The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap

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Final live edition Oct 18, 2020

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Jeremy is joined be Bernie Kosar, Teddy Atlas, Terence Moore, Howard Bryant, Nancy Lieberman and Dan Le Batard on his final live show.

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Hour 1: The Sporting Life Sep 23, 2020

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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.

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The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap Sep 22, 2020

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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.

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Hour 1 The Sporting Life Sep 08, 2020

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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.

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The Sporting Life August 30th 2020 Sep 02, 2020

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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.

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TSL: Finebaum, Kezirian, Spears & Blyn Aug 14, 2020

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Jeremy is joined this week byrenowned 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.

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TSL: Nevarez, Weintraub & Sowell Aug 07, 2020

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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.

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TSL: Hinton, Bremer & WIlkinson Jul 31, 2020

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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.

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TSL: Albom & Susini Jul 24, 2020

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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.

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TSL: Halbritter, Hislop, Blackistone & Lindsey Jul 17, 2020

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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.

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