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The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap

200 Episodes

80 minutes | Oct 18, 2020
Final live edition
Jeremy is joined be Bernie Kosar, Teddy Atlas, Terence Moore, Howard Bryant, Nancy Lieberman and Dan Le Batard on his final live show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
39 minutes | Sep 23, 2020
Hour 1: The Sporting Life
Jeremy is joined by ESPN Senior Writer Ryan McGee, who talks about his new book "Sidelines and Bloodlines: A Father, His Sons, and Our Life in College Football". Christopher Clarey of the NY Times joins the show to discuss the US Open, and former USC FB Sam Cunningham talks about the 50th anniversary of the USC/Alabama football game and the social impacts of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40 minutes | Sep 22, 2020
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap
Jeremy discusses the ongoing fight for racial equality with ESPN Senior Writer Howard Bryant. The great Norman Chad also joins the show to discuss the NFL, his bromance with Jeremy, and his battle with COVID and how he's trying to turn it into a positive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
39 minutes | Sep 8, 2020
Hour 1 The Sporting Life
Jeremy Schaap talks to Liz Clarke of the Washington Post about the Dan Snyder investigation, softball great Cat Osterman about the Athlete's Unlimited league, and legendary sports agent and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame Donald Dell about his work in tennis and the sports marketing game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 minutes | Sep 2, 2020
The Sporting Life August 30th 2020
We listen to Buster Olney's E:60 piece on Mets 1B Pete Alonso, the discuss Alonso's rise with Buster. Jeremy also talks to Olympic Track and Field great Charlie Moore about his career, and the perspective he has on life after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
41 minutes | Aug 14, 2020
TSL: Finebaum, Kezirian, Spears & Blyn
Jeremy is joined this week by renowned college football commentator Paul Finebaum to talk about one of the most monumental weeks in the history of the sport. Plus, Doug Kezirian joins the show to discuss the impact that COVID has had on the sports gambling industry. And, an ESPN Insider located inside the NBA bubble in Orlando, Marc J. Spears talks with Jeremy about what it’s like living and working on the inside.Finally, the VP of Audience and Content Insights at ESPN Barry Blyn discusses some of the biggest takeaways from a recent survey of sports fans that addressed the intersection of sports and social justice, as well as the return of sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40 minutes | Aug 7, 2020
TSL: Nevarez, Weintraub & Sowell
Jeremy is joined by WCC Commissioner Gloria Nevarez, who discusses the conference’s recent adoption of “The Russell Rule” – a concept similar to the NFL’s Rooney Rule – intended to promote more diversity among the coaching and senior administrative ranks in college athletics. Plus, Gloria weighs-in on the effect COVID-19 has had on collegiate athletics. Then, the author of a recent book about Alice Marble, The Divine Miss Marble: A Life of Tennis, Fame, and Mystery, Robert Weintraub explains how Alice changed the game of tennis for women and why she is such an intriguing historical figure. And finally, as we approach the 100th anniversary of Ray Chapman being killed by a pitch to the head – the only death in MLB history as a result of an on-field incident – Jeremy is joined by Mike Sowell, who wrote the book The Pitch That Killed Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40 minutes | Jul 31, 2020
TSL: Hinton, Bremer & WIlkinson
First, Jeremy is joined by Chris Hinton, a 7x Pro Bowler and father of two Division-I football players, to talk about the advocacy group that he and his wife, Mya, have founded: “College Football Parents 24/7.” Chris explains why it’s important to him and all other parents that college football have proper safety protocols in place before they will allow their sons to play football this fall. Plus, the longtime TV play-by-play voice for the Twins, Dick Bremer discusses what it’s like calling MLB games with no fans in attendance, and calling road games remotely from Target Field. Finally, a Gold Medalist in the 2000 Olympic Games, Laura Wilkinson talks with Jeremy about making a comeback to diving at the age of 42, how the postponement of the 2020 Games has affected her training, and what it’s like training for the Olympics while raising 4 children.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
39 minutes | Jul 24, 2020
TSL: Albom & Susini
