List of podcasts hosted by professional athletes

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

Denotes player was retired when podcast debuted ❧

Denotes non-professional athlete co-host ‡

Podcast	Host(s)	Debuted	Ref.
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 ‡

Podcast	Host(s)	Debuted	Ref.
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 ‡

Podcast	Host(s)	Debuted	Ref.
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 ‡

Podcast	Host(s)	Debuted	Ref.
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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