James Blake
Show # 86
May 1 – 7
The Tennis Channel’s lead analyst was an All-Ivy selection at Harvard, rose to become the #4 ranked player in the world, and is a two-time New York Times best-selling author.
Brett Favre
Show # 85
April 24 – 30
A three-time NFL MVP and twelve-time Pro Bowler, Brett took his Packers to Super Bowl glory and landed himself in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
Don Garber
Show # 84
April 17 – 23
Commissioner Don Garber has shepherded Major League Soccer into America’s fastest rising sport with an unbounded future under his pathbreaking leadership.
Bradie Tennell
Show # 83
April 10 – 16
After winning her second national title at the 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Bradie is ranked second in the world and is a contender for a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Andy Pettitte
Show # 82
April 3 – April 9
A 256-game winner and five-time Word Series champion with the Yankees, Andy was one of the “Core Four” on the Yankee teams that dominated in the 1990s and 2000s.
Julius Erving
Show # 81
March 27 – April 2
One of basketball’s best and most loved players of all time, Julius is an NBA and two-time ABA champion and is a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
J. C. Tretter
Show # 80
March 20 – 26
The president of the NFL Players Association was a unanimous All-Ivy selection at Cornell and anchors the Cleveland Brown’s offensive line at center.
Michael McDowell
Show # 79
March 13 – 19
Michael shocked the world with his first ever NASCAR win at the 2021 Daytona 500, the biggest race of the year.
Chipper Jones
Show # 78
March 6– 12
A number one draft pick who fulfilled his promise, Chipper was a nearly unanimous first-ballot baseball Hall of Fame selection, a World Series champion, a National League MVP, and and eight-time All-Star.
Paul Molitor
Show # 77
February 27 – March 5
The Kansas City Royals’ vice-president of baseball operations is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, three-time AL batting champion, MVP, Gold Glover, and Word Series champion.
George Brett
Show # 76
February 20 – 26
The Kansas City Royals’ vice-president of baseball operations is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, three-time AL batting champion, MVP, Gold Glover, and Word Series champion.
Dave Winfield
Show # 75
February 13 – 19
A principal negotiator for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Dave won a Big Ten basketball championship and was named to 12 MLB All-Star teams, earning six Gold Gloves on his way to Cooperstown.
Phil Simms
Show # 74
February 6 – 12
An NFL Most Valuable Player and two-time Super Bowl champion, Phil was Bill Walsh’s preference, over Joe Montana, but the New York Giants picked Phil first and he threw for more than 33,000 yards.
Roger Goodell
Show # 73
January 30 – February 5
The NFL Commissioner is sports’ most powerful personality, who captained Bronxville High’s football, basketball and baseball teams and is now charting an exciting path for the NFL’s next 100 years.
Miracle on Ice
Show # 72
January 23 – 29
Forty years ago, the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the Miracle on Ice at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics on its way to a gold medal win over Finland. Craig Patrick and Jim Craig share the excitement.
Brian Boitano
Show # 71
January 16 – 22
An Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion, Brian is a South Park legend and one of the all-time great Winter Olympians.
Cool Runnings: Devon Harris and Chris Stokes
Show # 70
January 9 – 15
Chris, the author of Cool Runnings and Beyond, joins his Olympic Jamaican bobsled teammate Devon Harris for a fascinating discussion about one of the greatest and most improbable Olympics stories of all-time.
David Maraniss
Show # 69
January 2 – 8
A Pultizer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post, David has penned a series of New York Times best-sellers, including classics on Roberto Clemente and Vince Lombardi, and is at work on a biography of Jim Thorpe.
Joe Namath
Show # 68
December 26 – January 1
After leading Alabama to a national championship, Joe set professional football on fire with his Super Bowl MVP performance and victory over the heavily favored Johnny Unitas-led Colts.
Eric Lindros
Show # 67
December 19 – 25
Canada’s best junior hockey player of his era, Eric was the first pick in his NHL draft on his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame and a ranking as one of the 100 greatest hockey players of all time.
