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.

Contents

Such podcasts hosted by professional athletes are listed below, organized by the sport in which a player participated in.

American football players

Denotes player was retired when podcast debuted ❧
Denotes non-professional athlete co-host ‡
PodcastHost(s)DebutedRef.
The Hawk Cast A. J. Hawk 2014 [1]
Club Shay Shay Shannon Sharpe ❧September 22, 2020 [2]
The Pivot Podcast Ryan Clark ❧
Channing Crowder ❧
Fred Taylor ❧		January 4, 2022 [3] [4]
New Heights Jason Kelce
Travis Kelce 		September 8, 2022
The Edge Micah Parsons September 11, 2023 [5] [6]
Nightcap Shannon Sharpe ❧
Chad Johnson ❧
Gilbert Arenas [a] ❧		September 11, 2023 [8] [9]
4th & 1 Cam Newton September 13, 2023 [10] [11]

Athletics competitors

Denotes player was retired when podcast debuted ❧
Denotes non-professional athlete co-host ‡
PodcastHost(s)DebutedRef.
MarathonTalk Deena Kastor
Martin Yelling ‡		January 2010 [12] [13]
Showrunners Scott Fauble June 2019 [14]
Sit & Kick Josh Kerr
David Ribich 		January 2020 [15] [16]
Coffee Club Podcast Geordie Beamish
Olli Hoare
Morgan McDonald 		2021 [17]
Unconventional Voices of Track & Field Jade Johnson
Anson Henry 		May 2021 [18]
Running Things Donovan Bailey ❧
Jason Portuondo ‡		July 2021 [19]
Lactic Acid Dominique Smith ‡
Laura Thweatt 		October 2021 [20] [21]
Out of the Blocks Jasmine Todd ❧
Katelyn Hutchinson ‡		January 2022 [22]
Nobody Asked Us Des Linden
Kara Goucher ❧		January 2023 [23]
Ready Set Go Justin Gatlin ❧
Rodney Green ❧		January 2023 [24]
Running: State of the Sport Amby Burfoot ❧
George Hirsch ❧		August 2023 [25]

Basketball players

Denotes player was retired when podcast debuted ❧
Denotes non-professional athlete co-host ‡
PodcastHost(s)DebutedRef.
The Vertical Podcast JJ Redick February 1, 2016 [26] [27]
Road Trippin' Channing Frye
Richard Jefferson
Allie Clifton [b] ‡		January 17, 2017 [28] [29]
The Chronicles of Redick JJ Redick July 19, 2017 [27] [30]
The JJ Redick Podcast with Tommy Alter JJ Redick
Tommy Alter ‡		November 29, 2017 [31] [32]
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles Quentin Richardson ❧
Darius Miles ❧		February 19, 2019 [33] [34]
All The Smoke Matt Barnes ❧
Stephen Jackson ❧		October 21, 2019 [35] [36]
The Old Man and the Three JJ Redick
Tommy Alter ‡		August 5, 2020 [37]
The ETCs Kevin Durant May 16, 2021[ citation needed ] [38]
Curious Mike Michael Porter Jr. July 20, 2021 [39] [40]
The Draymond Green Show Draymond Green November 17, 2021 [41] [42]
KG Certified Kevin Garnett ❧
Paul Pierce ❧		January 18, 2022[ citation needed ] [38]
The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone Patrick Beverley
Adam Ferrone ‡		October 11, 2022 [43] [44]
Club 520 Jeff Teague ❧
DJ Wells ‡
Bishop B Henn ‡		January 31, 2023 [45] [46]
Podcast P with Paul George Paul George
Jackie Long ‡
Dallas Rutherford ‡		March 6, 2023 [47] [48]
From the Point Trae Young June 1, 2023 [49]
Welcome Party Gradey Dick December 18, 2023 [50]
The OGs Udonis Haslem ❧
Mike Miller ❧		December 19, 2023 [51] [52]
The Big Podcast with Shaq Shaquille O'Neal ❧
Adam Lefkoe ‡		December 21, 2023 [53] [54]
Roommates Show Jalen Brunson
Josh Hart 		February 8, 2024 [55] [56]
The Underground Lounge Lou Williams ❧
Spank Horton ‡		February 14, 2024 [57]
Mind the Game LeBron James
JJ Redick ❧		March 19, 2024 [58]

Hockey players

Denotes player was retired when podcast debuted ❧
Denotes non-professional athlete co-host ‡
PodcastHost(s)DebutedRef.
Spittin' Chiclets Ryan Whitney ❧
Paul Bissonnette
Brian "Rear Admiral" McGonagle ‡		August 14, 2016 [59]

Notes

  1. ↑ Arenas, a former professional basketball player, joined Sharpe and Johnson as a co-host in December 2023. [7]
  2. ↑ Though not a former professional athlete, Clifton did play at the collegiate level for Toledo.

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