Sports With Friends

On January 7, 2021, Dodgers hall of fame manager, Tommy Lasorda died at the age of 93. This episode pays tribute to the iconic manager. Joined by former Dodgers general manager Fred Claire, former Dodgers VP Communications Gary Miereanu, and longtime Dodgers reporter Ben Platt.

This episode focuses on how to play sports safely and what sports are doing just that. Jane McManus also focuses on how money and politics put some sports, namely college football, in peril.

Just weeks after the 2019-2020 season ended in the Orlando bubble, the NBA is back for another season. This season is 72 regular season games, and not in a bubble. Teams are traveling, and playing in their own empty arenas.

This episode continues a 3-year tradition where veteran radio host Scott Seidenberg joins the show. In 2018, the show was supposed to be posted on Christmas Day, and there was no episode ready to go.

In the unique baseball season that was 2020, the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays was captured by MLB’s official World Series film.

Iconic WNBA legend Angel McCoughtry joined the show to discuss her career and much more. The long-time member of the Atlanta Dream just completed her first season with the Las Vegas Aces.

Saturday, the Denver Broncos quarterback Jeff Driskel tested positive. The 3 other quarterbacks on the Denver roster all were quarantined because they were in close contact with Driskel and weren’t wearing masks.

Tom Lee has run iconic sports radio stations for over 20 years. He’s had stops in Kansas City, Seattle, Los Angeles (to start FOX Sports Radio), Philadelphia, and Dallas.

This episode focuses on sports media. There have been many episodes dedicated to this, and this one features a great sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand from the New York Post.