Gates Open Podcast

University of Denver Lacrosse, 2020

Public address announcing by Jonathan Horowitz at University of Denver... 0:00 to 2:20 Men's Basketball 2:20 to 3:30 Gymnastics

Jonathan Horowitz joins "Drive Time" on XTRA Sports Radio 1300 to discuss Justify's historic Triple Crown run in 2018.

Jonathan Horowitz joins "Drive Time" on XTRA Sports Radio 1300 from Sweden to discuss the 2018 Belmont Stakes and Justify's bid for the Triple Crown.

Jonathan Horowitz joins "The Vic Lombardi Show" while in Madrid, Spain to preview the 2018 Kentucky Derby.

Jonathan Horowitz joins "Hastings and Browman" to recap Justify's meteoric rise in horse racing to becoming only the 13th winner of horse racing's Triple Crown in 2018.

Jonathan Horowitz joins "Anything's Possible" with Gil Whiteley and Mark Jackson to talk about the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, along with some thoughts about who might win.

Jonathan Horowitz joins "Drive Time" on XTRA Sports Radio 1300 from Spain to discuss the 2018 UEFA Champions League and Kentucky Derby.

Highlights from the 2018 Colorado 5A state basketball title game between the Grandview Wolves and George Washington Patriots on The Denver Post's "Post Preps Radio" with play-by-play by Jonathan Horowitz

The Greatest Game Ever Played refers to the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. Jonathan Horowitz and Susan Reyburn look back at the precursor to the major spectacle that the Super Bowl has become. More information about The Greatest Game Ever Played is available in Horowitz' sports trivia card deck The One and Only (http://www.pomegranate.com/k360.html). Reyburn and Horowitz authored Football Nation, a Library of Congress publication about 400 years of history of football in American life (http://www.abramsbooks.com/product/football-nation_9780810997622/).

The past, present, and future—the Rose Bowl to the Salad Bowl to the bowls that make up the College Football Playoffs. History and analysis by Susan Reyburn and Jonathan Horowitz, authors of Football Nation, a Library of Congress publication about 400 years of history of football in American life.

The college football rivalry known as The Holy War between Utah and BYU will renew in Sin City in the Las Vegas Bowl, reminiscent of what the 18th century French philosopher Voltaire said, “God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

A podcast about how some historic horse and races have embodied the Thanksgiving spirit: Thanksgiving, Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Pie, Pilgrim.

Football and Thanksgiving have built their traditions together. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the first national day of thanksgiving in 1863. In 1876, the Thanksgiving matchup between Yale and Princeton was the first college football game played away from a campus, a precursor to the modern bowl games. The words of the New York Herald in 1893 are just as true in the 21st century as they were in the earliest years of the holiday and the sport, “It is a holiday granted by the State and the nation to see a game of football.”

Michigan State never led in its two marquee wins in 2015 against Michigan and Ohio State until the clock hit zeros. The volatility of the 2015 college football season has taught: 1) It’s possible to figure things out at the last second and look like a genius. 2) Champions also know how to lose in addition to knowing how to win. 3) As much as we think we know, we still don’t know.

A comparison of the star-crossed careers of Ronda Rousey and Mike Tyson, as the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Chasing Tyson started a week that was capped by Holly Holm’s stunning upset of UFC and pop culture icon Rousey.

A coin flip in England in 1780 is the reason behind the name "Derby." Had the famous coin flip gone the other way, there may be the Kentucky Bunbury instead.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a look at the out-of-this-world sports in Ireland that could warrant their own Wide World of Sports broadcast.

In honor of George Washington's birthday on February 22, here is a look at sports and U.S. presidents. “Looking back, I realize I was lucky to have competed in sports," President Gerald Ford said.

A look at love in the sports world in honor of Valentine's Day.