Jeremy is joined by longtime sportswriter Mitch Albom to discuss myriad topics, including Mitch’s book Tuesdays with Morrie, the return of sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent column he wrote condemning the anti-Semitic posts by Eagles WR DeSean Jackson, and subsequent “tepid” response from the media. Plus, The captain of the Brown University fencing team, a program that was recently eliminated by the school, Anna Susini explains why she and other Brown student-athletes are suing the school due to an alleged Title IX violation. Finally, with MLB adopting a universal DH for the 2020 season, we re-visit Jeremy’s feature from 2013 about how the National League nearly adopted the DH-rule in 1980, but couldn’t secure the votes, partly because Phillies Owner Ruly Carpenter was out fishing with his granddaughters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
41 minutes | Jul 17, 2020
TSL: Halbritter, Hislop, Blackistone & Lindsey
Jeremy is joined this week by Ray Halbritter, the CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises - the group that launched ChangeTheMascot.org - who reacts to the news that Redskins will finally retire the nickname and change the team’s logo. Plus, former Premiere League and Trinidad & Tobago National Team Goalie and current ESPN Soccer Analyst, Shaka Hislop addresses the response that soccer has had to the death of George Floyd and the push for social justice. And, Kevin Blackistone, the co-producer of an upcoming film about the Washington Redskins and the push to change their name, explains why he has long been an opponent of the Redskins name. Finally, Dale Lindsey, the head football coach at the University of San Diego, addresses the pandemic’s effect on a potential college football especially on him, as the country’s oldest Division-I football coach at age 77. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
38 minutes | Jul 10, 2020
TSL: Doug Williams, John McEnroe & Alan Gaff
Jeremy is joined this week by Redskins Executive, and former HBCU QB and Head Coach, Doug Williams. Doug discusses the decision of Makur Maker to attend an HBCU and the potential changing of the name “Redskins." Plus, we hear Jeremy’s recent OTL conversation with John McEnroe who reflects on the life of his close friend, and tennis pioneer, Arthur Ashe. Finally, a conversation with Alan Gaff, the editor of the recently discovered memoirs by one of the greatest baseball players of all-time, Lou Gehrig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
42 minutes | Jul 3, 2020
July 4th BEST OF
We re-air some of our best conversations from so far in 2020, including two conversations with February with Breanna Stewart and Adam Carolla, as well as two conversations from May with Roger Craig and Rod Carew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44 minutes | Jun 26, 2020
The Sporting Life: 6/26/20
Jeremy talks with Dennis and Patrice Biddle, a former Negro Leaguer and his wife, plus NY Post writer Peter Botte and author Thomas Wolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 minutes | Jun 26, 2020
Thomas Wolf, Author
Thomas talks about the 1932 Chicago Cubs, as well as perhaps the most famous home run in baseball history - Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in Game 3 of the '32 World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 minutes | Jun 26, 2020
Peter Botte, NY Post
Jeremy and Peter discuss MLB's decision to return to play, as well as the history of the New York Yankees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 minutes | Jun 26, 2020
Dennis & Patrice Biddle, former Negro Leaguer and Wife
Jeremy talks with Dennis, a former Negro League baseball player, and his wife Patrice, about their efforts to continue to recognize the living members of the Negro Leagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
43 minutes | Jun 19, 2020
The Sporting Life: 6/19/20
Jeremy is joined by World Cup Champion Julie Foudy, NYT writer Ira Berkow and professional poker player Maria Konnikova. Plus, Mark Cuban from OTL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 minutes | Jun 19, 2020
Maria Konnikova, Professional Poker Player
A PhD in psychology, Maria recently became a professional poker player to gain insight into the role of luck in all aspects of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 minutes | Jun 19, 2020
Ira Berkow, New York Times
Ira remembers sports journalism legend Murray Olderman, who passed away this week at the age of 98. And, Jeremy shares his thoughts on Bill Gildea, who also passed this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 minutes | Jun 19, 2020
Julie Foudy, 2x World Cup Champion
To commemorate the 48th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, Jeremy talks with Julie about the steps forward taken in women's sports since her last World Cup win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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