Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is sent to cover the Pitt-Penn State “Keystone Classic” of 1924; in so doing, he discovers a throughline of the football-on-Thanksgiving tradition going back to 1621 (okay, actually, that’s going back to 1869) and reminds us that high-level football games on Thanksgiving are nearly as old as the official Thanksgiving holiday itself.  

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audio drama podcast from Number 80 Productions and the Sports History Network.

Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) script & story by Os Davis.

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer stars Doug Fye, Ilona Fye, and Eric Bodwell. Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) co-stars, in order of appearance, Caedmon Holland, Forrest Hartl and Wayne Brett.

Additional direction by Eric Bodwell. Sound recording and primary editing by Don McIver.

The theme song of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is “the Dayton Triangles Rag” and was arranged and performed by Bruce Smith. 

Other tracks in this episode include

•  “Jazz Club” by Kriss (available through fair-use agreement via FreeMusicArchive.org);

•  “Litany of the Street” by Silverman Sound Studios;

•  “Bimini Bay” (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago; and

•  “Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer (Outro)” by David Liso of Dynamo Stairs.

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is produced by Os Davis and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darrin Hayes.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer – coming soon!

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is a unique sports history audiodrama produced by members of the Sports History Network. This week, host Greg James (From the 55 Yard Line) talks to the producers of SHN's first fiction podcast, Darin Hayes and Os Davis, about this enterprise, from the story's original conception to technical matters of sound editing and actor casting. We daresay some usual tips for fiction podcast rookies might be found here...

And stay tuned to (near) the end for an affordable way (no, really!) to get yourself a spiffy new 1920s-era advertisement on a future epsidoe or two of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer...

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audiodrama focuses on the life and times of a semi-famous newsman and his 'paper, the PIttsburgh Guardian, in the 1920s.

In this teaser trailer for the fiction podcast Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, meet Harvey and Mabel Taylor of Pittsburgh, loyal subscribers to the Pittsburgh Guardian, and at least one a big fan of a certain roving sports reporter of the 1920s...

This episode stars Richard Kress and Shari Gould. Story/script by Os Davis and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darin Hayes. Theme song by Bruce Smith. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audiodrama by Number 80 Productions and Sports History Network.

Look for full-length episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer in early 2022.

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A Different way to hear sports history.

I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history.

The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career.

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer

A Different way to hear sports history.

I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history.

The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career.

Join us in the adventure of a lifetime, Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, found here on Sports History Network, on OrvilleMulligan.com or your favorite podcast provider.

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer

A Different way to hear sports history.

I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history.

The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career.

Join us in the adventure of a lifetime, Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, found here on Sports History Network, on OrvilleMulligan.com or your favorite podcast provider.

Head to the ORVILLE MULLIGAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE for more information.

Enter the ring with the Sports History Network’s first boxing-centric show! Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) talks with Frank Reading, host of the eponymous podcast Ringside with Reading: Boxing History from Yesteryear.

Frank and Os end up following many different threads in the conversation, from how Frank got into the podcast game, his own experience working with boxers, why he believes boxing is more dangerous than MMA, and a bit on another vocation of his, lecturing on the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case and the JFK assassination…

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Ringside with Reading is host Frank Reading’s exploration of any number of topics having to do with the Sweet Science, from his favorite period of the 1980s/90s to football/boxing crossover stars to lists of the Greatest of All-Time. New episodes released biweekly on the Sports History Network.

Caution: 80s flashbacks may be induced by this week's episode of the SHN Showcase – at least for professional wrestling fans. Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs and Game Film) talks with Ariel Gonzalez, producer and host of the Sports History Network podcast Wrestling With Heels On.

Before it’s over, these two namedrop Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan, the Magnificent Muraco and even a few non-alliterative grapplers. They also discuss Ariel’s introduction into podcasting, the nature of the wrestling heel, his impetus for doing the show and, invariably, what makes this spectacle so awesome.

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Wrestling with Heels On is a trip down villainy lane, Ariel Gonzalez’s reminiscence about some old favorite wrestling weirdoes and ne’er do wells, the no-goodniks of a no-longer time. On this podcast, the bad guy is the good guy and the results are always fun.

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In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Scott Adamson, co-host and producer of the From the 55 Yard Line podcast and author of the book The Home Team: My Bromance with Off-Brand Football.

On this episode, Scott and Os discuss just how a sports journalist in Alabama acquires a fandom for Canadian football; the state of the CFL; the awesomeness of the WFL and USFL (RIP); the possibilities for yet more spring football in the US; and whether or not killing a sports league qualifies The Rock for the presidency…

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From the 55-Yard Line takes a hot read on the history, remembrances, culture, lore, legends and meaning of professional football around the world. No, really: Co-host Scott Adamson’s recent book The Home Team covers Birmingham, Alabama’s history with leagues like the WFL, USFL, CFL, XFL and AAF. His podcasting partner Greg James is meanwhile just as likely to produce an episode on Japan’s X League(!) as on early 20th-century American football…

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In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis of Truly The GOATs turns guest and chats with substitute host Darrin Hayes, host and producer of the Pigskin Daily Dispatch podcast.

