Crime in Sports

By James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman

Comedy

What's Crime in Sports about?

Two comedians take an unmerciful and hilarious look at athletes who have lost big games...with the law! Crime in Sports does the research, and finds the funny in the world of sports true crime. New episode every week!

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#339 - You Take The Whole B...

01.24.2023

This week, we look at a man who played for the Dallas Cowboys, with his golden hair, matching his name, and flowing from the back of his 1970s helmet. But there was definitely more going on than most knew. He ...

Crime in Sports episodes:

01.24.2023 #339 - You Take The Whole Bottle - Golden Richards This week, we look at a man who played for the Dallas Cowboys, with his golden hair, matching his name, and flowing from the back of his 1970s helmet. But there was definitely more going on than most knew. He ...
01.17.2023 #338 - One Tough Broad - Evelyn Stevens This week, we look into a very different corner of the world, ladies wrestling! The old school women wrestlers were a tough lot. They could perform in the ring, then go clear out a West Texas bar with their fists! ...
01.10.2023 #337 - Jonestown... Or Idi Amin?? - John Brisker This week, we look at a man who never met a fight that he didn't like. He fought his way from the projects, to college, where he did a strange combination of extracurricular activities. He was the most feared man ...
01.03.2023 #336 - Violent, Nasty & Possibly Misunderstood - Ty Cobb This week, we go back in time to check out one of the most celebrated & controversial athletes of all time. He held just about every hitting record possible, when he retired, but this story is all about the craziness ...
12.27.2022 #335 - Crack, Sacks & Sex - The Infamousness of Lawrence Taylor This week, we finally look at one of the most requested athletes we've ever had. He is as legendary an NFL player as there is, changing the entire way the game is coached & played. He even headlined Wrestlemania. He ...
12.20.2022 #334 - Better Than Hitler - Maxim "Mad Max" Novoselov This week, we wade into seriously crazy waters with a Russian MMA fighter, who has killed multiple people, in brutal & extreme ways. Not only participating in death matches, but also in his business life. He trains with axes, hatchets, ...
12.13.2022 #333 - Groping Your Way To The Top - The Handsiness of Christian Peter This week, we look at a man who seemed made to play in the NFL. Huge, aggressive & reckless are some of the words that come to mind when thinking of him. Also, drunk, arrogant, and active with his hands. ...
12.06.2022 #332 - A Tornado In A China Shop - The Bulkiness of Scott "Big Poppa Pump" Steiner This week, we climb into the ring with a man who is known as being a little wacky, even for professional wrestling! He started a an All American wrestler in college, but was soon teaming with his brother, and conquering ...
11.29.2022 #331 - Style, Murder & Pee - The Flamboyantness of Hector "Macho" Camacho This week, we check out one of the most flamboyant, wild, and successful boxers who has ever lived. His outfits. His crazy entrances. And even his in ring style was different from all the rest. Unfortunately, his style of getting ...
11.22.2022 #330 - All You Need Is Love... And Heroin - The Unenlightenedness of Reggie Harding This week, we look at the first high school basketball player to be drafted by the NBA. The problem was, by that time, he was already accumulating a criminal record that would far surpass anything he would ever do on ...
11.15.2022 #329 - Drugs, Death Penalties & Shipping Fees - The Innovativeness of Reginald Spiers This week, we check out one of the weirdest, craziest stories, ever! He was an Australian javelin thrower, but there isn't much sports to talk about here. Why? Because this guy did so much more. Including putting himself into a ...
11.08.2022 #328 - Gangs, Guns, Patriots & Prison - The Truculentness of Aaron Hernandez This week, we look at one of the violent, aggressive, and disturbing individuals, to ever enter the NFL. And that's saying something. From his early, and ongoing gang ties, to the fact that he was pretty sure he could get ...
11.01.2022 #327 - Popeye, Superman, Or The Devil - The Unmanageableness of "Fast" Eddie Rothman This week, we catch a huge wave... of crime, with a legend of the North Shore surf scene. He has had a lot to do with tournaments, and competitions, all around the islands, but he is best known for starting ...
10.25.2022 #326 - The Most Dangerous Man In The Mafia - The Mercilessness of Joe "The Animal" Barboza This week, we look at a man who was born into terrible circumstances, and only made them worse. He had a brief boxing career, but this story is all about crime, murder, mayhem, and a man who will bite your ...
10.18.2022 #325 - Too Many Accusations, Not Enough Jail - The Slipperiness of "Jungle" Jim Rivera This week, we go back in time to look at man man who grew up in an orphanage, during The Great Depression! He turned to street gangs, boxing & baseball, but WWII came calling before he could become a pro ...
