Sports History This Week Podcast
1) HISTORY This Week: Nixon Does Whatever It Takes to Win in ’68
This is a brand-new episode from HISTORY This Week, available wherever you listen to podcasts!September 16, 1968. Richard Nixon isn't exactly seen as a comedian. But tonight, he's trying to change tha...Show More
2) HISTORY This Week is returning this Monday, 9/16!
HISTORY This week is about to return! We'll be back with new episodes this Monday, September 16th. In the meantime, listen to our trailer for Season 5, and follow HISTORY This Week wherever you get yo...Show More
3) Looking Back at Sports History
August 16th, 2023. Over the past 16 months, Sports History This Week has covered sporting events from football to baseball to roller derby to a man skydiving from outer space. It has been an absolute ...Show More
4) “The Great One” Becomes a King
August 9, 1988: Coming off their fourth Stanley Cup win in the last five seasons, the Edmonton Oilers do the unthinkable: trade Wayne Gretzky, hockey’s biggest superstar. Just as he’s entering his com...Show More
5) Special Announcement
We’ll be back next week with a regular episode, but please listen to this for an important SHTW update! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6) Street Fighter’s EVO Moment #37 (ft. Justin Wong & Daigo Umehara)
August 1, 2004. Before esports became a billion-dollar industry, a few college halls in Southern California hosted a video game tournament: the Evolution Championship Series. Justin Wong is facin...Show More
7) Barry Sanders Retires in His Prime
July 27, 1999. Barry Sanders, star running back of the Detroit Lions, writes a letter announcing his intentions to abruptly retire from the NFL. At just 31 years old, one of the game’s top players is ...Show More
8) Seattle Loses the Supersonics (ft. Damien Wilkins)
July 18, 2006. The owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, Howard Schultz, calls a press conference. Ever since the Starbucks chairman took over the team, he's been hemorrhaging money. Now, Schultz has run ...Show More
9) Chastain’s World Cup Winner (ft. Kristine Lilly & Briana Scurry)
July 10, 1999. It’s 107 degrees on the soccer field in Pasadena, California, at third-ever Women’s World Cup. The US Women’s National Team is stuck in a scoreless tie against China. Just a few years e...Show More
10) Kobayashi Arrested at the Hot Dog Eating Contest (ft. Takeru Kobayashi & Joey Chestnut)
July 4, 2010. Nathan’s Famous is holding its annual hot dog eating competition on Coney Island. But this year, one perennial champion is not taking the stage: Takeru Kobayashi. The legendary eater des...Show More