{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" RYAN75: A 75th Birthday Tribute Podcast to Bob Ryan","description":"JACKIE MACMULLAN hosts this unique and celebratory \u2018podcast event\u2019 and tribute to&amp;nbsp;BOB RYAN, opening the show with a remarkably intimate one-on-one exchange with Bob that then yields to an engaging and funny conversation between Jackie, Bob and special guest, Basketball Hall of Famer&amp;nbsp;DAVE COWENS (25:48). The show also features a memorable roundtable-style conversation between Globe alums MacMullan, Bob, LEIGH MONTVILLE and current Globe columnist DAN SHAUGHNESSY (1:21:38).&amp;nbsp;Fellow Boston media legend&amp;nbsp;BOB LOBEL gets a chance to talk up his friend Bob Ryan with the man who sat a desk away from Ryan in the Globe newsroom, CHAD FINN (58:22), and with SEAN MCDONOUGH, who shares with Bob the incredible respect Ryan had from Sean\u2019s dad, the great writer WILL MCDONOUGH (1:12:50).The program gets a touch of national flair when MITCH ALBOM and MIKE LUPICA talk about Bob\u2019s road to television and the&amp;nbsp;25-year run of ESPN\u2019s The Sports Reporters (47:50), and Bob gets happy birthday wishes from friends and family including Sports Museum Curator Richard Johnson (44:20) and long-time hockey pal Kevin Paul Dupont (44:54).&amp;nbsp;The special podcast resides with The Bob Ryan Boston Podcast Library. Produced by Hometown Podcasts, LLC - Boston, Washington, DC. ","author_name":"Bob Ryan's Boston Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/bobryanbostonpodcast.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18022799\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/96402686"}