List of podcasts hosted by professional athletes
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The sports podcast genre originated in the 2000s, as podcasts in general began to gain a following during the decade. In the mid-to-late 2010s, professional athletes began to host their own podcasts, often covering the sports they played and leagues they were involved in. Sometimes, these player-hosts were still active upon the launch of their podcasts. Professional athlete-hosted podcasts began to become more widespread in the 2020s.
Such podcasts hosted by professional athletes are listed below, organized by the sport in which a player participated in.
American football players
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| ❧ | Player was retired when podcast debuted |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Non-professional athlete co-host |
| * | Former co-host |
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debuted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hawk Cast | A. J. Hawk | 2014 | [1] |
| Bussin With the Boys | Taylor Lewan Will Compton |
May 20, 2019 | [2] |
| Club Shay Shay | Shannon Sharpe ❧ | September 22, 2020 | [3] |
| The Pivot Podcast | Ryan Clark ❧ Channing Crowder ❧ Fred Taylor ❧ |
January 4, 2022 | [4][5] |
| Lemme Tell You Somethin' | Nate Newton ❧ Isaiah Stanback ❧* John Rhadigan ‡ |
July 18, 2022 | [6] |
| New Heights | Jason Kelce Travis Kelce |
September 8, 2022 | |
| The Edge | Micah Parsons | September 11, 2023 | [7][8] |
| Nightcap | Shannon Sharpe ❧ Chad Johnson ❧ Gilbert Arenas[a] ❧ |
September 11, 2023 | [10][11] |
| 4th & 1 | Cam Newton | September 13, 2023 | [12][13] |
Athletics competitors
| ❧ | Player was retired when podcast debuted |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Non-professional athlete co-host |
| * | Former co-host |
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debuted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| MarathonTalk | Deena Kastor Martin Yelling ‡ | January 2010 | [14][15] |
| Showrunners | Scott Fauble | June 2019 | [16] |
| Sit & Kick | Josh Kerr David Ribich | January 2020 | [17][18] |
| Coffee Club Podcast | Geordie Beamish Olli Hoare Morgan McDonald | 2021 | [19] |
| Unconventional Voices of Track & Field | Jade Johnson Anson Henry | May 2021 | [20] |
| Running Things | Donovan Bailey ❧ Jason Portuondo ‡ | July 2021 | [21] |
| Lactic Acid | Dominique Smith ‡ Laura Thweatt | October 2021 | [22][23] |
| Out of the Blocks | Jasmine Todd ❧ Katelyn Hutchinson ‡ | January 2022 | [24] |
| Nobody Asked Us | Des Linden Kara Goucher ❧ | January 2023 | [25] |
| Ready Set Go | Justin Gatlin ❧ Rodney Green ❧ | January 2023 | [26] |
| Running: State of the Sport | Amby Burfoot ❧ George Hirsch ❧ | August 2023 | [27] |
Baseball players
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| ❧ | Player was retired when podcast debuted |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Non-professional athlete co-host |
| * | Former co-host |
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debuted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 6-1-1 Podcast | Ryan Howard ❧ Jimmy Rollins ❧ |
July 23, 2024 | [28] |
| The Adam Jones Podcast | Adam Jones ❧ Jerry Coleman ‡ |
