Nate Bargatze is stepping away from “The Nateland Podcast,” telling listeners in a special message that after roughly five years and nearly 300 episodes, it’s time to focus on what he called his next act — movies, television and even a theme park.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/athlete-lifestyle as ESPN star calling Travis Kelce's podcast 'stupid' is right, but so is 'First Take'. As an avid consumer of podcasts and sports, I always wonder, who listens to "New Heights" or watches "First Take."

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A national college football podcast is giving back to the State College community by hosting a food drive for the State College Food Bank. Penn State had high national championship hopes heading into the 2025 College Football season.

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week.

That was a few months ago before I realized Google has an AI tool called NotebookLM that (mostly) lets you converse with two human-sounding hosts in real-time. Known as interactive mode, you can join the podcast and ask a question at any time. The bots will pause and recognize you as a “listener” and then comment on what you have to say.

Lance Reisland joins the show to provide his in-depth scouting report on the Bills. He explains why he believes Josh Allen is the best quarterback in the league, highlights the underrated talent of running back James Cook and breaks down their dangerous special teams.

That podcast host, of course, is Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Kelce and the Chiefs were eliminated from playoff contention last Sunday in a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, meaning that for the first time since the 2014 season — Kelce’s first full campaign in the NFL — he will be watching the playoffs from home.

When it comes to being a well-traveled baseball player, it’s hard to beat former Major League right-hander Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie’s globetrotting began when he was “on the bubble” with Cleveland and without Minor League options in 2006.