Sports Journalism History

Product List
    • By: David Swartz
    • Narrated by: David Swartz
    • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 07-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • This eight-part podcast peels back the shroud surrounding some of the most unbelievable stories in the history of sports.

    Regular price: $29.90 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $29.90 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology
    • By: Patrick S. Washburn, Chris Lamb
    • Narrated by: Josh Brogadir
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 06-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Patrick S. Washburn and Chris Lamb tell the full story of the past, the present, and to a degree, the future of American sports journalism....

    Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    • The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer
    • By: Christopher Clarey
    • Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
    • Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 362 ratings
    • Correspondent Christopher Clarey sits down with Federer and those closest to him to tell the story of the greatest player in men's tennis....

    Regular price: $24.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $24.95 or 1 credit

    • The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
    • By: John Feinstein
    • Narrated by: John Feinstein
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 399 ratings
    • A dramatic chronicle of the bitterly fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a US team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the cup out of American hands....

    Regular price: $20.25 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $20.25 or 1 credit

    • A History of the World Series
    • By: Tyler Kepner
    • Narrated by: Tyler Kepner
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • The World Series is the most enduring showcase in American team sports. It’s the place where legends are made, where celebration and devastation can hinge on a fly ball off a foul pole or a grounder beneath a first baseman’s glove....

    Regular price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    • A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
    • By: Michael Powell
    • Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school, adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations....

    Regular price: $15.75 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $15.75 or 1 credit

    • A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside
    • By: Melissa Ludtke
    • Narrated by: Melissa Redmond
    • Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • While sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, twenty-six-year-old Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke, charged Kuhn with gender discrimination.

    Regular price: $21.49 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $21.49 or 1 credit

    • The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing
    • By: Andy Martino
    • Narrated by: Andy Martino
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
    • The definitive insider story of one of the biggest cheating scandals to ever rock Major League Baseball, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball....

    Regular price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    • The History of Football Tactics
    • By: Jonathan Wilson
    • Narrated by: Damian Lynch
    • Length: 18 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • In Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning when chaos reigned....

    Regular price: $21.81 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $21.81 or 1 credit

    • A Library of America Special Publication
    • By: W. C. Heinz
    • Narrated by: Bill Littlefield
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Bill Littlefield presents the second installment in the Library of America series devoted to classic American sportswriters, a definitive collector's edition of the pathbreaking writer....

    Regular price: $26.96 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $26.96 or 1 credit

    • The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter
    • By: Leigh Montville
    • Narrated by: Leigh Montville
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 07-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter....

    Regular price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $18.00 or 1 credit

    • A History of Sport on TV
    • By: Martin Kelner
    • Narrated by: Martin Kelner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In Sit Down and Cheer, Martin Kelner traces the development of this relationship from its humble origins in the 1960 Olympics....

    Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit

  • Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    • From the Desk of a New York Times Reporter (Sports and American Culture, Volume 1)
    • By: Gerald Eskenazi
    • Narrated by: Marlin May
    • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-21
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • When Gerald Eskenazi started reporting, sports journalism had a different look than it does today....

    Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    • Portraits of Champions Who Walked among Us
    • By: John Schulian
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-14
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods....

    Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit