“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 125: San Jose Sharks Broadcaster Randy Hahn
Before embarking on his incredible 29-year (and counting) run as play-by-play lead for NHL hockey’s San Jose Sharks, NBC Sports California sportscaster Randy Hahn was first known to 1980s pro soccer audiences as the versatile radio and TV voice...
episode 124: The CFL’s Baltimore Stallions – With Ron Snyder
Sportswriter Ron Synder () joins to delve into the story of the mostly-forgotten team that revitalized Baltimore’s pro football history and viability. When the National Football League’s Baltimore Colts secretively absconded to Indianapolis in the...
episode 123: Ballpark Architecture and the American City – With Paul Goldberger
We amp up the intellectual quotient this week with Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger (), as we delve into the inextricably historical bond between the rise of America’s favorite pastime and the evolution of the American...
episode 122: Black Pioneers of the NASL – With Patrick Horne
Brooklyn College women’s soccer head coach and former NASL (Memphis Rogues, New England Tea Men) and ASL (New Jersey Americans) pro player Patrick Horne () joins the podcast to help shine a light on the largely unrecognized contributions of black...
episode 121: More Milwaukee Braves Baseball – With Patrick Steele
It’s been nearly two years since our first look at baseball’s still-revered Milwaukee Braves, and this week – courtesy of author/historian Patrick Steele () – we finally get the chance to go deeper into the team that, in its brief 13-season...
episode 120: The Portland Timbers’ Origin Story – With Michael Orr
As the 2019 version of the Portland Timbers celebrates its 10th season in Major League Soccer, we spin the WABAC Machine dial back 44 years earlier to 1975 – when the club’s original namesake became an overnight sensation (figuratively and...
episode 119: The Alliance of American Football Saga Continues – With Michael Rothstein
We veer back this week into the still-unfolding mess that is (or was) the Alliance of American Football with ESPN.com “NFL Nation” reporter Michael Rothstein – who, along with ESPN Senior Writer Seth Wickersham – has been chronicling the...
The Continental Basketball Association – With David Levine
Author and former SPORT magazine writer David Levine () joins the ‘cast to give us our first taste of the quirky minor league basketball circuit that began as a Pennsylvania-based regional outfit in 1946 (predating the NBA’s formation by two...
The Chicago Cubs Origin Story – With Jack Bales
University of Mary Washington research librarian and baseball historian Jack Bales () joins the podcast to help us dig into the surprisingly rich history of Major League Baseball’s long-time North Side Chicago franchise well prior to 1903, when they...
A Thinking Man’s Guide to Defunct Leagues – With Stephen Provost
This week, we offer a refresher course in the history of forgotten pro sports leagues with veteran newspaper editor, current long-form author and fellow defunct sports enthusiast Stephen Provost – whose recent book is an essential primer for anyone...