Darrin goes over a few highlights from the Truly The GOATs series and Os discusses some of the revelations his research has shown – particularly in 20^th-century sports.

After touching on sumo wrestling, the games of Ancient Rome, women’s sports pre-World War II and computer-simulated heavyweight boxing, Darrin and Os get contemporary in assessing the high-profile quarterbacks taken in the recent NFL Draft and debating the future of Canadian football itself.

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Truly The GOATs spans the millennia, from Europe to Asia, from Polynesia to Mesoamerica, from the Soviet Union to the USA, remembering those athletes who enthralled spectators with wondrous feats in their day – whether ancient, medieval, modern, or post-modern.

TTG also examines the cultures that produced the games in which truly unique athletes and their sports that may have become moribund, evolved beyond recognition, or simply disappeared altogether…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Greg James, co-host and producer of the From the 55 Yard Line podcast.

On this episode, Greg and Os have lots to talk about vis-a-vis one of their mutual favorite sports, Canadian football. Since the 2019 Grey Cup through a Covid-cancelled season and the freakin’ wacky implications brought on by the reported discussions with XFL executives, the future of the CFL is in doubt even after commissioner Randy Ambrosie’s highly optimistic comments of last week.

Greg and Os kick around various outcomes for the CFL, as well as podcasting on the Sports History Network, how an American gets into the Canadian game, and more…

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From the 55-Yard Line takes a hot read on the history, remembrances, culture, lore, legends and meaning of professional football around the world. No, really: Co-host Scott Adamson’s recent book The Home Team covers Birmingham, Alabama’s history with leagues like the WFL, USFL, CFL, XFL and AAF. His podcasting partner Greg James is meanwhile just as likely to produce an episode on Japan’s X League(!) as on early 20^th-century American football…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) talks podcasting with Aron Harris of The Football Odyssey podcast and the website of the same name.

Aron discusses producing his podcast for sure, including his recent interview with Scott Hanson of the NFL Red Zone. He also tells of his relatively late entry into football fandom and the possibilities for his Pittsburgh Steelers on draft day and in 2021.

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The Football Odyssey is a weekly podcast about football’s constant and evolving impact on American culture. Catch historical stories and interviews with players, coaches, executives, media personalities and even fans, all in the service of the unwavering greater narrative of the gridiron game…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Joe Ziemba, author of the book and host of the podcast When Football Was Football.

Joe’s got a unique theme to his podcast, featuring as it does the histories of those two founding members of the NFL based in Chicago, the Bears and the Cardinals. He discusses researching the proverbial good old days of the game, his participation in the annual Pro Football Researcher’s Association convention, his father’s history as a Chicago Cardinals draftee and academy football coach, and hope springing eternal for the Bears on Draft Day 2021…

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When Football Was Football is a biweekly podcast which brings listeners a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFL’s two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals – we’re talking back to the days when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business and when Cardinals players earned $15 a game and were proud of to be making such bank! Not, Joe warns, for the fainthearted football fan…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Dana Auguster, host of the Historically Speaking Sports podcast.

Dana is in quite the personal fan space for controversy these days: Aside from telling us how he parlayed a career in local sports news reporting into sports history podcasting, Dana also offers his take on the state of his “Los Angeles” Chargers, reportedly currently embroiled in a legal battle among ownership. Dana also weighs in on Major League Baseball’s denial of this year’s All-Star Game from his current hometown of Atlanta, based on the state’s newly-enacted voting laws.

Finally, he’s got predictions for the Gonzaga-Baylor college basketball championship, which you can tell were recorded before the stunning outcome. Schadenfreude alert!

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Historically Speaking Sports is a weekly podcast that takes listeners on a stroll down sports memory lane, sometimes through narration, sometimes via interview and sometimes through obscure historical fact – all to relive those moments that make sports a vital element of Americana…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with John Davis, host of the podcast For the Good of the Game.

Os has John to talk podcast production and such, but the topics of discussion are many and plentiful. John tells us about coaching youth football, his involvement in a startup spring football league or two, how he plans his podcasts thematically and just how many Alabama Crimson Tide players might have names called at the upcoming NFL Draft…

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For the Good of the Game is a football-themed podcast which has just joined the Sports History Network. Every episode features former or current players, coaches, sportswriters and others involved in pro football. The overarching theme for the current season is the relationships between players and their coaches.

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Warren Rogan, host of the podcast Sports’ Forgotten Heroes.

