Sports With Friends

Meet Tywanna Smith, a former college hoops player who took her experience as an athlete into a successful business career, helping other athletes with their off-field career. In June of 2016, Tywanna launched The Athletes Nexus, a sports marketing and business management solution for NBA, NFL, and International professional athletes. The Athletes Nexus provides sports branding, business management, and financial planning services for professional athletes. Her roster of clients has included Terrence Metcalf (Retired NFL player, 7-Year NFL Veteran), Sonny Weems (Maccabi Tel Aviv and Former NBA and Euro-League First Team Selection), Marcus Brown (Retired NBA and Euro-Leagues 3rd Alltime Leading Scorer), Desmond Mason (Seattle Supersonics Retired NBA and artist), Troymaine Pope (Seattle Seahawks) and more.

Things are happening for the Drone Racing League. When they were on Episode 50 back in January of 2016, they were starting their 1st season, and looking for broadcast partners, sponsors, and players! Now.... Season 1 was on ESPN among other partners. They have sponsors, and new investors. As Season 2 dawns on Tuesday June 20, 2017, we visit with DRL CEO/Founder, Nicholas Horbaczewski, who can share more about the news and the league, which was recently named Ad Ages 2017 Start Up to Watch.

The 100th Episode of Sports w/Friends presents an episode that has been 2 years in the making. June 21st, 2017 will mark the 2 year anniversary of the death of former MLB OF turned executive and broadcaster Darryl Hamilton. The death was so sudden, that there was never an episode dedicated to Seth's best friend. To honor that pairing, the 100th episode features audio from the last ever "Stayin' Hot with Seth and Bone" show that aired on MLB Radio on October 30, 2006. Stay Hot, Hambone....

Moments before they both took the stage, Seth grabbed Eli Manning for his 3rd appearance on Sports with Friends. They discussed how much Guiding Eyes means to him. He also discussed new Giants teammates Brandon Marshall, Geno Smith, and whether he considers the end of his career. Eli also debates whether this podcast should be the milestone 100th episode, or simply 99. Clearly it's 99.

Marques Ogden is a special guest on this podcast. The former NFL Lineman is now a Public Motivational Speaker. His story is truly unique. He is a 2002 graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance with emphasis on construction and cost accounting and was also part of their NCAA Division I Football Team. In 2005, Ogden participated in a program through the University of Southern California on project development and construction developed specifically for NFL players hoping to diversify after their football career. He discusses his playing career, his brother Jonathan Ogden, and his comeback attempt in 2016!

Meet Amanda Kessel, a rising star on the Team USA Women's Hockey team. She discusses her Olympics experience, plus her time at the University of Minnesota. She also talks about her role as a role model, and how she uses social media to build her brand.

Longtime friend of the podcast Marty Appel joins the show to discuss his latest book. The New York Yankees historian and former publicity director who is also the author of the acclaimed Pinstripe Empire and New York Times-bestselling Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, returns this spring with CASEY STENGEL: Baseballs Greatest Character, an intimate portrait and definitive account of the single player who best embodied Americas national pastime. There was nobody like Casey before him. And certainly no one like him since. For more than fifty years, Casey Stengel lived baseball. First as a player, where he was the only person in history to play for all the New York teams, including the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets and then as a manager, for the Yankees and Mets, among others. He made his biggest mark on the game revolutionizing the role of manager, all while winning an astounding ten pennants and seven World Series Championships including five consecutive titles with the Yankees. Playing with and against a Who's Who of Cooperstowns finest including Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb and forming indelible, and sometimes complicated, relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin, Casey Stengel was, for an astonishing five decades, the undisputed, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball. Yet for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight, he still remains an enigma. In CASEY STENGEL, New York Times-bestselling author Marty Appel paints an intimate portrait of a private man who was larger than life and remains the embodiment of the national pastime. Featuring fresh reporting drawn from a trove of a never-before-published research documents and source material, including a previously unpublished memoir by Caseys wife Edna, Stengels definitive biography is a must-read for every baseball fanatics library.

A couple of Syracuse alums hang out at the 2017 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards (both Seth and Damon were presenters). The 2 discuss their history together, and the state of Sports Radio in 2017. Damon's new timeslot (9am-Noon ET Mon-Fri) was set to debut at the time of this recording. Plus, some tips on how to do a Sports Radio show in today's changing landscape. We'd like to welcome our new sponsor to Sports with Friends, Infield Chatter. Infield Chatter is the official App of the MLB Players Association. Download Infield Chatter today.

In conjunction w/VaynerMedia , former Tennessee Volunteer LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin joins the show just days before the 2017 NFL Draft. He reflects on his college career, and his thoughts going into the Draft and his potential NFL Career.

On the SI.COM video program SI NOW, Everett meets Davis as they go around the NCAA. Courtesy @SINOWLive for use of the audio.

Should the NHL shut down its season next year so that players can participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics for the 6th consecutive time? Seth Everett spoke with NJ Devils All-Star Taylor Hall, EJ Hradek of NHL Network/NHL.COM, and Scott Laughlin of Sirius/XM NHL Network Radio. Audio courtesy of New Jersey Devils and WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland.

Just before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training, The TOPPS Company revealed its 2017 Series 1 Set of Baseball Cards in a special event at MLB Networks Studio 42 in Secaucus, NJ. Clay Luraschi, Vice President, Product Development at Topps is the guest on this episode.

Steve Palazzolo of Pro Football Focus (PFF) called in via phone from Radio Row in Houston as the festivities are underway. Steve breaks down the match-up between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons as well as the pomp and circumstance around the big game.

Since leaving Long Island, the New York Islanders' relationship with their fan base has suffered. Their new home, Barclays Center in Brooklyn, wasn't the most welcoming space. Now, there are reports that Brooklyn no longer wants the Islanders, and the franchise might be in search of another new home. Peter Schwartz covers the Islanders for WFAN as well as works for CBS Sports Radio. He presents a unique perspective that includes the possibility of returning to a refurbished Nassau Coliseum.

Emmy Award winning producer Ross Greenberg makes his 2nd appearance on Sports with Friends. The man who set the standard for modern sports documentary series is producing the new EPIX series "Road to the Outdoor Classics." He joins us for a frank discussion on hockey and the evolution of sports TV in the 21st century. This is also the last episode of 2016, and we discuss the year of so many celebrities who died this year, from Prince to Muhammad Ali. We also discuss the recent passings of George Michael and actress Carrie Fisher.