Sports With Friends

Longtime Seattle sports radio host and TV reporter Ian Furness joins the show this week. The conversation is about a lot of Seattle sports topics, including the Seattle Kraken. Furness recently was whisked into duty and had to travel and call four of the first five games in the franchise's history. He details that story and the team's impact on the city so far. Furness currently hosts middays at S...

Recent rumors in the media say that Disney is considering spinning off or selling outright ESPN. Disney denied the rumor, but it brought to light certain facts that make a lot of sense for both Disney and ESPN. First, ESPN receives $10 per month per cable subscription, but only $6.99 or less for ESPN+. The network has also expressed interest in a greater relationship with sports gambling, somethin...

The English Premier League has grown exponentially in popularity over the last decade. Enhancing that has been the success of the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso. In 2 seasons, Ted Lasso has won multiple Emmy Awards and trends on social media every time an episode drops. Longtime podcaster, actor, and voice actor Ralph Garman joins this week's episode to talk about the show's impact but also what it says...

This week, the 2021-2022 NHL season gets underway on two new networks. The league returns to ESPN for the first time in 17 years. It also marks the debut of the NHL on TNT, whose coverage begins on October 13th, 2021. Liam McHugh hosted the NHL on NBC for over 10 years, and when the league left NBC, McHugh was immediately hired by Turner. He will be the lead host on NHL studio coverage with Wayne...

Jerome Jurenovich recently announced his retirement, ending a 40-year career that involved television and radio all across the country. The multi-time Emmy winner started his career for WSEE-TV in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania before moving down to the Peach State to work for CNN. He then moved to Los Angeles to co-host NFL Sunday for Fox Sports Radio. After helping launch Altitude Sports in...

Longtime ESPN reporter TJ Quinn rejoined the podcast nearly 17 months after his first appearance in episode 244. Then, he had just battled a two-week illness that turned out to be Covid-19. In the months that have followed, TJ has battled “long haul.” The after-effects of his bout with Covid have given him numerous health issues including migraine headaches, extreme fatigue, “brain fog,” a heart c...

Longtime Bay Area radio host Damon Bruce joined the show. Damon has been hosting in San Francisco for over a decade and has had multiple network stints including CBS Sports Radio and FOX Sports Radio. The beginning of this episode traces his outstanding career and how he got to where he is. Then, Damon addresses some key SF-centric sports topics. Colin Kaepernick, the Oakland A's ballpark situatio...

Marc Ernay of 1010 WINS radio in New York and longtime broadcaster with the US Open rejoined the show to discuss this recently completed tournament. There was no shortage of storylines in the 2021 Open. From Naomi Osaka's ouster to Serena Williams, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal's absence. Novak Djokovic's quest for the calendar grand slam to his stunning loss to Daniil Medvedev. Then, there was...

September 11, 2021, will mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. September 11, 2001, is a day that the world completely changed. This podcast is dedicated to the lives lost on that fateful day. Esteemed documentary filmmaker Ross Greenburg directed along with Joe Lavine a new HBO Max documentary entitled, “Extra Innings from 9/11: 20 Years Later.” The film shows a host of powerful...

Former ESPN anchor and host Bob Ley joined the podcast this week. Ley joined ESPN for the launch of the network in 1979 and was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network until his retirement in 2019. Ley is a multiple Emmy Award winner. He hosted World Cups, created Outside the Lines, and was one of the first-ever Sportscenter anchors. Today, Bob Ley serves on the board of regents for Set...

Who are Mark Miller and David Moulton? They are two of the most underrated sports radio hosts in the country, and for nearly 15 years hosted two successful radio shows in Fort Myers, Florida. Recently, their second show came to an abrupt end. In the episode, Miller and Moulton explain their backgrounds and give brief histories of their careers. They also explain what a unique market Fort Myers is....

National Sports Columnist Jerry Brewer of the Washington Post joined the show to cover a variety of topics. The longtime columnist is at the Post after stops in Philadelphia, Orlando, Louisville, and Seattle. The beginning of the show discussed Brewer's thoughts on the state of sports journalism. Then, the topics ranged from Covid-19's involvement in sports to mental health in the sports world. Th...

