Sports With Friends

John Halama pitched for 8 big league seasons for seven big league teams. In 1998, he was part of a blockbuster trade between the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners involving ace Randy Johnson. He joined the Mariners in '98, when Seth joins KJR to cover that same team. They discuss their longtime friendship, and also stories about Alex Rodriguez and manager Lou Piniella. He also discusses his new...

This week's episode stems from a column that longtime columnist Marcus Hayes wrote in the Philadelphia Daily News/Inquirer. That article is about Zack Wheeler and Mike Trout considering opting out of the shortened 60-game MLB season. The article was posted here: https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-mike-trout-zack-wheeler-mlb-coronavirus-20200707.htmlHayes contends that the players should be...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sports media industry in awful ways. There have been numerous layoffs, furloughs throughout the television, radio, and print media industries. In a stunning turn of events, Penske Media launched a new sports business website, Sportico. In this episode, Sportico CEO Dick Glover explains how the timeline allowed for them to launch amidst the pandemic, and what...

This is another episode focused on the amazing sport called Formula E. 'And We Go Green' is a feature-length sports documentary directed by Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville, and produced by environmentalist and Oscar-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. Stevens and Venville join the podcast. They discuss the idea behind the documentary, and how they wove in the personal stories of the personalitie...

This is part 2 of a long conversation with the great radio engineer for the New York Mets, New York Giants, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, St. John's Basketball, Westwood One, and more. Chris Majkowski is waiting like many in 2020 for sports to return. This conversation ranged from the lack of personalities in baseball and what has changed int the way we consume sports. The chat also was about...

Chris Majkowski is the longtime onsite radio engineer for the New York Mets, New York Giants, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, St. John's Basketball, and countless other sporting events. In normal times, "Maj" could work an average of 300 nights a year. Maj hasn't missed a Mets game since 1993, a streak of over 4,000 games. With that much experience, he has worked (literally) with everyone and h...

This episode is dedicated to George Floyd. Rest in Peace. In this episode, former NBA player and current social activist Etan Thomas returns to the show to discuss the killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests and riots that have followed. Then, longtime NBA Insider David Aldridge joins the show to discuss Michael Jordan's recent statement on the issues, and how the NBA deals with social act...

Continuing a trend of having top-flight play-by-play announcers who under normal circumstances are too busy traveling around the country to do the podcast, this episode features 3rd-year radio voice of the New York Knicks, Ed Cohen. Ed recently became a father and is in the midst of his 3rd season calling Knicks games. He talked about TV vs. radio, what being with the Knicks and Madison Square Gar...

In the 250th episode of Sports with Friends, longtime play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle joins the show. Ian currently calls play-by-play for the NFL on CBS, the NBA on TNT, and the Brooklyn Nets on the YES Network. He also calls NFL games for Westwood One and also calls matches for the Tennis Channel. In 1994, Seth interned for Ian at WFAN. In this episode, they discuss those times together. Eagle...

One of the busiest broadcasters in sports today, Kenny Albert is stuck at home during the COVID-19 quarantine, so he had time to join the show. The conversation started with the state of the sports world, but the majority of the chat was about his busy life. Albert is a play-by-play announcer for the NFL on FOX, the Rangers and Knicks on MSG Network (radio and television), and the NHL on NBC. Albe...

2 longtime Major League Baseball veterans reunited for a show on Seth's new Twitch channel. The original plan was for Jones to hang out on Twitch and then welcomed in his longtime Minnesota Twins teammate. The conversation turned into an in-depth open conversation about the possibility of having an MLB in the time of COVID-19. The chat evolved into an honest chat about the Astros cheating scandal,...

In the time of COVID-19, the impact on Minor League Baseball has been felt as much as any small business. MiLB owner and native New Yorker Gary Green is the owner of the Montgomery Biscuits, Omaha Storm Chasers, and Richmond Flying Squirrels. He's also Baseball America Managing Partner, and USL Soccer team owner, Gary has donated 45,000 masks to medical facilities in the Omaha-area. In this episod...

