Good Seats Still Available

Tim Hanlon

"Good Seats Still Available" is a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used-to-be in professional sports. Each week, host Tim Hanlon interviews former players, owners, broadcasters, beat reporters, and surprisingly famous "super fans" of teams and leagues that have come and gone - in an attempt to unearth some of the most wild and woolly moments in (often forgotten) sports history.

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Good Seats Still Available

Episodes (477)

Mon Apr 6th "Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN" - With Greg DeHart & Mike Soltys
Mar 30th "Moses and the Doctor" - With Luke Epplin
Mar 23rd From Bleacher Seats to Luxury Suites - With Seth Tannenbaum

Good Seats Still Available

Apr 6, 2026
1¼ hours
99 MB

ESPN didn't begin as a media giant — it started as a gamble. In 1979, a cash-strapped startup bet on an unproven proposition: a 24-hour sports cable TV network delivered by satellite, built largely on programming no one else wanted and live coverage that barely existed. By any conventional measure, it was an absurd idea. It also changed sports media forever. This week, we revisit that origin story through a new lens: "Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN," premiering April 6th on (where else?) ESPN. The documentary traces how founders Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott, and an unlikely group of partners pu...

Good Seats Still Available

"Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN" - With Greg DeHart & Mike Soltys

Tim Hanlon

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