10.11.2022 #324 - The Most Beloved Hated Man - The Impetuousness of Allen "The Answer" Iverson This week, we bask in the long, successful, and insane life of a guy who was as good as it gets, on the basketball court, but a little shaky, off it. He is always fearless, and that fearlessness also translates ...
10.04.2022 #323 - Mature... Or Whatever - The Destructiveness of Aldon Smith This week, we look at an NFL player, who burst onto the scene with force, becoming one of the best defensive prospects in a generation. And that's exactly what happened... For a little while, anyway. Then he started getting arrested. ...
09.27.2022 #322 - Hiding On The Top Rope - The Daringness of Jeff Hardy This week, we check out a man who has kept large crowds on their toes, for decades. Whether it's diving off a 20 foot ladder onto their opponent, or being a spectacle in the local police files, he has always ...
09.20.2022 #321 - The Real Murdering McCoy - The Realness of Charles "Kid" McCoy AKA Norman Selby This week, we go back to a much different time, with a man who had his first boxing match in 1891, after learning to fight against "hobos" in train cars at age 13! He wasn't some boring, old timey guy, ...
09.13.2022 #320 - Jailing Nemo - The Designatedness of Nemessis Bates This week, we look at the story of a man, who never quite achieved his goal to be an NFL player, did achieve a lot in the worlds of both car washing, and violence! He was involved with what could ...
09.06.2022 #319 - I'm Not Bragging - The Traumatizingness of Darryl Strawberry This week, we check out the life of a man, who has had some ups and downs, to say the least. A tremendous baseball player, with all the accolades & championships, but off the field, he was anything but a ...
08.30.2022 #318 - The Waterboy Lays Pipe - The Sensitiveness of J.R. Smith This week, we look at the wild, crazy life of a man who was trained since before birth for basketball greatness. He also loves to put his foot in his mouth, should stay off social media, for his own good, ...
08.23.2022 #317 - Bloody Bodies & Bad Excuses - The Treacherousness of Joaquin "Fire" Balassa This week, we check out a man who is known very little for his brief MMA career, but he is a "superstar" of crime. After washing out of the lowest levels of MMA, he takes a job at Home Depot, ...
08.16.2022 #316 - The Finger Of Doom - The Sanctifiedness of John Hopoate This week, we look at a guy who was so rough in Rugby, that he ended up having to become a boxer, in the middle of his career. He fought, threw cheap shots, and even used his fingers for purposes ...
08.09.2022 #315 - Dogs & Dragonflies - The Blessedness of Aqib Talib This week, we look over the career & crazy times of a man who saw nothing but success in the NFL. An all pro, super bowl champion & apparent hang out buddy of Peyton Manning. Off the field, it's getting ...
08.02.2022 #314 - Pain Is My Best Friend - The Gumpness of Stephen "The Devil" French This week, we look at story that is deep in underground criminal lore. An English kickboxer, with international titles, but we barely have time for any sports, due to this episode being packed with crime. Wall to wall. His main ...
07.26.2022 #313 - Weaponized Cookies & Rollover Crashes - The Egocentricness of Jason Kidd This week, we look at hall of fame player, who was the best at what he did, from the second he stepped on to a basketball court. The world bent over backwards to show him love, and let him off ...
07.19.2022 #312 - Pimp Punching Pervert - The Deviantness of Gerald Perry This week, we tell the story of a man who was so athletically talented, that he just couldn't decide between basketball & football. He chose football, and said it was a dream come true. But as soon as he was ...
07.12.2022 #311 - Orgasm & Obsession - The Compellingness of Adonis "Superman" Stevenson This week, we tell the odd story of a man, who came to another country, as a small child, grew up in foster care, and ran the streets, putting himself in all kinds of dangerous situations. Luckily, he ended up ...
07.05.2022 #310 - Storm Clouds Gathering - The Abominableness of Chris "The Canadian Crippler" Benoit This week, we explore the story of a man, who overcame his lack of looks, size & charisma to become one of the biggest wrestling stars, in the world, winning both WCW & WWE heavyweight titles. He had fame, money ...
06.28.2022 #309 - Nobody Gonna Break My Stride - The Uniqueness of Daniel Barrera This week, we tell a story that starts differently from most of our episodes. Instead of being a renowned athlete, from an early age, he was a decent high school athlete, then joined the military, as a firefighter, where he ...
06.21.2022 #308 - Beanie Babies & Booze - The Smugness of Jim Leyritz This week, we explore the life of an unlikely World Series hero, who took all that good will, and flushed it directly down the toilet. A love of booze & amphetamines led to a tough transition to a life, after ...
06.14.2022 #307 - I Am Not Under Arrest - The Fieriness of "Mean" Gene Atkins This week, we check into a man, who worked his way onto an NFL roster, almost exclusively on the back of his ability to use his body, with reckless abandon, to take down, and preferably hurt, opposing players. Some cracks ...