Howie Long
Show # 66
December 12 – 18
A Super Bowl champion, NFL Defensive Player of the Year, and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Howie is one the NFL’s top network TV analysts.
Bill Cowher
Show # 65
December 5 – 11
A two-time Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year, a Super Bowl champion and a four-time Pro Bowl head coach, Bill co-stars on CBS’s The NFL Today.
Patrick Ewing
Show # 64
November 28 – December 4
Currently the head coach at Georgetown, Patrick was a standout in high school, college, and the NBA, as a two-time first-team Parade All-American, three-time first-team All-American, and eleven-time NBA All-Star.
Chase Elliott
Show # 63
November 21 – 27
The winner of the NASCAR Championship Series sits down for a turbo-charged half-hour with Boomer.
Marshall Faulk
Show # 62
November 14 – 20
A three-time First-Team All-American, and the only NFL player to rush for more than 12,000 yards and receive for more than 6,000 yards, Marshall was a three-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
Kristi Yamaguchi
Show # 61
November 7 – 13
An Olympic figure skating gold medalist and two-time word champion, Kristi is an American hero, best-selling author, and early Dancing with the Stars champion, whose husband, Bret Hedican, is a fellow Olympian and a Stanley Cup champion.
Cool Runnings: Devon Harris and Chris Stokes
Show # 60
October 31 – November 6
Chris, the author of Cool Runnings and Beyond, joins his Olympic Jamaican bobsled teammate Devon Harris for a fascinating discussion about one of the greatest and most improbable Olympics stories of all-time.
Doug Flutie
Show # 59
October 24 – 30
A Heisman Trophy winner and a three-time Canadian Football Grey Cup champion and MVP, Doug was also an NFL Pro Bowler and NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling
Show # 58
October 17 – 23
Keith was the greatest defensive first baseman of all time, a National League MVP, and a two-time World Series champion. Ron authored the greatest pitching performance in NCAA history before joining the Mets, where he was a World Series champion, Gold Glove winner, and All-Star. Now, Keith and Ron are part of the best broadcast team (with Gary Cohen) in Major League Baseball .
John Smoltz
Show # 57
October 10 – 16
A first-ballot Hall of Famer, Cy Young Award winner, and eight-time All-Star, John is baseball’s star analyst on Fox and the MLB Network.
Bruce Smith
Show # 56
October 3 – 9
Arguably football’s best defensive player in NCAA and NFL history, Bruce was a two-time First-Team All-American before recording a record 200 NFL sacks and 1,125 tackles, and earning three NFL defensive Player of the Year titles and eleven Pro Bowl appearances on his way to his first-ballot entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
George Will
Show # 55
September 26 – October 2
America’s most influential journalist and a Pulitzer Prize winner, George talks baseball with Boomer. His epic baseball book, Men at Work, was a #1 New York Times best-seller for 14 consecutive weeks.
Phil Simms
Show # 54
September 19 – 25
An NFL Most Valuable Player and two-time Super Bowl champion, Phil was Bill Walsh’s preference, over Joe Montana, but the New York Giants picked Phil first and he threw for more than 33,000 yards.
Billie Jean King
Show # 53
September 12 – 18
Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and Time Person of the Year, Billie Jean crushed Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes and won ten Wimbledon, one French Open, two Australian Open and five U.S. Open singles titles in her Hall of Fame career.
Sam Kendricks and Sandi Morris
Show # 52
September 5 – 11
The reigning world pole vault champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist is joined by the world indoor pole vault champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist, as both reach for gold at the Tokyo 2021 Games.
Carl Lewis
Show # 51
August 29 – September 4
Named the Olympic Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee, Carl won nine OIympic gold medals and ten world championships in the long jump, 100 and 200 meters, and the 4 x 400 relay.
Olympians Nia Ali and Ryan Crouser
Show # 50
August 22 – 28
Nia, America’s greatest female sprinter and a silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, discusses her pursuit of Tokyo gold with U.S. teammate Ryan Crouser, Rio’s gold medalist in the shot put and the world’s best discus thrower.
