TALKING
I’ve been a regular guest on NPR’s “All Things Considered” since 1998. Here’s an archive of my recent appearances, along with other TV and radio stuff.
2008
November 21
Major League Soccer and a little economy.
November 14
Obama wants a playoff, and other college football news.
October 31
Halfway through the NFL season.
Ocotber 24
Europe lures NBA players.
October 17
A Red Sox comeback v. the Rays and more baseball playoffs.
October 10
How the economy will affect the sports industry.
October 3
The NHL opens its season in Europe–and it should expand there.
September 19
Yankee Stadium (sob) hosts its final game.
September 13
I talk about football and North Korea while playing play “Not My Job” on Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.
September 5
NFL football: Opening Day, the NFL Network, Ocho Cinco.
August 29
U.S. Open tennis–with a team handball reference!
August 27
An hour-long conversation about the Beijing Olympics on Wisconsin Public Radio’s show “Here on Earth.”
August 22
Football, baseball and more team handball!
August 15
Stagecraft, politics and medal counts: week one of the Olympics. Plus: team hanball!
July 29
Scrabulous goes down, Scrabble fans howl.
July 25
Brett Favre may or may not return to Green Bay.
July 15
I talk on Talk of the Nation about the book.
July 11
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the pro sports ownership dilemma: estate taxes.
June 13
Tiger Woods tries to win the U.S. Open.
June 6
Big Brown and horseracing’s tumultuous season.
May 23
The Indianapolis 500.
May 16
Amputee runner Oscar Pistorius wins Olympic appeal.
May 2
Kentucky Derby preview.
April 25
NFL Draft preview.
April 18
NBA, NHL playoffs begin.
April 11
Tiger Woods struggles at the Masters.
March 28
A discussion of an essay I wrote, “My Glove: A Biography.”
March 21
The battle between sports blogs and the mainstream media.
March 7
Scrabble turns 60.
February 29
Baseball spring training begins.
February 21
Shaq, Kidd and other NBA deadline trades.
February 1
Super Bowl preview, with lots about kickers.
January 18
Amputee runner Oscar Pistorius loses Olympic bid.
January 11
NFL playoffs.
2007
December 28
New England Patriots go for 16-0.
December 21
The New York Knicks are a disaster.
December 14
Baseball releases the Mitchell report.
December 7
Heisman Trophy preview.
November 29
NFL cable TV battle.
November 16
Barry Bonds is indicted.
November 9
An assault on NFL records.
November 2
Olympic marathon trials.
October 5
Baseball playoffs begin.
September 28
Chaotic end to baseball regular season ends.
September 14
New England Patriots punished in Spygate.
September 7
An embarrassing start to the NFL season.
August 31
College football season preview.
August 24
Golf holds its first “playoffs.”
July 27
A drug-plagued Tour de France.
July 20
Barry Bonds closes in on home-run record.
July 13
David Beckham arrives in L.A.
June 22
A blogger gets booted from the College World Series.
June 8
Jason Giambi sort of admits using steroids.
June 1
LeBron James is awesome.
May 25
Soccer gains a little more in U.S.
May 11
Dale Earnhardt Jr. quits his family Nascar team.
April 27
The NFL draft is big TV.
April 20
NBA and NFL crackdown on “character” issues.
April 13
ESPN radio loudmouth Colin Cowherd attacks a blog.
March 30
A new MLB season.
March 23
MLB and DirecTV cut a deal.
March 16
The NCAA basketball tournament starts.
March 12
I discuss my Scrabble bracket from the new book The Enlightened Bracketologist.
March 2
Baseball spring training.
February 16
Former NBA player John Amaechi comes out.
February 2
Super Bowl preview.
January 26
Australian Open tennis.
January 19
NFL playoffs.
January 12
Major League Soccer signs David Beckham.
January 5
NFL coaches quit.
