Sports Rivals

Sports Rivals


Latest Episodes

Pitchers | Blyleven vs Langston | Ep 14
May 19, 2020

Listen to pitchers Bert Blyleven and Mark Langston talk baseball, their love of the game, and the stories that go with it.

Reporters | Adamson vs Coakley | Ep 12
May 04, 2020

Listen to Ashley Adamson and Jeané Coakley talk about rivalries for stories and their jobs as trail blazing women in sports reporting.

Coaches | Raftery vs Carlesimo | Ep 13
May 02, 2020

Hear from Bill Raftery and P.J. Carlesimo, two of basketball’s most delightful and knowledgeable individuals and coaches.

In The Press Box | Nightengale vs Miller | Ep 11
April 27, 2020

Listen to national baseball sportswriters Bob Nightengale and Scott Miller discuss their rivalry in the press box and the future of sports journalism.

1988 NLCS | Dodgers vs Mets | Ep 10
April 20, 2020

1988 NLCS The 1988 NLCS was a tumultuous series between the LA Dodgers and NY Mets. It went 7 games in the rain, sleet and hail and featured the likes of KIRK GIBSON, STEVE SAX, DOC GOODEN AND GARY CARTER. This series also pitted the to be 1988 Cy Youn...

GM vs Agent | Major League Baseball | Ep 9
April 13, 2020

GM vs Agent GM vs Agent | As a sports agent, what is the best deal I can get for my client and exactly what does “best deal” mean? As a GM negotiating with the agent, what is the best deal I can get for my club and just what does THAT mean?

Army vs Navy | NCAA Football | Ep 8
April 04, 2020

Army vs Navy – it is the “nation’s football game.”  At the end of each football season, there unfolds a pageantry that began in 1890.. The Oath Each player took the same oath that brought him to this game.  Each has a mission far beyond football.

ACC College Basketball | MD vs VT | Ep 7
March 31, 2020

Would you really ask a college basketball player to throw up during a game if things were going bad, just to change the momentum? What do you do when the water main breaks on campus when there is a big game to be played that day?

UCLA vs Arizona | NCAA Mens’ Basketball | Ep 6
September 26, 2019

UCLA vs Arizona | NCAA Mens’ Basketball–Rivalries take time to build and this one has had decades.  UCLA and Arizona are two of college basketball’s premier programs.   Over the years the race for Pac-12 titles and the right to move to March madness ha...

2002 World Series | Giants vs Angels | Ep 5
May 29, 2019

This episode features the 2002 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels through the eyes of managers Dusty Baker and Mike Scioscia.