Press Box Access: A Sports History Podcast
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.
Press Box Access provides oral histories of some of the most dramatic moments in sports over the past 50 years, told by the sportswriters and sports columnists who were there.
When Mike Tyson cried before the Michael Spinks fight
Jets Final Game at Shea Stadium
Paul Hoynes jumps in Lake Erie after 2016 Indians make the World Series
Charles Barkley was a dominant force in the NBA
How Jack Youngblood played with a broken leg in the Super Bowl
How Vin Scully described the Kirk Gibson home run as one of the all-time great World Series moments
Rumble In The Jungle: Muhammad Ali's legendary upset of George Forman
Ringside for the Bite Fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield
Paul Hoynes part 2: “Those Teams Probably Saved Baseball in Cleveland.” | Press Box Access: A...
Would a HANS device have saved Dale Earnhardt?
How the Lennox Lewis fight helped end Mike Tyson's career
Covering "The Bronx Zoo" New York Yankees in the 1970s
Paul Hoynes part 1: “I'm Sweating Bullets, Shaking, Trying to Calm Myself Down.” | Press Box...
College baskeball scandals in the 1980s
When George Steinbrenner let Red Sox fans celebrate in Yankee Stadium after 2004 comeback win
Is Bill Walton one of the greatest NBA centers ever?
The Seattle Kingdome and the drawbacks of multi-purpose stadiums
How the press created false narratives in college basketball
The NBA's Golden Era in the 1980's as remembered by Charles Pierce
March Madness: Memorable Moments from Sportswriters
Joe Paterno - How the glowing narrative about him and penn State football wasn't accurate
Xavier's Skip Prosser was a great college basketetball coach and a great guy
How Bob Huggins was treated unfairly by the press when coaching the Cincinnati Bearcats
When Nolan Richardson and Arkansas won the NCAA Final Four
What Coach K was like off the court when not coaching Duke basketball
Christian Laettner's shot when Duke shocked Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA Tournament
Larry Bird and Race: "The Brother From Another Planet" by Charles Pierce
How Muhammad Ali viewed Leon Spinks
Jerry Tipton: “You could just walk into the Kentucky coach’s office.” | Press Box Access: A...
How the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament became March Madness