Men in Blazers

*Men in Blazers Media Network*
Men in Blazers Media Network
Presentation
Hosted by	Roger Bennett and Michael Davies
Genre	Sports
Language	English
Country of origin	United States
Publication
Original release	2014

Men in Blazers is the largest independent soccer-focused media company in North America, covering the sport year-round through daily podcasts, digital and YouTube videos, a monthly program on NBC’s Peacock network, Twitch streams, weekly newsletters, New York Times bestselling books, and live tours. The programming focuses on the Premier League, the Champions League, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams, the NWSL, and other top leagues around the globe. They were originally associated with ESPN until joining NBC after the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Men in Blazers produces more than 210 podcasts and 350 hours of content every year, and its podcasts get between 1 million and 1.5 million downloads per month.^[1] All content on the platform reaches an audience of more than 30 million people^[2] annually.

Guests

The Men in Blazers television show and podcast have featured a wide range of celebrities, including:

Athletes
Megan Rapinoe, DeAndre Hopkins, Alexander Ovechkin, Wayne Rooney, Alex Morgan, Andrew Luck, Carmelo Anthony, Lewis Hamilton, Rory McIlroy, Steve Kerr, Daryl Dike

Musicians
Killer Mike, Diplo, Vampire Weekend, Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallagher, Haim^[3]

Actors
Laura Linney,^[4] Will Ferrell,^[5] Dominic West,^[6] Diego Luna,^[7] Mike Myers,^[8] John Lithgow,^[9] Anupam Kher,^[10] Rob McElhenney^[11]

Cultural
Barry Hearn^[12] John Oliver,^[13] James Corden,^[14] David Simon,^[15] Guy Ritchie,^[16] Seth Meyers,^[17] Hasan Minhaj,^[18] Peter Moore^[19]

Live tours

The duo have travelled the nation from coast to coast, playing sold-out summer live tours which have given them the ability to bring together thousands of American soccer fans to celebrate the World Cup, Women's World Cup, and Euros, along with guests who include Billy Beane, Waka Flocka, and Taylor Lewan.

The Annual Golden Blazer Award Show

In the Encyclopedia Blazertannica, the Men in Blazers also explain that they give out a golden blazer once a year to someone they credit with helping grow soccer, especially in America. So far, the recipients are:

2014 — Bob Ley, ESPN soccer and Outside the Lines host
2015 — Julie Foudy, U.S. women's national team captain, FIFA Women's World Cup winner, Olympic gold medalist and ESPN soccer commentator and journalist
2016 — Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General and key proponent of the 2015 FIFA corruption case that resulted in the resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter
2017 — Rebecca Lowe, NBC Premier League host
2018 — Rob Stone, FOX soccer host
2019 — Megan Rapinoe, U.S. women's national team co-captain, FIFA Women's World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist
2020 — Emmanuel Eboue

In 2019, Men in Blazers launched an American Premier League Player of the Year Award, given to America's favorite Premier League player. The award's inaugural recipient was Liverpool's Virgil Van Dijk.