In this time of quarantine, the sports world has stopped. What about the new media? What about the viewers? What happens when sports come back? With the viewing habits constantly changing, what will the halt in entertainment mean for the sports fan? Will digital streaming services make sports a priority upon its eventual return? All these questions were posed to Media and Technology Analyst Rich G...

On March 12, 2020, after a player in the NBA tested positive for COVID-19, the league suspended operations. The Denver Nuggets were playing the Dallas Mavericks on ESPN that night and were live when the historical announcement was made, changing the entire sports landscape. Ryan Ruocco and Doris Burke were calling that game. Ruocco is a play-by-play announcer for ESPN and the YES Network calling N...

Acclaimed baseball writer Jared Diamond makes his 2nd appearance on the show. This recording was at the end of March 2020, and was supposed to coincide with the opening of the 2020 Baseball season. The coronavirus pandemic made that impossible, so Diamond opens the show with the latest on MLB's hopes to save the season. Then, they get into his 1st book, "Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's...

2 days before he was the first NBA Player and Sports Rudy Gobert tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus, he was at a press conference where he playfully touched a bunch of reporters' microphones. One of the people who were in that room, Ben Anderson, joins the show for this special episode. Anderson covers the Utah Jazz for KSLsports.com and does Jazz pre and post-game shows for select games. O...

Syracuse legend John Wallace joined the show soon after having his jersey retired at the Carrier Dome. In this episode, he reflected on his accomplishments while at SU. He and Seth revisited the first time they met (in Seth's dorm when Micahel Jordan announced his first retirement), and then his tough but successful decision to stay at Syracuse for his senior year despite the chance to get into th...

Award-winning actor Ben Affleck headlines a cast for a new movie, The Way Back, directed by Gavin O'Connor. Both Affleck and O'Connor are guests on this podcast. On the show, Affleck talks about learning how to be a basketball coach. Plus, he offers his opinion on his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox. O'Connor joined the show on the actual day that was the 40th anniversary of the 1980 US...

Longtime player and manager Lou Piniella has a long history with Seth Everett. Piniella and John Franco were both honored at the 40th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City on February 4, 2020. They both were guests on this episode. Piniella's managerial tenure covered the Yankees, Reds, Mariners Devil Rays, and Cubs. It was when he managed the Mariners...

Nancy Lieberman, basketball Hall of Famer, was at the 40th Annual Thurman Munson Dinner in February 2020. There, Lieberman told the shocking story about how she was almost on the helicopter with Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and 7 others who perished in a crash on January 26th. Instead, she planned to do it 4 days after the tragedy. She spoke with Seth about the circumstances behind the shock...

Less than two weeks before the posting of this episode, former Los Angeles Laker icon Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in California along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and 7 other victims. It was a tragedy that gripped the world, as the star died in a horrific tragedy. Former NBA player Etan Thomas, who played against Kobe from a very young age, joined the show to talk about Bryant's...

It's Super Bowl week and this year the game features the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Florida. To Preview the game, former NFL Offensive Lineman Kyle Turley joined the show to set the scene at Radio Row and to preview the big game. He also discussed his Cannabis company NeuroXPF and its medicinal effects that specifically CBD has had on his career. He also discusses the...

This episode features Hall of Fame catcher Pudge Rodriguez. This interview took place at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club in Orlando, shortly before the recently completed celebrity division champion in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions for LPGA winners and entertainment and sports stars. Pudge was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017, and his career spanned 14 All-Star G...

Longtime radio veteran Chris Carlin joins the show to talk about his long and winding career, and all of it's stops. From WFAN to Rutgers to SNY to WIP to his new gig at ESPN New York 98.7, Chris Carlin has an exciting story to tell. Two notes- Seth worked at every place Chris has as their careers have intersected many times, tracing back to their beginnings in the NY-Penn League. Chris discusses...

David Stern, the 30-year commissioner who molded the shape of the modern NBA into a global iconic brand, died at the age of 77 on January 1st, 2020. He was the commissioner for 30 years, beginning in 1984, and lead the league into a period of great growth into an iconic brand that is a global icon. His tenure did not go without controversy. In this episode, three guests discuss the story in its en...