In short, Warren loves all sports. In 30 minutes or so, Warren and Os circle the world of sports, along the way touching on topics including the importance of Tiger Woods and/of technology to golf’s modern popularity, the demise of boxing; 90s NBA basketball versus the 21^st-century’s; the World Hockey Association; New York Giants Super Bowl victories; and the importance of a Bill Murray movie to the 1986 New York Mets…

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Sports’ Forgotten Heroes is a bi-monthly podcast devoted not necessarily to the biggest superstars or Greatest of All-time, but instead tell great stories of the sportsworld’s wunderkinds, one-year wonders or even the most memorable moments of our favorite games.

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Jay Abramson, host of the podcast History of College Football. Jay tells us what he believes makes college football the best from of sports, how his sports-eschewing father influences him and how the Covid-shortened college football season might affect scouting for the NFL Draft. Jay and Os also reminiscence a bit on the legend of Joe Dudek. (Anyone remember that name…?)

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History of College Football is a trip down NCAA gridiron memory lane. Each episode is a look at the history of a top-division football program or anything of interest including Heisman Trophy winners, national championship runs, great players and their record-setting performances and those long-running rivalries from on which the college game thrives…

In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Jamie Furness of the What Was The Score podcast. Jamie tells us of parlaying a history dissertation into a love of sports history, coaching youth basketball, the state of British professional basketball and the wonder of korfball…

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On What Was The Score?, host Jamie Furness may monologue or dialogue about games old and new, sports known worldwide or barely at all, a single event or an entire country’s sporting history – all with the spin of a history junkie…

Warning: This week's episode of the SHN Showcase may induce flashbacks. Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Mark Morthier of the Yesterday’s Sports podcast. Mark tells us about his long career in weight training, writing two books, producing his first podcast and the glories of sports in the 1970s…

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On Yesterday’s Sports, the topic of discussion could be on any sport at any time – but it’s probably set in the 70s. Host Mark Morthier brings his passion for writing and talking about sports history to make this podcast which combined fact and childhood memory.

On this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Andrew Neumann and Dan Neumann, co-hosts of the SHN Network’s Hello Old Sports podcast. The Neumanns talk about producing their unique podcast, New York sports fandom and some of their favorite episodes to date.

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On Hello, Old Sports, Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic – baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind – weekly. To date, Hello Old Sports episodes have examined such disparate historical topics as the Army-Navy football rivalry, the greatest New York Yankees roster and Tampa Bay professional sports from the Buccaneers to the Lightning…

On this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Rick Loayza of the SHN Network’s Basketball History 101 podcast. Rick recommends some great basketball books, talks pre-NBA basketball history and mulls over the question of greatest Laker ever. He then shares impressions with Os on the current NBA season at just past the ⅓-mark.

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Basketball History 101 brings a new story on a different topic on the overlooked or just plain forgotten history and development of the game of basketball.

On this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Tommy A. Phillips of the SHN Network’s Lombardi Memories podcast. Tommy talks about Packers fandom in the heart of Steelers country, the best decades in NFL history and Super Bowls past. And both have predictions and thoughts on Super Bowl LV, a matchup of GOAT-level quarterbacks…

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Lombardi Memories is a biweekly podcast that takes you back in time to the greatest one-day spectacle in all of sports, looking into each and every one of the 50-plus Super Bowls to tell the story of who won and why – for the fan who needs more than just a box score…

On this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis chats with Jeremy McFarlin of the SHN Network's Football is Family podcast. Jeremy talks about the importance of football fandom, his beloved Tennessee Titans (particularly with reference to a pair of plays in the 1999 playoffs, and gets goaded into predicting Super Bowl LV.

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Football is Family is on a mission to share the stories of other fans out there sharing how they have been touched by the greatest sport on Earth. Each week, Darrin delves into the history of one NFL team -- or whatever else interesting comes down the pike...

On this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis chats with Darrin Hayes of the SHN Network's Pigskin Daily History Dispatch. Darrin talks football officiating as a path into history geekdom and the rigors of doing a daily podcast before predicting this weekend's NFL conference championship games...

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The Pigskin Daily History Dispatch Podcast takes the listener through the historical events, people, inventions and plays that had some significance to the game of football on the date discussed.

We try to cover every angle, and look in every nook and cranny to bring these yesteryear gridiron nuggets from all levels of American football all over the globe to help tell the story of American football.

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The Football History Dude is a show dedicated to teaching fans about the rich history of the NFL and other professional football leagues. Each episode your host, Arnie Chapman, asks you to hop on his Delorean and go back in time with him to explore the yesteryear of the gridiron. The Football History Dude has a guest ride shotgun with him each week to share what they know about the history of the game. He brings to you authors, ex-players, coaches, and many more people that have helped turn football into America's favorite sport.

Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear.