“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
Fox Sports/MSG Networks Broadcaster Kenny Albert
Veteran Fox Sports and MSG Networks play-by-play man Kenny Albert ("") joins host Tim Hanlon for a cornucopia of career memories from his 30+ year journey in sports broadcasting – including, of course, obligatory stops along the way for various...
episode 319: The 1994-95 Baseball Players' Strike - With Bob Cottrell
We explore the traumatic events of Major League Baseball's notorious 1994-95 players' strike - with Chico State history professor Bob Cottrell (" "). More than 900 regular season games, the entirety of the playoffs, and, for the first time in 90...
episode 318: The WHA & Original NHL Winnipeg Jets - With Geoff Kirbyson
We head "True North" to the Canadian province of Manitoba this week in search of heretofore undiscovered historical nuggets from the WHA and original NHL versions of hockey's Winnipeg Jets - with veteran journalist/author Geoff Kirbyson. Kirbyson's...
The International Volleyball Association - With Jay Hanseth
[A scheduling snafu this week gives us a perfect excuse to re-release this hidden gem from November 2019 - enjoy!] You can be forgiven if you never heard of the International Volleyball Association – the mid-1970s co-ed pro circuit that aimed to...
episode 317: Before the NFL - With Gregg Ficery
The National Football League is back in full swing, and what better way to celebrate than with a deep dig into the primordial ooze from which it and the broader endeavor of professional football evolved - with Gregg Ficery, author of the new and...
episode 316: “A League of Their Own” - With Erin Carlson
Hollywood history maven Erin Carlson ("") stops by the podcast to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic motion picture that comically (and lovingly) brought the largely forgotten story of the World War II-era All-American Girls...
episode 315: The Junior Basketball Association - With Brandon Williams
While the NCAA is still the predominant pipeline for rookie basketball talent looking to break into pro hoops, the 2023 NBA Draft showed just how far legitimate alternate pathways have come - especially for eager high school players unwilling (or...
episode 314: The UK (Hearts) the NFL - With Ben Isaacs
Domestically, American football has never been more popular (or prosperous) than it is today - yet questions continue to circle among the ownership class of the NFL as to how the pro game can continue to grow outside the confines of its current...
The Continental Basketball Association – With David Levine [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
[We round out our last week of summer vacation with a re-release of this listener-favorite episode from June 2019 - enjoy!] Author and former SPORT magazine writer David Levine () joins the ‘cast to give us our first taste of the quirky minor...
The Major Indoor Soccer League – With Co-Founder Ed Tepper [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
[A summer vacation re-release of a fan favorite episode from March 2019!] We celebrate our second anniversary with the intriguing background story of the original Major Indoor Soccer League, with the man who started it all – Ed Tepper. A...