Conversations with Sports Fans
A podcast for sports fans by a sports fan all about being a sports fan.
Episodes
Our guest this week, Mark Griffiths, is no stranger to Wrexham AFC soccer fans. He's the voice of the Red Dragons and has been since 1988 when he began commentating calling matches for the local hospital radio station.
Through the years, Mark readily admits to having witnessed plenty of - at times - frustrating but almost always mediocre soccer from his home club in northeast Wales.
Our guest in this special Father's Day Conversation is Ron Teasley Jr.
Ron joins us to discuss not only his life as a sports fan, but also his life as the son of Ron Teasley Sr. and the legacy his father leaves after passing away February 3, 2026, at the age of 99. At the time, the elder Teasley was one of two known surviving members of the Negro Major Leagues. His death leaves 101-year-old Bill Greason as the lone survivor.
During ...
Our guest in this episode is Scott Crawford, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Director of Operations. Scott's been working at the Canadian Hall, which is located in St. Marys, Ontario, for over 20 years.
We share our Conversation with him this week in advance of Saturday's Induction Ceremony for the Class of 2026. This year's Class includes Bill Stoneman, Devon White, Jim Baba, Kate Psota, Paul Runge, and Stubby Clapp.
In this episode we revisit Season 5's ongoing series: What's it like being a fan of those college's "so-called" non-revenue or Olympic sports? (Listen to previous installments here, here, and here.)
In this episode we're joined by Erkki Corpuz, a big fan of UCLA's Beach Volleyball Program that recently won its third NC National Championship in Gulf Shores, AL.
Alas, due to his work schedule, Erkki was unable to travel to Gulf Sh...
As Conversations with Sports Fans celebrates its fourth birthday (here's that first episode from June 9, 2022) we decided to get a group of former guests together to talk about being a sports fan in the Year 2026.
The results are this episode.
Much has changed - as expected - during our lives as fans and our panel spends time reflecting on those changes, the fractured sports media landscape, the escalating cost of being a fan (both a...
Our guest in this episode is Pittsburgh-area artist Kim Fox.
Sports fans may not be readily familiar with Kim's name, but they are most-assuredly familiar with some of her recent artistic creations. Kim was commissioned by the NFL to create the logos of all 32 of its teams that adorned the lengthy corridor each 2026 NFL draftees walked down from the green room to the stage where they were greeted by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Our guest in this episode, Mark Armour, will likely need no introduction to discerning baseball fans.
A native New Englander who's now retired in the Pacific Northwest, Mark vividly recalls becoming consumed by baseball during his adolescent years, incessantly reading everything he could get his hands on about the sport.
Just as vividly, Mark remembers 1982 as the year he happened upon noted baseball historian, author, and statisti...
Our guest this week, Eddie Hillery, takes us on his sports fan journey from rooting for the Grant Hill-led Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills (MI) to discovering his own athletic prowess. First as a 3-sport prep athlete at Rochester (MI) High School and then as a 4-year linebacker at Central Michigan University.
A professional football player in three European nations (Germany, Finland, and Italy), Eddie also shares what ...
Our guest this episode is baseball writer and recently published author, Michael Clair.
A native New Englander, Michael was born a Boston fan by geographic proximity but he became a fan of the Czech Republic National Team by choice after encountering it for the first time while covering a European World Baseball Classic Qualifier for MLB.com in Germany back in 2022.
During our time together, Michael shares his sports fan journey from...
Our guest this week is 4-time international whistling champion, Chris Ullman.
Chris is a communications professional, author, inspirationalspeaker, and mentor by day, but by night – or, who are we kidding, pretty much any time – Chris is also a whistler. As noted previously, he’s won international competitions on four occasions and he’s also performed the “Star-SpangledBanner” prior to more ...
We're joined in this episode by Edith Zuschmann, the co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of 261 Fearless, a global non-profit Edith founded in 2015 along with Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially complete the Boston Marathon in 1967. (Note: Kathrine's bib number that year was 261 and serves as the foundation's inspiration.)
In addition to learning about Edith's journey from fan of Alpine skiing to that as a...
Our guest in this episode of Conversations is 2-timeGuinness World Record Holder, Brian Fowler.
Brian, who you can find on social media at the handle of @allinautumnwind, is a devout Las Vegas (or Los Angeles or Oakland) Raiders’ fan who grew up in California’s central valley community of Porterville.
Following the death of his mother he began traveling toRaiders’ road games and recording those travels on a vlog (v...
In this episode we revisit Season 5's ongoing series: What's it like being a fan of those college "so-called" non-revenue or Olympic sports? (Listen to previous installments here and here.)
This time we head into the swimming pool with 15-time NCAA All-American, 2-time University of Virginia MVP, 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimmer of the Year, and 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, Melanie Thomas.
Fresh off their experience at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday of Masters' Week, host Doug Hill and his father, Jerry, provide a brief overview of what those magical hours were like (Spoiler: They didn't suck) as part of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project.
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We're joined in this episode by Joe Flynn. A sports fan whose interests span the entirety of the United States.
A product of New England, Joe still remembers his first Boston Red Sox game back when he was a fourth grader, but also remembers getting hooked on the Madden NFL video game and fell in love with the Denver Broncos over the soon-to-be wildly successful New England Patriots. He went on to attend the University of Connecticut...
We took the show on the road for a remote recording from Phoenix's AZ Sports Cards during a recent visit to the "Valley of the Sun" as part of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project.
Owner John Gola and his team at AZ Sports Cards were kind enough to let us set up shop for a couple hours before our traveling party attended the Los Angeles Dodgers-Milwaukee Brewers Cactus League contest at nearby Camelback Ranch.
(Note: This is another in an ongoing series focusing on fans of the so-called college non-revenue generating sports. The first was with Perry Nigro [S:5, E:7] a Northwestern Women's Field Hockey fan.)
In this episode we cover the spectrum of the 2025 National Champion University of Washington men's soccer team.
Up first, there's Katie Patchin and her young children, Caroline and Charlie, who discuss how they first came to learn about...
As the PGA Tour's Players Championship is now in the rearview and Spring begins to, well, spring, across the Midwest United States, we felt it was an appropriate time to have Joe Grezlik join us.
Joe has been an avid golfer and fan nearly as far back as he can remember. During our time together he discusses a couple of seminal sports fan moments: meeting one of his father's heroes, Detroit Tigers' Hall of Famer Al Kaline, when he wa...
Our guest this week is 1-time sports writer turned government affairs consultant, Doug Levy, who saw his first book published in early 2025; Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar.
A Long Island native, Levy moved with his family to the Pacific Northwest as a youngster and has called the region home for much of his adult life. Consequently, he's traded his fandom of New York's Mets, Giants, Knicks, and Islander...
In this special, bite-sized Conversation, host Doug Hill and his Around the World in 80 Sporting Events travel mate for Event No. 47, Justin Byrd, offer some instant reflections from their time in San Juan, Puerto Rico, watching three games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium as part of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
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