Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman

Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman

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Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
  • Ep.14 - Press Box Chronicles - Mark McGwire

    For the last few weeks, we've highlighted the good guys, the good stories, and the feel good moments of being a journalist covering sports. Not today. Today, we're diving into the biggest phony I've ever covered in baseball, and a guy who cheated his way to one of the most historic seasons in MLB...

  • Ep.13 - Press Box Chronicles - Johnson and Chrebet

    Today, we're talking about my (unfortunately) favorite football team again, the New York Jets. Except today, we're diving into the greatest wide receiver duo in franchise history: Keyshawn Johnson and Wayne Chrebet, the former No. 1 pick and undrafted free agent who made it work despite hating ea...

  • Ep.12 - Press Box Chronicles - Yinka Dare

    Today, we're diving into one of the worst draft picks of all-time, and a guy with perhaps the coolest name of all-time: Yinka Dare. It's 1991, and while driving down the side of a road in Lagos, Nigeria, a 6'10" Yinka Dare was discovered, having never played basketball before. What happened next ...

  • Ep.11 - Press Box Chronicles - Sean Casey

    People gravitate towards a**holes -- If you watch this show, you know some of our biggest episodes are about the biggest a**holes in sports. But today, we're going in a different direction. Today, we're talking about arguably the nicest human to walk the Earth, and certainly the nicest athlete in...

  • Ep.10 - Press Box Chronicles - Ron LeFlore

    We've had some insane stories on this show, but today might take the cake. It's 1969, and Ron LeFlore is a kid in Detroit who goes to prison for armed robbery, stealing $35,000 in cash. Less than 5 years later, having never played sports in his life, he's the starting centerfielder for the Detroi...

  • Ep.9 - Press Box Chronicles - Jim Palmer

    Today, we're diving into one of my favorite comeback stories. Jim Palmer was a standout pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, who retired in 1984. Seven years later, he decided he wasn't finished with the game he loved.

  • Ep.8 - Press Box Chronicles - White Goons

    The White Goon of the 1980's and the NBA's answer to a "too black" league.
    When you think of the NBA in the 1980's, you think of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon & much more. But what many forget is the large, limited, pasty 7-footer that sat at the end of every team's b...

  • Ep.7 - Press Box Chronicles - The University of the Southwest Golf Team Tragedy

    If you watch this show, you know that some of these stories may be difficult to talk about or listen to, but today, we are diving into possibly the toughest. It's the hardest story I've ever had to cover, but in a way, it was one of the proudest pieces I've done in my career. This is the tragic s...

  • Ep.6 - Press Box Chronicles - Kenny Easley

    Today, I'm diving into one of my most-viewed social media videos of all-time - the death of Seahawks Hall of Fame Safety Kenny Easley, and the dark secret the NFL does NOT want you to know.

  • Ep.5 - Press Box Chronicles - Sexiest Man Alive Mix Up

    Most are familiar with People Magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' issue that comes out every year. However, what most people don't know is that in 1998, while planning to name Chiefs QB Rich Gannon with the honor, they mistakenly photographed Elvis Grbac. Instead of acknowledging the mix up, they ran ...

  • Ep.4 - Press Box Chronicles - Will Clark

    Today, we're diving into one of the biggest A**holes I've ever covered in professional sports - Will Clark. He was rude, crass, and upon every encounter we've ever had, was the biggest cackling douche I'd ever encountered. But I wonder, sitting here today in 2026, was Will Clark the cackling douc...

  • Ep.3 - Press Box Chronicles - Ann Meyers

    It's 1979, and Ann Meyers is coming off a record breaking close to her college career. Meyers was the first player (male or female) to be a four-time All-American, the first to record a quadruple-double in college (20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals), and was the first pick in the ...

  • Ep.2 - Press Box Chronicles - Lester Hayes

    Today, we're diving into the most feared cornerback in NFL history. A guy who shut down half the field, had QBs shook, and was so good the NFL made rules around him. The man who made 'Stickum' illegal in the NFL. This is the Lester Hayes story.

  • Ep.1 - Press Box Chronicles - Wife Swap

    Season 3 is here, and we're kicking it off with one of the most INSANE stories you've ever heard. It's 1973, and two New York Yankee pitchers decide they want to make a trade - not for money, not to another team, not for a jersey number - for each other's lives. And not just their lives, but thei...

  • Ep.21 - Press Box Chronicles - Jerry Tarkanian

    Today, we're diving into a story that quite literally changed the course of basketball history. It's 1979, and legendary UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian is approached by then-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke and soon-to-be Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss to be the head coach of the te...

  • Ep.20 - Press Box Chronicles - Marcus Lattimore

    Today, we're diving into a legendary college football player from the University of South Carolina named Marcus Lattimore, who - 15 years removed from his prime playing days - sees sports for what they are. He's also the only athlete I've ever covered who left his professional playing career to b...

  • Ep.19 - Press Box Chronicles - Ken Griffey Sr.

    Today, we're diving into one of my childhood heroes - my favorite baseball player of all-time: Ken Griffey, Sr. From World Series Champion to forgotten baseball star, he was more than just Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Father - he was a legend of the game.

  • Ep.18 - Press Box Chronicles - John Jefferson

    Today, we're diving into one of the coolest football players of all-time - no, actually, maybe THE coolest football player of all-time - John Jefferson. The goggles-wearing, 1,000-yard receiver may just be the coolest football player I've ever seen in my lifetime - and his downfall and subsequent...

  • Ep.17 - Press Box Chronicles - Joe Delaney

    Today, we're diving into one of the most requested pieces on this channel: The great American hero Joe Delaney. We love tossing the word 'hero' out when speaking about athletes, but there's only a handful who've ever been honored enough to earn that title, and Joe Delaney is one of them. This is ...

  • Ep.16 - Press Box Chronicles - Quintin Dailey

    Today, we're diving into Quintin Dailey, the University of San Francisco phenom whose life story is one of the most complicated and tragic, yet horrific and grotesque stories I've ever covered. From severe allegations to playing alongside Michael Jordan in the National Basketball Association, thi...

  • Ep.15 - Press Box Chronicles - Dave Kingman

    Today, we're diving into a story about a guy who would make Barry Bonds seem like a media darling. A man who makes John Rocker look like - well, John Rocker will always look like a jerk, but you get the point. Today, we're diving into the one and only Dave Kingman, baseball's biggest a**hole.

  • Ep.14 - Press Box Chronicles - Vincent Ferragamo

    Today, we're diving into the incredible, confusing, exciting, yet deflating career of Vincent Ferragamo, the LA Rams' good-looking, strong-armed, career backup QB, who had one of the most amazing one-year runs by an NFL QB in history, only to end up in the very place he competed to get out of.

  • Ep.13 - Press Box Chronicles - 1988 Miami Heat

    Today, we're going to talk about my favorite NBA expansion team ever. A collection of good to not-so-great players, all buying in to launch the Miami Heat franchise in 1988. Except, they sucked. The 1988 Miami Heat couldn't shoot, couldn't pass, couldn't dribble, and they ended up being on the wr...

  • Ep.12 - Press Box Chronicles - Brenda's Baby

    Today, on the 34-year anniversary of the song, we are diving into a story that is maybe my greatest accomplishment as a journalist in my career. It's 1991, and Tupac Shakur has just released his debut album '2pacalypse Now' with his smash hit single 'Brenda's Got A Baby.' It's a song about a youn...