Sports With Friends

Continuing a trend of having top-flight play-by-play announcers who under normal circumstances are too busy traveling around the country to do the podcast, this episode features 3rd-year radio voice of the New York Knicks, Ed Cohen.

In the 250th episode of Sports with Friends, longtime play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle joins the show. Ian currently calls play-by-play for the NFL on CBS, the NBA on TNT, and the Brooklyn Nets on the YES Network.

One of the busiest broadcasters in sports today, Kenny Albert is stuck at home during the COVID-19 quarantine, so he had time to join the show.

2 longtime Major League Baseball veterans reunited for a show on Seth’s new Twitch channel. The original plan was for Jones to hang out on Twitch and then welcomed in his longtime Minnesota Twins teammate.

In this time of quarantine, the sports world has stopped. What about the new media? What about the viewers? What happens when sports come back? With the viewing habits constantly changing, what will the halt in entertainment mean for the sports fan?

On March 12, 2020, after a player in the NBA tested positive for COVID-19, the league suspended operations. The Denver Nuggets were playing the Dallas Mavericks on ESPN that night and were live when the historical announcement was made, Ryan Ruocco called that game.

Investigative Reporter TJ Quinn joins the show to discuss the current state of sports in the coronavirus, and the late Darryl Hamilton. The diversion is both fun and sentimental as the tangent became the best part of the episode.

Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal discusses the suspended 2020 MLB Season & his new book “Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball.”