Kerri Walsh Jennings and Brooke Sweat
Show # 49
August 15 – 21
Three-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings is thrilled about her partnership with Defensive Player of the Year Brooke Sweat, as they team up to compete for Olympic gold in Tokyo next summer.
Bill Walton
Show # 48
August 8 – 14
The three-time NCAA College Player of the Year, NBA MVP, and two-time NBA champion discusses his greatest challenges and accomplishments, while delivering his powerful analysis on the NBA’s re-opening.
Chipper Jones
Show # 47
August 1 – 7
A number one draft pick who fulfilled his promise, Chipper was a nearly unanimous first-ballot baseball Hall of Fame selection, a World Series champion, a National League MVP, and and eight-time All-Star.
John Feinstein
Show # 46
July 25 – 31
The best-selling author of A Good Walk Spoiled and A Season on the Brink provides analysis on the opening of Major League Baseball, the NFL, the NBA, and Major League Soccer.
Mike Matheny
Show # 45
July 18 – 24
Baseball’s most respected manager, and one of the greatest defensive catchers of all-time, makes news on the start of the 2020 MLB season.
Marshall Faulk
Show # 44
July 11 – 17
A three-time First-Team All-American, and the only NFL player to rush for more than 12,000 yards and receive for more than 6,000 yards, Marshall was a three-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
John Smoltz
Show # 43
July 4 – 10
A first-ballot Hall of Famer, Cy Young Award winner, and eight-time All-Star, John is baseball’s star analyst on Fox and the MLB Network.
George Will
Show # 42
June 27 – July 3
America’s most influential journalist and a Pulitzer Prize winner, George talks baseball with Boomer. His baseball epic, Men at Work, was a #1 New York Times best-seller for 14 consecutive weeks.
Roger Goodell
Show # 41
June 20 – 26
The NFL Commissioner is sports’ most powerful personality, who captained Bronxville High’s football, basketball and baseball teams and is now charting an exciting path for the NFL’s next 100 years.
Adam Silver
Show # 40
June 13 – 19
The NBA’s much celebrated Commissioner, and one of the most powerful figures in sports, is our special guest for NBA All-Star Weekend.
Rob Manfred
Show # 39
June 6 – 12
The Commissioner of Major League Baseball discusses the state of the game, as the 2020 season approaches.
Edwin Moses
Show # 38
May 30 – June 5
One of our greatest Olympians, Edwin is a two-time gold medalist in the 400 meters, the winner of 107 consecutive finals, and a leader in the Olympic anti-doping effort.
Simon Pagenaud
Show # 37
May 23 – 29
The 2019 Indianapolis 500 champion is one of racing’s most consistent and exciting performers in both Indy Car and Formula One.
Doug Flutie
Show # 36
May 16 – 22
A Heisman Trophy winner, three-time Canadian Football Grey Cup champion and MVP, Doug was also a NFL Pro Bowler and Comeback Player of the Year.
Scott Stevens
Show # 35
May 9 – 15
A Stanley Cup MVP and first-ballot Hockey Hall of Famer, Scott was an intensely physical and highly skilled player and is now the NHL’s top TV analyst.
Joe Namath
Show # 34
May 2 – 8
After leading Alabama to a national championship, Joe set professional football on fire with his Super Bowl MVP performance and victory over the heavily favored Johnny Unitas-led Colts.
Anthony Muñoz
Show # 33
April 25 – May 1
After catapulting his USC team to a stunning Rose Bowl victory and a College World Series championship, Anthony became the best offensive lineman in NFL history.
Tiki Barber
Show # 32
April 18 – 24
The New York Giants’ greatest running back all-
Adam Rippon
Show # 31
April 11 – 17
Author of a new national best-selling autobiography, Adam is an Olympic medalist, U.S. national figure skating and Season 26 Dancing with the Stars champion. Known for his signature move, the Rippon Lutz, Adam was also a three-time World Juniors champion, who appears in a 2019 Taylor Swift music video.
