“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 most wild and woolly moments in (often forgotten) sports history.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 days 10 hours 13 minutes
episode 346: Roller Derby's Los Angeles Thunderbirds - With Scott Stephens
It's our first journey into the chaotically exciting history of "professional" roller derby with former skater and long-time keeper-of-the-flame Scott Stephens ("). From the moment he laced up his first pair of roller skates at age six in mid-1960s...
episode 345: From Vancouver to Memphis - With Łukasz Muniowski
It's a special mea culpa episode this week, as we welcome back Szczecin University (Poland) history professor and Łukasz Muniowski () for a deep dive into the drama of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies move to Memphis in 2001 - and an assessment of the...
The NFL’s 1943 “Steagles” - With Matt Algeo [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
[A dip into the archives for a one of our first-ever episodes from 2017 - by request!] Author Matt Algeo () joins Tim Hanlon all the way from Maputo, Mozambique to discuss the marriage of convenience that literally saved the National Football League...
episode 344: The Evolution of Sports Media - With David Bockino
Former ESPN ad researcher, and current Elon University professor of communications and sport management David Bockino () helps us trace the evolution of the sports media industry - with historical points of interest both obvious (e.g., the 1958 NFL...
episode 343: Baseball History Landmarks - With Chris Epting
We reach back into the vaunted Good Seats library stacks this week for a deep dive into one of Tim's favorite sports reference books - - with its (prodigious non-fiction) author . Now in its third edition, Roadside is everything you'd imagine...
[PROMO DROP] "Ways To Win"
Sharing something special, an episode of the new podcast "Ways to Win" - where coaches Craig Robinson and John Calipari use their on-court wisdom to solve off-court problems. In this first episode (recorded before the start of the NCAA basketball...
episode 342: ECAC College Hoops - With Clayton Trutor
We bust some brackets this week in honor of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with a look back at the old East Coast Athletic Conference and the coaching cradle of city of Boston - with return () guest Clayton Trutor (""). Before...
episode 341: "Pro" Wrestling's Origin Story - With Jon Langmead
We squint hard this week for a look into the story of American "professional" wrestling's formative years - with pop culture writer Jon Langmead (). Langmead takes us inside the raucous period roughly between the mid-1870s to the early-1940s -...
episode 340: Baseball's "New York Game" - With Kevin Baker
Harper's Contributing Editor and novelist/historian extraordinaire Kevin Baker ("") brings his blended affection for (and evocative portrayals of) both "The Big Apple" and the "National Pastime" - to make a compelling case for New York City as the...
episode 339: Early-Day WNBA - With Marie Ferdinand-Harris
It's a celebration of women's hoops this week, as we look back at the "early days" of the Women's National Basketball Association - including stops with the oft-forgotten Utah Starzz and San Antonio Silver Stars - with three-time league all-star Marie...