“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 11 hours 34 minutes
New York Yankees Broadcaster John Sterling (Archive Re-Release)
We celebrate the arrival of 2020 with an archive re-release of one our favorite interviews of 2019 - New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling. Strap in for a rollicking revisit to forgotten pro sports stops like the NBA Baltimore Bullets, WHA New...
episode 144: Year-End Holiday Spectacular – With Paul Reeths & Andy Crossley
We put the wraps on an event-filled 2019 with our first-annual holiday roundtable spectacular featuring the return of fellow defunct sports enthusiasts Paul Reeths (, & ) and Andy Crossley ( & ) – for a spirited discussion about the past,...
episode 143: Negro League Superstar Oscar Charleston – With Jeremy Beer
Baseball biographer Jeremy Beer () joins the podcast this week to discuss the life and career of one of baseball’s greatest, though largely unsung, players – and provide us a convenient excuse for a deeper dive into the endlessly fascinating...
episode 142: Birmingham’s Black Barons – With Bill Plott
Journalist-author/Alabama native Bill Plott () joins the show to help us discover more about the legendary Negro League franchise regarded by most baseball historians as the “jewel of Southern black baseball." The first Black Barons team began in...
The WHA Hall of Fame With Tim Gassen (Archive Re-Release)
We mourn the unexpected passing of University of Arizona men's ice hockey media broadcaster & World Hockey Association history flamekeeper Tim Gassen - with our previous Episode 75 interview from August 18, 2018. RIP Tim - your passion for the WHA...
episode 141: The National Bowling League – With Dr. Jake Schmidt
We hit the lanes this week to delve into the fascinating story of the nation’s first and only attempt at a professional team bowling league – a seemingly anachronistic idea by today’s standards, but a concept that made total sense in the early...
episode 140: NFL Football’s Chicago Cardinals – With Joe Ziemba
Author and unwitting pro football historian Joe Ziemba () help us set the record straight on the often-misunderstood history of the first incarnation of pro football’s oldest continuous club – now know as the Arizona Cardinals. Arguably the least...
episode 139: The NHL’s Kansas City Scouts – With Troy Treasure
Veteran Missouri-area sportswriter Troy Treasure () joins the podcast this week to delve into the mostly forgotten (and woeful) two-season saga of the 1974 National Hockey League expansion franchise now known as the New Jersey Devils. Along with the...
episode 138: The International Volleyball Association – With Jay Hanseth
You can be forgiven if you never heard of the International Volleyball Association – the mid-1970s co-ed pro circuit that aimed to draft off the rising popularity of Olympic and beach volleyball during America’s wildest sports decade – but the...
episode 137: Basketball’s Marvin “Bad News” Barnes – With Mike Carey
Marvin “Bad News” Barnes was considered a future Hall of Fame basketball player before he even graduated from college. A standout at Providence (averaging 20.7 points and 17.9 rebounds a game, and leading the Friars to the NCAA Final Four in...