06.07.2022 #306 - Defying Logic, But Not Gravity - The Insensibleness of Zach Randolph This week, we look into the life of a man, was in trouble since middle school, and kept a steady pace of police interaction, through pretty much his whole life, so far. He came from bad circumstances, being called "crusty" ...
05.30.2022 #305 - Rocky Is Real - The Bloodiness of Chuck "The Bayonne Bleeder" Wepner This week, we check out the life of the man who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the Rocky character. He came from the streets, liking a barroom brawl even more than a fight in the ring. In boxing, he was ...
05.24.2022 #304 - The Drunken Eagle - The Impulsiveness of Ed Belfour This week, we head under the mask, with a hockey goalie, who is a perfectionist, a hall of famer, and a huge drunk, who causes problems at hotels, and seems very willing to fight police officers. He was a hero, ...
05.17.2022 #303 - If Michael Jordan Was Crazy... - The Transcendentness of Diego Maradona This week, we look at a man who was once the most famous human being, on the planet Earth. He was a hero of his country, and many others, as well. Given godlike status by fans, all over the world, ...
05.10.2022 #302 - Meaner Than His Dogs - The Rabidness of Ray McDonald This week, we check in with a man who came from an athletic family, and followed in his father's footsteps, by going to dad's alma mater. All seemed set for a great career, and a good relationship with the community. ...
05.03.2022 #301 - Smuggling, Scamming & Speeding - The Prosperousness of Vic Lee This week, we race into disaster, with an Englishman, who went from managing a car dealership, to running his own champion race team. But racing is an expensive sport to maintain, he found that out, first hand. His solution? Smuggle ...
04.26.2022 #300 - Kill Me Twice, Shame On Me - The Recurrentness of Ron Lyle This week, we tell one of the most incredible stories, in history. Not just sports. He grew up with 18 brothers & sisters, in a good family, but he took to the streets, being convicted of murder, before any thought ...
04.19.2022 #299 - Too Much Hype, Too Many Guns - The Marketedness of Sebastian Telfair This week, we check out a guy, who was already signing autographs, while in the 6th grade. A prodigy, and phenom, on the level of Lebron James, but he could never quite live up to the hype. Instead, he screwed ...
04.12.2022 #298 - Off To See The Wizard - The Crookedness of Ken Clay This week, we look at a man who went from being a two time World Series champion, and the pride of his hometown, to being an embarrassment, to all concerned. His upbringing was one for the ages, complete with some ...
04.05.2022 #297 - One Big Pose - The Boastfulness of "The Total Package" Lex Luger (Larry Pfohl) This week, we check out a very well known wrestlers, who worked for both WWF (at the time), and WCW, being on tv, just about every week, for more than 10 years, after his football career ended. He was known ...
03.29.2022 #296 - Escalating In Awful - The Contemptibleness of Dana Stubblefield This week, we dip back into the brain damage sports, with a longtime NFL player, who just happens to be a REALLY terrible person! He says all the right things, but they all seem to not be true. Like when ...
03.22.2022 #295 - The Nutsack Nibbler & UPDATES!! - Donovan Salvato, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Jeremy "Mayhem Miller, Ben Cousins, Adrien Broner & Joey Barton This week, we quickly get into a short, but insanely funny story, about an aspiring MMA fighter, who figured out a new kind of attack, on his roommate. Then, we catch you up on what some of our favorite CIS ...
03.15.2022 #294 - Long, Thick & Massive - The Theatricalness of "Neon" Leon Spinks This week, we explore one of the most interesting, strange & wild careers that we've ever heard of, combined with a private life that can easily be described as "erratic". He has more arrests than you can count, but one ...
03.01.2022 #293 - Violence Starts At Home - The Acclaimedness of Bobby Hull This week, we check out the life of a legendary hockey player, who was the idol of fans, and had the cleanest reputation that there was, during his playing days, but the facade quickly crumbled. Angry, brooding, and taking it ...
02.22.2022 #292 - Heroin, Murder & The 2022 Scummy Awards - The Gnarliness of Jay Adams This week, we look into a skateboarding icon, who many say invented the modern style of skating. He was just a kid, when he turned professional, but he certainly lived like an adult. An adult on the edge. He blew ...
02.15.2022 #291 - Bleaching Away The Rough Spots - The Inflammableness of Terrell "T-Sizzle" Suggs This week, we check out a very successful NFL player, who has a history of doing some dumb, and some just plain strange things, over the last 20 years. A brawl before the draft, an absolutely awful driving record, and ...
02.08.2022 #290 - God Is Naked, Too - The Bewilderingness of David Vaughn Jr This week, we follow a multigenerational story of disaster. A 1970s basketball player, who did things like walk around, in the middle of the street, wearing ONLY a t-shirt, and taking cops on a 7 mile long chase, ending in ...

