Press Box Access: A Sports History Podcast

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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.


Episode Date
Paul Hoynes part 2: “Those Teams Probably Saved Baseball in Cleveland.”
Apr 24, 2024
Paul Hoynes part 1: “I'm Sweating Bullets, Shaking, Trying to Calm Myself Down.”
Apr 10, 2024
Writers Bear Witness to Memorable Moments from March Madness
Mar 27, 2024
Jerry Tipton: “You could just walk into the Kentucky coach’s office.”
Mar 13, 2024
Helene Elliott: “Gretzky was like no one we had seen before.”
Feb 28, 2024
Dave Molinari: “Lemieux Taxed the Limits of my Ability to Describe What I Saw.”
Feb 14, 2024
Mike Vaccaro: “Isiah Thomas is on the Back Page in a Full Clown Suit.”
Jan 31, 2024
"The Greatest: Media Share Memories of Muhammad Ali in and out of The Ring"
Jan 17, 2024
Jayson Stark: “The Baseball Breaks a Window Across the Street from Wrigley Field.”
Jan 03, 2024
Mike DeCourcy: “It Was Like Being Given a Ticket to Heaven.”
Dec 20, 2023
Art Thiel: “It was a Grand Experiment in Mayhem.”
Dec 06, 2023
Diane Pucin: “It Was All Tonya, Tonya, Tonya, Nancy, Nancy, Nancy.”
Nov 22, 2023
Charles Pierce part 2: “Tiger Woods Tells These Jokes and then it Becomes a Thing.”
Nov 08, 2023
Charles Pierce part 1: “They Rolled the Champagne out of the Red Sox’s Locker Room.”
Oct 25, 2023
Terence Moore: “I Literally Ran into Woody Hayes.”
Oct 11, 2023
Sheldon Ocker: “Manny used to use other people's bats, pants, and shirts.”
Sep 27, 2023
Filip Bondy: “It Became an Anterior-Posterior Investigation.”
Sep 13, 2023
Geoff Calkins: “It Turned into a Prince Concert in the Press Conference.”
Aug 30, 2023
John McGrath: “It Was a Front-Row Seat to the Greatest Sports Events.”
Aug 16, 2023
Peter King: “It Was the Golden Age of Covering the NFL.”
Aug 02, 2023
Patrick Reusse part 2: “When the Beer Runs Out, the Bullshit Stops.”
Jul 19, 2023
Patrick Reusse part 1: “The Turkey is Unbeaten.”
Jul 05, 2023
Liz Clarke: “His death was unfathomable because it was Earnhardt.”
Jun 21, 2023
Thom Loverro: “You could just wander into camp and watch Ali train.”
Jun 07, 2023
Al Pearce: “Richard Petty looks at me from behind those sunglasses and . . . “
May 24, 2023
Wendell Barnhouse: “It’s the Greatest, Craziest Game I’ve Ever Covered.”
May 10, 2023
Claire Smith part 2: “Reporters in the Basement of Yankee Stadium were Shaking.”
Apr 26, 2023
Claire Smith part 1: “How You Used Those Barrels of Ink Mattered.”
Apr 12, 2023
Tim Kurkjian: “This is Why Baseball is so Beautiful.”
Mar 29, 2023
Jeff Jacobs: The Heart of the Matter
Mar 15, 2023
Rick Cleveland: “They Didn’t Seem to Have as Much Fun as Sportswriters.”
Mar 01, 2023
Lenn Robbins: “You Knew You Were Seeing Something Truly Humbling.”
Feb 15, 2023
Bernie Miklasz: “Everyone Went Along for the Ride”
Feb 01, 2023
50th Episode: Bob Ford: “You Got One More Rebound than a Dead Man.”
Jan 18, 2023
50th Episode Teaser
Jan 04, 2023
Mary Schmitt Boyer: “Just Come in With Everybody Else.”
Dec 21, 2022
Gary Shelton: “What an Absurd Way to Make a Living.”
Dec 07, 2022
Damon Hack: “Don’t Put Your Foot on the Furniture.”
