Notes From The Bleachers

Arkansas oilman Jerry Jones buys the Cowboys from an owner hit by the Texas oil and savings-and-loan collapse, then fires Tom Landry, the only head coach the team had ever had, on a golf course in Austin.

On a snowy night in March 1984, a line of moving trucks pulled up to the Baltimore Colts’ training complex. By morning the team was gone, packed up and driven out of Maryland before the state could pass a law letting the city seize it. This is the story of how Baltimore lost the team of Johnny Unitas overnight, and why, twelve years later, the same city did the very same thing to someone else.

Football has more than a century of stories behind it, and most never get more than a passing mention. Notes from the Bleachers is a storytelling podcast that goes back and gives them their due, one story per episode. Hear what the show is about and what’s coming first. Follow now to catch the premiere.