My good friend and charter fishing boat captain Corey Gammill joins the podcast to discuss the NHL Playoffs (1:00), coaching and teaching professional athletes like Jonathan Quick, Nick Bonino and Cam Atkinson (4:00), becoming a fishing boat ca

Gary Belsky and Neil Fine

May 25th, 2016 57m 4s

The founders of Elland Road Partners and authors of On The Origins Of Sports: The Early History and Original Rules of Everybody’s Favorite Games.

Juliana Barbassa

May 18th, 2016 38m 4s

The journalist and author of Dancing With The Devil In The City Of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink.

Steven Hyden

May 12th, 2016 58m 37s

The writer and author on his new book Your Favorite Band is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life.

Rich Cohen

May 10th, 2016 48m 22s

The Vanity Fair contributor and co-creator of HBO’s Vinyl on his new book The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones.

Kevin Robbins

Apr 26th, 2016 48m 58s

The University of Texas, Austin, School of Journalism professor and author of Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf.

Yago Colas

Apr 22nd, 2016 58m 27s

The University of Michigan professor and author of Ball Don’t Lie on the cultures and myths of basketball.

Jonathan Abrams

Apr 11th, 2016 41m 51s

The New York Times best selling author of Boys Among Men: How the Prep to Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution discusses the links between Moses, KG and Kobe plus dishes on the historic regular season success of

Alexander Wolff

Apr 5th, 2016 1h 10m

The senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of the Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama on the President’s love for pickup and using the sport as a lens through which we identify and evaluate his election and time in office

Sam Sommers

Mar 23rd, 2016 45m 9s

The Tufts University psychologist and co-author of the book This Is Your Brain on Sports discusses our love for the underdog and why winning your co-ed softball league feels just as good as sex.

Shawn Fury

Mar 9th, 2016 1h 1m

The author of Rise and Fire take aim on the science, origins and evolution of the jump shot. Plus plenty on Steph Curry, nature vs nurture, “Pistol” Pete Maravich, Bobby Plump aka Jimmy Chitwood from Hoosiers and why so many great shooters come

Ben Strauss

Mar 7th, 2016 41m 48s

Ben Strauss, co-author of Indentured, opens up on the NCAA regarding several topics including the origins of the governing body and the future of college athletics/amateurism. Bonus material includes a different perspective on the death of Anto

Bill Littlefield

Oct 19th, 2015 19m 16s

Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s Only A Game, joins the podcast to comment on The Top of His Game, an audiobook collection of W.C. Heinz’s best sports writing.

Mary Pilon

Jun 5th, 2015 30m 20s

Mary Pilon, bestselling author of The Monopolists, talks about the corruption charges facing FIFA and settles the age old score of who matters more to Nike: Steve Prefontaine or Michael Jordan.

Molly Knight

Jun 2nd, 2015 39m 44s

Molly Knight, author of The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build A Baseball Powerhouse, on Bumgarner v Kershaw, baseball blackouts and how MLB can learn from Japan.

Ben Rothenberg

May 20th, 2015 26m 24s

Ben Rothenberg, contributing writer for the New York Times and co-host of the No Challenges Remaining podcast, talks tennis and helps preview the upcoming French Open.

Greg Wyshynski

May 15th, 2015 31m 6s

Greg Wyshynski, editor of the Puck Daddy blog on Yahoo! Sports, breaks down the Stanley Cup conference finals and gives us his favorite spots on the road to catch a beer with colleagues.

Travis Stone

May 11th, 2015 29m 2s

Travis Stone, the track announcer at Churchill Downs, talks about his career in horse racing and what it was like to call his first Kentucky Derby.

Billy Bean

May 6th, 2015 49m 20s

Billy Bean, MLB’s Ambassador for Inclusion, on helping to improve baseball’s relationship with the LGBT community.

Travis Waldron

Apr 28th, 2015 33m 35s

Travis Waldron, reporter/blogger for ThinkProgress.org, on the Baltimore riots and MLB’s role, if any, in helping to diffuse the tension.

Mark Ulriksen

Apr 22nd, 2015 38m 16s

Freelance artist Mark Ulriksen talks about designing the April, 27 baseball centric cover of The New Yorker magazine as well as express his love for the San Francisco Giants and Augusta National.

Chris Vaccaro

Apr 15th, 2015 27m 24s

Chris Vaccaro, author and professor at Hofstra University, discusses the New York Islanders and his Rolling Stone article on the team’s final regular season game at the Nassau Coliseum.

Noah Davis

Apr 14th, 2015 41m 38s

Noah Davis, a freelance soccer journalist who has written for SB Nation, Grantland and The New Yorker, talks about his recent piece on the American Outlaws as well as the USMNT upcoming friendly vs Mexico.

Dr. Erik Swartz and Nate Jackson

Apr 7th, 2015 45m 58s

In this special edition focusing on concussions and football, Dr. Erik Swartz, a kinesiology professor at the University of New Hampshire, discusses his work on helmetless tackling training while former NFL player and author Nate Jackson talks