This episode covers various sports headlines including the start of the 2021 NFL and college football seasons, post-analysis of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics, and the upcoming collective bargaining talks between Major League Baseball and the Players' Union as well as the well-documented decline in popularity of the National Pastime. BJ Schecter is a former editor and publisher at Baseball...

A major story at the Tokyo Olympics was the withdrawal of gymnastics icon Simone Biles from four individual finals at the Tokyo Olympics -- the all-around individual competition, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise -- after withdrawing during the women's team final, citing mental health concerns. She did return for the balance beam final, in which she claimed her second bronze medal in the disc...

McLain Ward is a three-time Olympic medalist. He joined the podcast from Germany where he was training for the Tokyo Olympics with his horse, Contagious. Ward is a longtime friend of Seth's, and the episode focuses on the struggle of dealing with the postponement of the Olympics last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He also discussed the massive operation to get the horses ready to travel across...

Meet Sébastien Buemi, longtime championship professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship with Nissan e.dams. Buemi has raced FIA Formula E Championship with e.dams Renault (now Nissan e.dams) since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015-16. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One from 2009 to 2011. After leaving Formula One, Buemi became a reserve...

This episode is the first since episode 238 to feature an in-person interview. Dario Franchitti was in Brooklyn, NY to call the 2021 New York #EPrix for Season 7 of Formula E. Frequent episodes of this podcast have been about this sport. Franchitti is a four-time IndyCar Series champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2007, 2010, 2012). After his retirement,...

Amber Wilson grew to radio fame hosting morning drive on 790am The Ticket in Miami Florida for nearly 5 years. Wilson's roller-coaster story is certainly one to behold. Her rise in the sports media field to a successful law practice must be heard to believe. She also faced great challenges just as the Miami show was taking off, being diagnosed, and beating breast cancer. She currently continues to...

Former Washington quarterback Joe Theismann is also an author, speaker, and broadcaster. He joined the podcast from Florida where he will be hosting the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship. Theismann spent 12 seasons with the Washington Redskins (later known as the Washington Football Team), where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and helped the team to consecutive Super Bowl appearances, winn...

Radio and TV star John "JJ" Jastremski is another Syracuse alum to join the podcast. After graduating from Syracuse, JJ won a WFAN "Fantasy Phenom" contest and parlayed it into a full-time WFAN host and Sportsnet New York contributor. Then, in 2020, Bill Simmons hired JJ to join his podcast network and leave radio. Jastremski now hosts a podcast called New York, New York. In this episode, the guys...

Broadcasting icon Jim Lampley joins the show to discuss his new play-by-play venture with a streaming app called Triller. Lampley was to begin his new role on June 19th, but Teófimo López tested positive for Covid-19, so his fight against George Kambosos has been delayed to August 14th. This podcast was recorded before López tested positive. After more than three decades in network television, and...

Longtime sports executive Scott O'Neil is an inspirational speaker. The CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, Dignitas E-Sports team, and more is the author of a new book entitled, "Be Where Your Feet Are." O'Neil talked about the unique challenges that lead to his idea of writing this book, and the message he hopes to get across. The episode also featured an in-depth conversation on t...

Longtime sports executive Mike McCarthy joins the show this week. McCarthy is currently the General Manager of the Marquee Sports Network, a new regional sports network based out of Chicago, owned in part by the Chicago Cubs. McCarthy started his career at Madison Square Garden, starting as an intern and ascending all the way to President of MSG Network. He was also the CEO of the NHL's St. Louis...

Long-time baseball insider returns to the podcast. He was on Episode 63 back in 2016. Jon works for both the MLB Network and the NHL Network and appears on FOX Sports' properties. He is one of the preeminent baseball insiders in the industry today. This episode began with the story of how he and his family dealt with the still-ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. They also discuss the differences between co...

Commemorating 300 episodes of this podcast, this one is presented as a documentary. It runs through the history of this podcast, which started in Spring 2015. It was originally 2 podcasts, and then a tragedy lead to it being rebranded. Hear from over 50 of the 300 guests that came on during the show's first 300 episodes. Guests range from Ken Griffey Jr. to Sir Richard Branson to Tiger Woods to Ja...