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Crime in Sports episodes:

#339 - You Take The Whole Bottle - Golden Richards

#338 - One Tough Broad - Evelyn Stevens

#337 - Jonestown... Or Idi Amin?? - John Brisker

#336 - Violent, Nasty & Possibly Misunderstood - Ty Cobb

#335 - Crack, Sacks & Sex - The Infamousness of Lawrence Taylor

#334 - Better Than Hitler - Maxim "Mad Max" Novoselov

#333 - Groping Your Way To The Top - The Handsiness of Christian Peter

#332 - A Tornado In A China Shop - The Bulkiness of Scott "Big Poppa Pump" Steiner

#331 - Style, Murder & Pee - The Flamboyantness of Hector "Macho" Camacho

#330 - All You Need Is Love... And Heroin - The Unenlightenedness of Reggie Harding

#329 - Drugs, Death Penalties & Shipping Fees - The Innovativeness of Reginald Spiers

#328 - Gangs, Guns, Patriots & Prison - The Truculentness of Aaron Hernandez

#327 - Popeye, Superman, Or The Devil - The Unmanageableness of "Fast" Eddie Rothman

#326 - The Most Dangerous Man In The Mafia - The Mercilessness of Joe "The Animal" Barboza

#325 - Too Many Accusations, Not Enough Jail - The Slipperiness of "Jungle" Jim Rivera

#324 - The Most Beloved Hated Man - The Impetuousness of Allen "The Answer" Iverson

#323 - Mature... Or Whatever - The Destructiveness of Aldon Smith

#322 - Hiding On The Top Rope - The Daringness of Jeff Hardy

#321 - The Real Murdering McCoy - The Realness of Charles "Kid" McCoy AKA Norman Selby

#320 - Jailing Nemo - The Designatedness of Nemessis Bates

#319 - I'm Not Bragging - The Traumatizingness of Darryl Strawberry

#318 - The Waterboy Lays Pipe - The Sensitiveness of J.R. Smith

#317 - Bloody Bodies & Bad Excuses - The Treacherousness of Joaquin "Fire" Balassa

#316 - The Finger Of Doom - The Sanctifiedness of John Hopoate

#315 - Dogs & Dragonflies - The Blessedness of Aqib Talib

#314 - Pain Is My Best Friend - The Gumpness of Stephen "The Devil" French

#313 - Weaponized Cookies & Rollover Crashes - The Egocentricness of Jason Kidd

#312 - Pimp Punching Pervert - The Deviantness of Gerald Perry

#311 - Orgasm & Obsession - The Compellingness of Adonis "Superman" Stevenson

#310 - Storm Clouds Gathering - The Abominableness of Chris "The Canadian Crippler" Benoit

#309 - Nobody Gonna Break My Stride - The Uniqueness of Daniel Barrera

#308 - Beanie Babies & Booze - The Smugness of Jim Leyritz

#307 - I Am Not Under Arrest - The Fieriness of "Mean" Gene Atkins

#306 - Defying Logic, But Not Gravity - The Insensibleness of Zach Randolph

#305 - Rocky Is Real - The Bloodiness of Chuck "The Bayonne Bleeder" Wepner

#304 - The Drunken Eagle - The Impulsiveness of Ed Belfour

#303 - If Michael Jordan Was Crazy... - The Transcendentness of Diego Maradona

#302 - Meaner Than His Dogs - The Rabidness of Ray McDonald

#301 - Smuggling, Scamming & Speeding - The Prosperousness of Vic Lee

#300 - Kill Me Twice, Shame On Me - The Recurrentness of Ron Lyle

#299 - Too Much Hype, Too Many Guns - The Marketedness of Sebastian Telfair

#298 - Off To See The Wizard - The Crookedness of Ken Clay

#297 - One Big Pose - The Boastfulness of "The Total Package" Lex Luger (Larry Pfohl)

#296 - Escalating In Awful - The Contemptibleness of Dana Stubblefield

#295 - The Nutsack Nibbler & UPDATES!! - Donovan Salvato, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Jeremy "Mayhem Miller, Ben Cousins, Adrien Broner & Joey Barton

#294 - Long, Thick & Massive - The Theatricalness of "Neon" Leon Spinks

#293 - Violence Starts At Home - The Acclaimedness of Bobby Hull

#292 - Heroin, Murder & The 2022 Scummy Awards - The Gnarliness of Jay Adams

#291 - Bleaching Away The Rough Spots - The Inflammableness of Terrell "T-Sizzle" Suggs

#290 - God Is Naked, Too - The Bewilderingness of David Vaughn Jr

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