35 Best Sports History Podcasts

1. Good Seats Still Available

Good Seats Still Available is a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used to be in professional sports. Each week, host Tim Hanlon interviews former players, owners, broadcasters, beat reporters, and surprisingly famous super fans of teams and leagues that have come and gone - in an attempt to unearth some of the wildest and woolly moments in sports history.
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 416Twitter Followers 1.1KInstagram Followers 197 Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 92 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The Sports Experience Podcast with Chris Quinn

Comedians Chris Quinn and Dominic DiTolla revisit memorable people and events in sports history. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Hosts Chris Quinn, Dominic DiTolla
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 24Instagram Followers 212 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Hello Old Sports

Each week on 'Hello, Old Sports' Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We'll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth's first season with the New York Yankees. Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the 'Ice Bowl' between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first 'World Series' between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.
Podcast sportshistorynetwork.com
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 305Twitter Followers 948 Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 98 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. A-Train Sports Talk

Talking sports NBA, NFL, MLB, HBCU, Negro League Baseball History. A different perspective on sports. The podcast where you'll get sports history.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 17 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 62 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. The Black Athlete

This is a podcast by Louis Moore and Derrick White. As trained historians and leading scholars on sports and race, we discuss the history of the black athlete in a contemporary conversation. Moore is the author of I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, and also We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, The Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality. White is the author of The Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football
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Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 37 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 59 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. Historically Speaking Sports

Over the course of 365 days a year, something in the world of sports always makes us stop and take notice. Dana highlights the accomplishments, memories and anniversaries of some of the greatest moments in sports history and delves into some of the hidden stories behind them. Hosted by former sportswriter and broadcaster Dana Auguster, this weekly podcast describes these sports moments like no other. Each week the show will be your tour guide as we stroll down sports memory lane, reliving the moments that make sports a vital element of being an American. Also, the show uncovers other moments and facts that few sports fans know about. The show is divided into three different segments. The first is the 'Main Event' where one event is highlighted. A historical event that is celebrating an anniversary are a current event that mirrors another from sports' historical past.The second segment is the 'Weekly Top 5'. Five events that took place during that week in history that deserves to be highlighted and discussed. The third and final segment is simply 'shoutouts'. Moments, birthdays, and other sports oddities that happened that week that deserves to be recognized. If you wish to send a comment or check out the shows twitter page, go to @HistoricallySp2 or email the show at HistoricallySpeakingSports@gmail.comSo, join this weekly podcast that is part of the Sports History Network called Historically Speaking Sports Podcast. The podcast where we celebrate sports history one week at a time.
Podcast sportshistorynetwork.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 591 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 36 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Sport in History Podcast

The Sport in History Podcast brings you the latest in cutting-edge research with interviews and talks with leading sports historians and up-and-coming researchers into Sports History. The podcast is a British Society of Sports History production from the UK's leading scholarly society for the history of the sport.
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Host Amanda Callan-Spenn
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Apple Rating 3 / 5Twitter Followers 3.2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. Pro Football in the 1970s

Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network, hosted by the author of multiple pro football books, Joe Zagorski. Each episode delves into moments in gridiron history that include great players, unforgettable plays, memorable games, and many more instances of what made football America's favorite sport.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 305Twitter Followers 948 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 9 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

9. Ringside With Reading

I would like to announce The Podcast Show Ringside With Reading: Boxing History From Yesteryear brought to you by The Sports History Network. I am your host Frank Reading. I am a middle-aged former boxing mega-fan from the 1980s-1990s. I have no allegiance or affiliation with any Boxing Organization Alliance or Federation. I have a background in research and public speaking as well as boxing training and coaching. I hope you will enjoy the factual information provided on this program. My goal is to educated and inform the listener on the History of 'The Sweet Science'It will be available on The Sports History Network app and will air bi-weekly on Saturday.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 305Twitter Followers 948 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 9 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. SHN Showc

Each week a podcast from the Sports History Network is highlighted to help you learn what the show is all about, the host of the show, and even a little current news from the sporting world.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 305Twitter Followers 948 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 11 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

11. Lost in Sports

Join host and journalist Ben Baskin on an adventure through time as he takes on some of the biggest questions in sports history— and some you never thought to ask. Every episode of Lost In Sports explores the mysteries of the lost, the forgotten and the disappeared, and goes on a quest for answers.In season 1, Ben investigates a global phenomenon that vanished, a body part that went missing, a movie that was never seen, and more!Have a sports mystery you'd like to solve? Send it to Ben at lostinsports@religionofsports.com or leave him a message at [(914) 893-2870](tel:9148932870).
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 61.7KTwitter Followers 6.8KInstagram Followers 49.6K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. Suiting Up Varsity