October 20, 2022 | [29] |
| All the Smoke Baseball[b] | Matt Barnes ❧ Nick Swisher ❧ Chris Young ❧ |
March 25, 2026[c] | |
| Baseball Today | Trevor Plouffe ❧ Chris Rose ‡ |
June 9, 2022 | [32] |
| Bauer Bytes | Trevor Bauer | April 17, 2019 | [33] |
| Beadle & Decker | Cody Decker ❧ Michelle Beadle ‡ |
November 6, 2025 | [34] |
| Big Head Pod | Kevin Mench ❧ | June 18, 2022 | [35] |
| Blue Bird Territory | Kevin Pillar ❧ Ricky Romero ❧ Mitch Bannon ‡ |
February 11, 2026 | [36] |
| The Casa de Klub Podcast | Corey Kluber ❧ Tyler Casagrande ❧ |
June 17, 2024 | [37] |
| The Compound | Ian Happ Dakota Mekkes |
March 28, 2020 | [38] |
| Cut on the Diamond | Trevor May ❧ | January 8, 2025 | [39] |
| Diggin' Deep | Eric Hosmer ❧ Mike Moustakas ❧ Peter Moylan ❧ Justin Su'a ‡ Anthony Seratelli ❧* |
February 21, 2024 | [40] |
| Endless Blummer | Geoff Blum ❧ David Tuttle ‡ |
July 2, 2025 | [41] |
| Farm to Fame | Peter Moylan ❧ Kelsey Wingert ‡ |
March 31, 2021 | [42] |
| The GenCast | Ryan Rowland-Smith ❧ | January 20, 2023 | [43] |
| IMHO | Steven Brault Trevor Williams |
2018 | [44] |
| The Journeyman Podcast | Dan Straily | May 17, 2020 | [45] |
| The Justin Masterson Show | Justin Masterson ❧ | November 22, 2023 | [46] |
| Life After the Show ft. Clint Frazier | Clint Frazier ❧ | August 17, 2025 | [47] |
| Mayday! with Trevor May | Trevor May ❧ | April 13, 2024 | [48] |
| The Mayor's Office with Sean Casey | Sean Casey ❧ Rich Ciancimino ‡ |
2021 | [49] |
| The Mo Vaughn Podcast | Mo Vaughn ❧ Brendan Tobin ‡ |
August 19, 2025 | [50] |
| Off Base Podcast | Xavier Scruggs ❧ Lauren Gardner ‡ |
April 11, 2022 | |
| Off the Cuff with Aubrey Huff | Aubrey Huff ❧ | June 22, 2020 | [51] |
| Off the Mound with Ryan Dempster | Ryan Dempster ❧ | May 18, 2020 | [52] |
| On Base with Mookie Betts | Mookie Betts | June 2, 2023 | [53] |
| Pacific Swings | David MacKinnon ❧ Jasper Spanjaart ‡ |
July 2, 2025 | [54] |
| The Phillies Show | Rubén Amaro Jr. ❧ Jim Salisbury ‡ Todd Zolecki ‡ |
March 28, 2024 | [55] |
| PLÁKATA Nation | Carlos Peña ❧ Cuz Rod ‡ |
November 25, 2024 | [56] |
| The Pure Athlete Podcast | Jeff Francoeur ❧ Britt Lee ‡ Brad Williams ‡ |
October 18, 2022 | [57] |
| R2C2 with CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco | CC Sabathia ❧ Ryan Ruocco ‡ |
July 30, 2020 | [58] |
| The Rusty Ryal Show | Rusty Ryal ❧ | July 5, 2019 | [59] |
| Sequence with Trevor Plouffe | Trevor Plouffe ❧ | June 19, 2020 | [60] |
| Shea Station | Jerry Blevins ❧ Jolly Olive ‡ |
August 10, 2021 | [61] |
| Shegone Nation | Jeff Frye ❧ | January 28, 2021 | [62] |
| Sports Spectrum's Get in the Game | Scott Linebrink ❧ | March 19, 2021 | [63] |
| Starting 9 Live | Dallas Braden ❧ Jared Carrabis ‡ |
October 9, 2017 | [64] |
| Steele The Show | Justin Steele Marty Mush ‡ |
April 11, 2024 | [65] |
| The Top Step with Ryan Rowland-Smith | Ryan Rowland-Smith ❧ | February 6, 2020 | [66] |
| The Twelve Six Podcast | Collin McHugh | December 29, 2018 | [67] |
| Unfiltered with Ricky Bo and Bill Colarulo | Ricky Bottalico ❧ Bill Colarulo ‡ |
June 10, 2025 | [68] |
Basketball players
| ❧ | Player was retired when podcast debuted |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Non-professional athlete co-host |
