Conversations with Sports Fans
A podcast for sports fans by a sports fan all about being a sports fan.
Episodes
In this special episode in advance of Event No. 21 of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project (the 120th Midnight Sun Game), we're joined by Bob Eley from Explore Fairbanks to discuss all that greater Fairbanks has to offer its visitors during the Summer Solstice season.
Bob, a former longtime sports writer at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, also shares a good bit about the history of the Midnight Sun Game, hosted by ...
We're joined in this, our 200th episode of Conversations, by New York Times best-selling author, longtime friend, and 1-time housemate, John U. Bacon.
An elusive fella to pin down we were finally able to secure an hour of John's time in late March but have been sitting on this Conversation for such a special occasion.
We learn about the impact the world of sports had on John in 1972 (think Munich Summer Olympics, the NHL-USS...
Events No. 19 and 20 of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project found its way to the Omaha, NE, and Dyersville, IA, respectively, to attend three games at the Men's College World Series and pay a visit to the Field of Dreams movie site.
In this remote recording from a picnic table on the Iowa farm used for the movie, Doug and his dad, offer some quick reflections on the experience at the MCWS and on the grounds where...
We are both humbled and delighted to be joined in this special Father's Day Episode of Conversations by the west Michigan father/son team of Jeff and Johnny Agar. Together along with the rest of their family, they are TeamAgar.
The Agars have been in the public eye for over a decade now following Johnny's stated goal to walk the final mile of their church's annual 5K in 2013. That was no small feat as Johnny, diagnosed shortly afte...
In advance of host Doug Hill's trip to the Men's College World Series in Omaha, NE, as part of his Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project, he's joined by Deborah Ward, the Executive Director of Visit Omaha.
Deborah shares a bit about the history of the MCWS (this will be its 75th year) and how greater Omaha will be filled to the brim with not only college baseball fans but also participants and fans of the over 700 teams pa...
We're joined in this episode by Jeff Nelson, a Wisconsin native who first arrived in the Detroit area nearly 30 years ago on a mission (literally, a mission) and has never left.
Currently the pastor at Royal Oak First a United Methodist Church, Jeff is also a huge sports fan.
During our Conversation we learn about his early days as a Milwaukee Brewers fan and how it spread to other Wisconsin sports including, of course, the Green Ba...
In this episode we're joined by metro-Detroit elementary physical education teacher and high school girls track coach, Steve Culp.
Beyond working with youngters by day, Steve is a past president of the Detroit Spartans (the Michigan State University metro-Detroit alumni club) and still sits on its Board of Directors.
A Los Angeles, CA, native, we discover how this diehard USC and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders fan, made his way to...
We're delighted to be rejoined in this episode by Adam Darowski, an Executive Director of Design for Sports Reference LLC. You know, the entity that brings us sports fans websites like Baseball-Reference, Pro Football-Reference, the subscriber site Stathead, and, now, the Immaculate Grid (for professional baseball, football, basketball [men's & women's], hockey, and soccer).
As part of Conversations' host Doug Hill's "Around the World in 80 Sporting Events" project he and his daughter, Helena, attended the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 Memorial Day Weekend.
On their way north to Sunday evening's destination, Helena and Doug share their instant reflections on attending the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" for the first time.
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This episode's guest, Rex Crabtree, is - as nearly every native of Indiana is required to be - a huge basketball fan. Rex, however, zigs a bit while the rest of the Hoosier state zags. He roots for the UCLA Bruins.
Rex was a youngster when a certain Martinsville (IN) High School product, John Wooden, was guiding the Bruins to 10 NCAA Championships. Perhaps not so oddly, Rex also fell in love with the 1968 World Series Champion D...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States and we felt it an opportune time to discuss mental health as it relates to athletes.
We're joined in this episode by Dr. Bill Bloom and Matthew Clinton from Michigan-based Start My Wellness.
During our time with Bill and Matt we learn a bit about their own sports fandom, the importance of physical activity as it relates to one's mental health, what types of mental he...
In this special bonus episode of Conversations, host Doug Hill is once again joined by Ken, Maury, Stephen, and Tim to discuss their experience at Tokyo's historic Meiji Jingu Stadium for a Yakult Swallows-Yomiuri Giants crosstown showdown as part of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project.
The quintet reflect on the 2-1 Swallows, victory it witnessed, the famed umbrella dance, and draw inevitable comparisons between thi...
As some of golf's greatest players tee it up this week at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club for the PGA Championship, it seemed an apt time to have Jason Scott Deegan Executive Editor at GolfPass.
A native of Port Huron, MI, how Jason stumbled upon golf and golf writing is quite the story. Now, having played over 1,000 courses across 26 countries he's well-practiced in the art of the game and reviewing courses.
His favorites:
In this bonus episode, released on Mothers Day 2025, host Doug Hill takes a moment to reflect on his mother and her sports fandom.
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In this special episode, host Doug Hill and his traveling companions Kenneth Herbart, Maury Koffman, Tim Parker, and Stephen Miller, offer their reflections after watching a pair of Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) games in Seoul as part of Doug's Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project.
(Note: Once the introduction music is complete, listeners may need to pump up the volume a bit as some portion of the recording are faint....
We're excited to be joined by one of the foremost photographic chroniclers of the NBA, Nathaniel S. Butler.
(Read to the end to learn how to enter a drawing for a special prize.)
How prolific is Nat, as he's known? Check out the coffee table book he published in September that puts dozens of his most iconic images in one compendium - Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography.
During out Conversation with Nat we learn how his photography ...
We're joined in this episode by, Debra Hallum, one of the co-owners of the 1972 Women's Sports Pub in Austin, TX.
The 1972, which opened earlier this year, derived its name from the year in which United States' Title IX law was implemented which, in part, prohibited sex-based discrimination. This led to a boom in women's sports which has only intensified in the past several years.
Scott Stokely has been a part of the disc golf world (and vice versa) for nearly as long as he can remember.
Some good fortune allowed him to discover the sport after his mom moved the two of them into southern California's La Canada Flintridge which just happened to border Pasadena's Oak Grove Disc Golf Club; the United States' first permanent disc course.
During our Conversation with Scott this 39-year disc golf profes...
We're joined in this episode by Stephen Miller a Seattle-area native and longtime resident of the Emerald City.
The son of English immigrants, Stephen was smitten by soccer at an early age and it continues today. We discuss plenty about the Sounders, the Reign, how the Pacific Northwest (including Portland and Vancouver) is a soccer hotbed, and its men's squads even play for the Cascadia Cup.
As the NBA regular-season winds to a close and the Detroit Pistons will once again be among the playoff contestants, we felt it timely to share this Conversation with Rich Kaschalk an individual who's been part of the organizations official scoring crew dating back to the 1981-82 season.
Along the way we learn about Rich's early sports fan memories (Detroit Tigers on the radio) growing up in a family with 10 children. Many ...
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