newspaper paycheck in 1951, and he’s still writing as columnist emeritus at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jerry Izenberg Part 1: Traveling the World with...
If you want stories about Muhammad Ali, you go to Jerry Izenberg.
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Bonnie Ford: Viewing humans through a sports prism
For Bonnie Ford, being a sportswriter is about more than covering games and knowing statistics.
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Tim Smith: “That’s a two-mile cookie.”
Details always caught the eye of Timothy Smith during his three decades as a sportswriter.
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Dick Weiss: He’s called “Hoops” for a reason
Dick Weiss is synonymous with college basketball. This season, he’ll work his 49th Final Four.
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Bill Livingston: “We were fortunate. They sent ...
Bill Livingston’s goal as a writer was to put readers at the scene.
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Bob Kravitz: Not Afraid to Go There
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Bud Withers: One Moment in Time
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Joan Ryan: “They Are Not Going to Chase Me Away”
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Mike Lopresti: Road Warrior
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Terence Moore: "I'm Six Feet Away From the Ring"
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Jerry Crasnick: “I’m actually getting paid to d...
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Randy Harvey: The View from Mt. Olympus
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George Diaz: “Larry Holmes is Flying Through th...
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Sam Farmer: Climb in, Hang on
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