Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman

Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman

3 Seasons

Welcome to Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman—the show where a cranky middle-aged sports writer who has seen it all takes you behind the scenes and into the stories. I’m your host, Jeff Pearlman.

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Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
  • Ep.1 - Press Box Chronicles - Wife Swap

    Episode 1

    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.2 - Press Box Chronicles - Lester Hayes

    Episode 2

    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.3 - Press Box Chronicles - Ann Meyers

    Episode 3

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

    Episode 5

    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 ...