Larry Holmes and Thomas Hauser
Show # 30
April 4 – 10
The undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, who won 48 consecutive bouts, joins boxing’s top writer and Pulitzer Prize nominee Thomas Hauser.
Billie Jean King
Show # 29
March 28 – April 3
Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and Time Person of the Year, Billie Jean crushed Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes and won ten Wimbledon, one French Open, two Australian Open and five U.S. Open singles titles in her Hall of Fame career.
Jeff Bagwell
Show # 28
March 21 – 27
A Hall of Famer, NL MVP, Gold Glover, Rookie of the Year, and three-time Silver Slugger, Jeff is the only Major Leaguer to reach 30 homes runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 bases on balls in six consecutive seasons.
John Smoltz
Show # 27
March 14 – 20
A first-ballot Hall of Famer, Cy Young Award winner, and eight-time All-Star, John is baseball’s star analyst on Fox and the MLB Network.
Brian Boitano
Show # 26
March 7 – 13
An Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion, Brian is a South Park legend and one of the all-time great Winter Olympians.
Rob Manfred
Show # 25
February 29 – March 6
The Commissioner of Major League Baseball discusses the state of the game, as the 2020 season approaches.
Miracle on Ice
Show # 24
February 22 – 28
Forty years ago, the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the Miracle on Ice at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics on its way to a gold medal win over Finland. Craig Patrick and Jim Craig share the excitement.
Adam Silver
Show # 23
February 15 – 21
The NBA’s much celebrated Commissioner, and one of the most powerful figures in sports, is our special guest for NBA All-Star Weekend.
George Will
Show # 22
February 8 – 14
America’s most influential journalist and a Pulitzer Prize winner, George talks baseball with Boomer. His baseball epic, Men at Work, was a #1 New York Times best-seller for 14 consecutive weeks.
Phil Simms
Show # 21
February 1 – 7
An NFL Most Valuable Player and two-time Super Bowl champion, Phil was Bill Walsh’s preference, over Joe Montana, but the New York Giants picked Phil, first, where he threw for more than 33,000 yards.
Roger Goodell
Show # 20
January 25 – 31
The NFL Commissioner is sports’ most powerful personality, who captained Bronxville High’s football, basketball and baseball teams and is now charting an exciting path for the NFL’s next 100 years.
Marshall Faulk
Show # 19
January 18 – 24
A three-time First-Team All-American, and the only NFL player to rush for more than 12,000 yards and receive for more than 6,000 yards, Marshall was a three-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
Brandt Snedeker
Show # 18
January 11 – 17
A FedEx Cup champion, PGA Rookie of the Year, and winner the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, Brandt is one of the most popular players on the Tour, and shot the 10th sub-60 round in PGA history.
Jim Craig
Show # 17
January 4 – 10
Jim co-created the Gold Medal Miracle on Ice at Lake Placid in the 1980 Winter Olympics, stopping 36 of 39 shots on goal from the feared Soviet team, en route to a stunning 4-3 U.S. victory.
Katelyn Ohashi
Show # 16
December 28 – January 3
A six-time All-American gymnast at UCLA, junior national champion and winner of the American Cup, Katelyn scored a perfect 10 score at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge, the fourth of her career.
Bill Cowher
Show # 15
December 21 – 27
A two-time Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year, a Super Bowl champion and a four-time Pro Bowl head coach, Bill co-stars on CBS’s The NFL Today.
Gerry Cooney and Thomas Hauser
Show # 14
December 14 – 20
The Ex-Number One heavyweight contender, the author of Gentleman Gerry, is joined by boxing’s most celebrated writer, whose new book is The Dangerous Journey.
Phil Simms
Show # 13
December 7 – 13
An NFL Most Valuable Player and two-time Super Bowl champion, Phil was Bill Walsh’s preference, over Joe Montana, but the New York Giants picked Phil, first, where he threw for more than 33,000 yards.