Time-traveling through the history of Nebraska high school sports, exploring the great stories, intriguing personalities, and exciting contests from the Cornhusker state history books.
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Host Greg Mays
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 133Twitter Followers 11.5K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. History of Strength Sports Podcast

A podcast dedicated to the history and evolution of Strongman, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Weightlifting, niche strength sports as well as the history being made right now. Join us for great conversations and guest interviews on the History of Strength Sports Podcast.
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 755 Since Jan 2021 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. Redspin Sports

Redspin Sports looks at the connections between the U.S. sports industry & the political, social & economic forces that sustain U.S. imperialism, both at home and abroad. We examine the history of activist athletes and this generation's reemergence of athlete activism, the history of American football through a critical class struggle lens, and the politics & labor dynamics that characterize the modern pro sports leagues & much more; all of which are critical to fully understanding the social and political forces that define our time.
Podcast spreaker.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 517Twitter Followers 543Instagram Followers 133 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Ultimate Sports Mashup

Every other Monday, we pluck teams from across the sports history continuum and pit them against one another. Each week your hosts will break down what there is to love about two of the greatest teams in history and then match them up against one another. From the all-time greats, to the pros, and to the underclassmen, Ultimate Sports Mashup will bring you it all. Who do you think will be the Ultimate Champion?
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 171Instagram Followers 55 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. What Was The Score?

Why do we love sports? Who was the first GOAT? What on Earth is Korfball? Sports history is my passion, and this podcast is a way of sharing that with you, the listener. Interviews, discussions, lectures, any medium to share information and knowledge that we will uncover, together, through What Was The Score?: The Sports History Podcast.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 439 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. On Further Review

We talk about the remarkable facts and storylines surrounding the most memorable sporting events. Can an Olympic game improve diplomatic relations between countries? Do courtrooms determine the fall of franchises? From famous upsets, or the rise and fall of teams, leagues, and athletes, we discuss the details of how one single event can shape sports histories for years to come.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 12Twitter Followers 18Instagram Followers 26 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

18. Go Team

Go Team! Is a sports and history podcast that brings you the stories behind things you've always wondered about in sports. Like, where does the name Tar Heels come from? Why is the Akron minor league baseball team named the Rubber Ducks? And more! Tune in every week for a new story behind one of the most uniting experiences we share - sports.
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Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 116Instagram Followers 924 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Hallowed Ground

Join sports history buff Andrew Stockmann for an interview-driven look into the world of sports museums, from creating unique exhibits to honoring legends of sport.
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Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 70 Frequency 4 episodes / year Avg Length 36 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Alternate Jersey

Grant Evan seeks to answer the greatest What Ifs? in sports history using evidence, math, and a lot of simulations. Evan uses his research talents and sports journalism skills to craft 4-part deep dives into the alternate realities of the sport.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 99 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. Ranked

Join us as we travel through time, in search for the most iconic year in sports history! Hosts Nick, Justin and Aaron explore a different year every week, and uncover what historic moments made that year memorable. If you like sports, history and humorous conversations, feel free to check it out!
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22. Sports History 101

A Saints Sports Network podcast, recounting great moments, people, and organizations in sports history with host Ray. We do not claim to be experts but we might be able to teach an intro class. So grab your seat, they are not assigned, relax and maybe you'll learn something.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. Retro Rewind

A sports themed podcast from PinalCentral.com that tells the stories of Pinal County athletes and memorable events in local sports history.
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24. In Enemy Territory

Breaking down sports history one day at a time.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 42Instagram Followers 66 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. Black History in Sports

Examining the contributions of African Americans in Sports.
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26. History of the Sports Bra

History of the Sports Bra celebrates the history of women's sports and champions its future! Tune in for episodes about the history of women's sports in the United States and of course episodes about the history of the sports bra.
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 302 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

27. TWISHPOD 'The Week in Sports History'

We explore, elaborate, and add context to historical sporting events.
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28. The History of Sports Podcast

Welcome to The History of Sports Podcast. This is a podcast that dives deep into the history of your favorite sports team. Good season or bad, we will cover it in detail here on The History of Sports Podcast.
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29. The Off Court Podcast

Now more than ever, we are seeing the connection between sports, politics, and the wheels of history. What has caused the decline in black baseball players in the MLB? How does hockey intertwine with nationalism? How has the conflict between Israel and Palestinians manifested itself in sports? How is a slam dunk a mode of expression? How has Cricket helped decolonize India?
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Facebook Followers 649Twitter Followers 496Instagram Followers 860 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. The Sports Vault Podcast

A Sports History Podcast with some other Random Shit!
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Twitter Followers 21Instagram Followers 58 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact