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1) 433: Sports, Marketing & Mayhem - With Bob Wilber
*:first-child]:mt-0 gmail-[&_>*:last-child]:mb-0"> Sports lifer. Road warrior. Straight shooter. In this no‑holds‑barred conversation, veteran sports marketer, former minor‑league ballplayer, and ac...Show More
2) 432: World Team Tennis & The Boston Lobsters - With John Schwarz
In the spring of 1974, a bold experiment arrived on the American sports scene: World Team Tennis (WTT) — a mixed-gender professional league co-founded and championed by Billie Jean King, who envisione...Show More
3) 431: "Return of the King" - With Tom Aiello
Valdosta State University history professor (and Episodes 334 and 244 guest) Tom Aiello is back — this time for an intriguing look at one of the most politically and culturally charged nights in Amer...Show More
4) 430: "Everybody Loses" - With Danny Funt
This week, we pull back the curtain on one of the most seismic shifts in American sports and culture: the explosive rise of legalized sports gambling. Once condemned as a corrosive menace to the integ...Show More
5) 429: The Negro Leagues' Memphis Red Sox - With Keith Wood
*:first-child]:mt-0"> Author and baseball historian Keith Wood ("The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History") joins the show to explore the rich yet often overlooked story of the Memphis Red Sox, o...Show More
6) 428: "Stadium City" - With Helen Morgan Parmett
Sports stadiums are often framed as engines of civic pride, economic development, and shared spectacle. But what if they are something more consequential — and more complicated — than that? In this ep...Show More
7) 427: "Baseball in the Roaring Twenties" - With Thomas Wolf
Baseball's 1926 World Series was more than just a championship showdown — it was emblematic of America in a decade defined by financial excess, social rebellion, and societal reinvention. We explore t...Show More
8) 426.5: The NASL Players' Strike of 1979 – With Steve Holroyd [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
[We say goodbye to a crappy 2025 with a fond remembrance of frequent guest and long-time friend-of-the-show Steve Holroyd - whose untimely passing earlier this year still stings mightily. In this cla...Show More
426.5: The NASL Players' Strike of 1979 – With Steve Holroyd [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
1:50:54 | Dec 29th, 2025
9) 426: The 6th Annual(-ish) Year-End Holiday Roundtable Spectacular!
It's our year-end Holiday Roundtable Spectacular, featuring a look back at the year's newest additions to "what used-to-be" in big-time sports (RIP Pro Volleyball Federation, Utah Hockey Club, three U...Show More
10) 425: Fox Sports Soccer Rules Analyst Dr. Joe Machnik
He's been called "American soccer's renaissance man," and in this episode, Dr. Joe Machnik returns to trace the remarkable arc of a life spent pushing the sport forward in the United States. When Mach...Show More