Joe Namath
Show # 12
November 30 – December 6
Joe remains football’s most popular player, who led Alabama to a national football championship and did the same for the Jets in Super Bowl III, where he was named the game’s MVP in a historic upset of Johnny Unitas’s Baltimore Colts. Paul Bryant considered Joe the greatest athlete he ever coached, and he’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
Bruce Smith
Show # 11
November 23 – 29
Arguably football’s best defensive player in NCAA and NFL history, Bruce was a two-time First-Team All-American, before making a record 200 NFL sacks and 1,125 tackles, earning three NFL defensive Player of the Year titles and eleven Pro Bowl appearances on his way to his first ballot entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Mike Richter and Patrick Kelly
Show # 10
November 16 – 22
Broadly considered to be the best American born goaltender of all-time and and one of hockey’s most strategic thinkers, Mike led his New York Rangers to a Stanley Cup Championship and is a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. An Olympic silver medalist, Mike won the Lester Patrick Award was the an NHL All-Star Game MVP. Mike is joined by hockey icon Patrick Kelly, one of the founders and first commissioners of the East Coast Hockey League and the former head coach of the Colorado Rockies.
Simon Pagenaud
Show # 9
November 9 – 15
Simon won the American LeMans series in 2010, before being named IndyCar Rookie of the year in 2012. Over Memorial Day weekend in 2019, he became the first Frenchman since Gaston Chevrolet in 1920 to win the Indianapolis 500, winning from the pole sitting position.
Mark Messier
Show # 8
November 2 – 8
One of the greatest hockey players of all-time, Mark was a fifteen-time NHL All-Star, a two-time Hart Trophy winner as the NHL’s MVP and a six-time Stanley Cup Champion. Revered for his clutch play and teamwork, Messier is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a three-time Canada Cup Gold Medalist.
Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling
Show # 7
October 26 – November 1
Keith was the greatest defensive first baseman of all-time, a National League MVP and two-time World Series champion. Ron authored the greatest pitching performance in NCAA history, before joining the Mets, where he was a World Series champion, Gold Glove winner and All-Star. Now, Keith and Ron are the best broadcast duo in Major League Baseball.
Adam Rippon
Show # 6
October 19 – 25
Author of a new national best-selling autobiography, Adam is an Olympic medalist, U.S. national figure skating and Season 26 Dancing with the Stars champion. Known for his signature move, the Rippon Lutz, Adam was also a three-time World Juniors champion, who appears in a 2019 Taylor Swift music video.
Bruce Smith
Show # 5
October 12 – 18
Arguably football’s best defensive player in NCAA and NFL history, Bruce was a two-time First-Team All-American, before making a record 200 NFL sacks and 1,125 tackles, earning three NFL defensive Player of the Year titles and eleven Pro Bowl appearances on his way to his first ballot entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Torey Lovullo
Show # 4
October 5 – 11
2017 National League Manager of the Year and 2013 World Series champion, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Torey Lovullo, is joined by former MLB All-Star catcher and Diamondbacks’ manager, Bob Brenly, who led Arizona to an upset World Series win over the Yankees in 2001 and is now the team’s lead TV analyst.
Nadia Comaneci
Show # 3
September 28 – October 4
One of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century, Nadia is the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10.0, which she matched six more times on her way to five Olympic gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. Nadia and her husband, U.S. gold medalist Bart Conner, remain leaders in world gymnastics, while Nadia has many roles, including honorary consul general for Romania.
Joe Namath
Show # 2
September 21 – 27
Joe remains football’s most popular player, who led Alabama to a national football championship and did the same for the Jets in Super Bowl III, where he was named the game’s MVP in a historic upset of Johnny Unitas’s Baltimore Colts. Paul Bryant considered Joe the greatest athlete he ever coached, and he’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
Billie Jean King
Show # 1
September 14 – 20
Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and Time Person of the Year, Billie Jean crushed Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes and won ten Wimbledon, one French Open, two Australian Open and five U.S. Open singles titles in her Hall of Fame career.