| * | Former co-host |
NBA
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debuted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vertical Podcast | JJ Redick | February 1, 2016 | [69][70] |
| Road Trippin' | Channing Frye Richard Jefferson Allie Clifton[d] ‡ | January 17, 2017 | [71][72] |
| The Chronicles of Redick | JJ Redick | July 19, 2017 | [70][73] |
| The JJ Redick Podcast with Tommy Alter | JJ Redick Tommy Alter ‡ | November 29, 2017 | [74][75] |
| Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles | Quentin Richardson ❧ Darius Miles ❧ | February 19, 2019 | [76][77] |
| All The Smoke | Matt Barnes ❧ Stephen Jackson ❧ | October 21, 2019 | [78][79] |
| The Old Man and the Three | JJ Redick Tommy Alter ‡ | August 5, 2020 | [80] |
| The ETCs | Kevin Durant | May 16, 2021[citation needed] | [81] |
| Curious Mike | Michael Porter Jr. | July 20, 2021 | [82][83] |
| The Draymond Green Show | Draymond Green | November 17, 2021 | [84][85] |
| KG Certified | Kevin Garnett ❧ Paul Pierce ❧ | January 18, 2022[citation needed] | [81] |
| Harp's Court | Derek Harper ❧ | July 18, 2022 | [86] |
| The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone | Patrick Beverley Adam Ferrone ‡ | October 11, 2022 | [87][88] |
| Club 520 | Jeff Teague ❧ DJ Wells ‡ Bishop B Henn ‡ | January 31, 2023 | [89][90] |
| Podcast P with Paul George | Paul George Jackie Long ‡ Dallas Rutherford ‡ | March 6, 2023 | [91][92] |
| From the Point | Trae Young | June 1, 2023 | [93] |
| 7PM in Brooklyn | Carmelo Anthony ❧ The Kid Mero ‡ |
December 7, 2023 | [citation needed] |
| Welcome Party | Gradey Dick | December 18, 2023 | [94] |
| The OGs | Udonis Haslem ❧ Mike Miller ❧ | December 19, 2023 | [95][96] |
| The Big Podcast with Shaq | Shaquille O'Neal ❧ Adam Lefkoe ‡ | December 21, 2023 | [97][98] |
| Roommates Show | Jalen Brunson Josh Hart | February 8, 2024 | [99][100] |
| The Underground Lounge | Lou Williams ❧ Spank Horton ‡ | February 14, 2024 | [101] |
| Mind the Game | LeBron James JJ Redick ❧ |
March 19, 2024 | [102] |
| Hoopin' N Hollerin' | Jason Williams ❧ Adam Ferrone ‡ |
October 28, 2025 | [103] |
WNBA
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debut | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unapologetically Angel | Angel Reese | September 5, 2024 | [104] |
| Straight to Cam | Cameron Brink Sydel Curry ‡ |
January 23, 2025 | [105] |
| Bird's Eye View | Sue Bird ❧ | May 16, 2025 | [106] |
| Post Moves | Candace Parker ❧ Aliyah Boston |
Jul 23, 2025 | [107] |
| Show Me Something | Sophie Cunningham and West Wilson | Jul 28, 2025 | [108] |
Ice hockey players
| ❧ | Player was retired when podcast debuted |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Non-professional athlete co-host |
| * | Former co-host |
| Podcast | Host(s) | Debuted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spittin' Chiclets | Ryan Whitney ❧ Paul Bissonnette Keith Yandle ❧ Brian "Rear Admiral" McGonagle ‡ |
August 14, 2016 | [109] |
| Suds with Luds | Craig Ludwig ❧ | July 18, 2022 | [110] |
Notes
- The offshoot was announced on March 21, 2026 and the first baseball-centric episode featuring Chris Young as a co-host after that announcement was released on March 25, 2026.[30][31]