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A Front-Row Seat with the Sportswriters Who Sat There

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.

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Sheldon Ocker: “Manny used to use other people's bats, pants, and shirts.”

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Filip Bondy: “It Became an Anterior-Posterior Investigation.”

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Filip Bondy describes his four decades as a sportswriter as being “crazy, stupid, frustrating, wonderful and a wild ride.”...
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Geoff Calkins: “It Turned into a Prince Concert in the Press Conference.”

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Geoff Calkins takes us to Memphis, where he has been a high-profile fixture in the sports media scene for 27 years....
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John McGrath: “It Was a Front-Row Seat to the Greatest Sports Events.”

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We trek into the Pacific Northwest and catch up with John McGrath about his 40 years of writing about sports....
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Peter King: “It Was the Golden Age of Covering the NFL.”

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Peter King enters his 40th year of covering the NFL by sharing tales from his distinguished career....
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The Team

Todd Jones

Host
Todd Jones is senior writer for the Ohio State Alumni Magazine and host of the Ohio State University podcast, One Degree Greater.

Bill Huffman

Producer
A veteran podcast host and journalists with a penchant for true crime and breaking news.