Nov 23, 2022
Elliott Almond: Catching a Wave of Sports Memories
Nov 09, 2022
Art Spander: “We’re all Running out There in our Pajamas.”
Oct 26, 2022
Alexander Wolff: A Global Search for Basketball Tales
Oct 12, 2022
David Steele: “He said Len Bias is dead. It just sounded so insane.”
Sep 28, 2022
Bill Koch: “Well, There’s My Second Source.”
Sep 14, 2022
Mark Whicker: “We Turn to Athletes to Reaffirm Who We Are.”
Aug 31, 2022
Jerry Tipton – “Every Once in a While, You Feel Like You’re Witnessing History.”
Aug 17, 2022
Melissa Isaacson – “Michael Never Saw Us as the Enemy.”
Aug 03, 2022
Bud Shaw: “He’s Three Inches from my Face, and his Eyes are Bulging.”
Jul 20, 2022
Tony Barnhart: Going Deep with Mr. College Football
Jul 06, 2022
Dan Wetzel: Looking Past the Black Hats and White Hats
Jun 22, 2022
Dave Kindred: Taking us along with Ali, Tiger and Secretariat
Jun 08, 2022
Johnette Howard: “Why Do You Think You Can Say That to Me?”
May 25, 2022
Vito Stellino: “I was Lucky to be in the Right Place at the Right Time.”
May 11, 2022
Jarrett Bell: Getting personal with the NFL
Apr 27, 2022
Malcolm Moran: “So Reggie is holding court before the game . . . “
Apr 13, 2022
Vahe Gregorian: “What do I do With This?”
Mar 30, 2022
Ron Higgins: “Are you that new sportswritin’ fella?”
Mar 16, 2022
Austin Murphy: Finding Stories Around the Edges
Mar 02, 2022
Hal McCoy: The Big Red Machine and a Baseball Life
Feb 16, 2022
Helene Elliott: “Gretzky was like no one we had seen before.”
Feb 02, 2022
Rick Telander: Going Beyond the Surface
Jan 19, 2022
Jerry Izenberg part 2: “The Most Dramatic Thing I’ve Ever Seen . . . ”
Jan 05, 2022
Jerry Izenberg Part 1: Traveling the World with Muhammad Ali
Dec 22, 2021
Bonnie Ford: Viewing humans through a sports prism
Dec 08, 2021
Tim Smith: “That’s a two-mile cookie.”
Nov 24, 2021
Dick Weiss: He’s called “Hoops” for a reason
Nov 10, 2021
Bill Livingston: “We were fortunate. They sent us everywhere.”
Oct 27, 2021
Bob Kravitz: Not Afraid to Go There
Oct 13, 2021
Bud Withers: One Moment in Time
Sep 29, 2021
Joan Ryan: “They Are Not Going to Chase Me Away”
Sep 15, 2021
Mike Lopresti: Road Warrior
Sep 01, 2021
Terence Moore: "I'm Six Feet Away From the Ring"
Aug 18, 2021
Jerry Crasnick: “I’m actually getting paid to do this.”
Aug 04, 2021
Randy Harvey: The View from Mt. Olympus
Jul 21, 2021
George Diaz: “Larry Holmes is Flying Through the Air”
Jul 07, 2021
Sam Farmer: Climb in, Hang on
Jun 23, 2021
Mark Purdy: “The Building is Going Nuts.”
Jun 09, 2021
Marla Ridenour: Savoring the Sights and Sounds
May 26, 2021
Dennis Dodd: In the Eye of the Storm
May 12, 2021
Bob Ryan: “Larry goes up to Magic and says . . . ”
Apr 28, 2021
Christine Brennan: Beyond the Barriers
Apr 14, 2021
Dick Jerardi: Searching in the Shadows
Mar 31, 2021
Kevin Blackistone: Depends on Your Perspective
Mar 17, 2021
Tom Archdeacon: When the Going Gets Weird
Mar 03, 2021
Bob Hunter: They’re Only Human
Feb 17, 2021
Coming Soon!
Feb 10, 2021
Introducing: Press Box Access
Jan 13, 2021