Fumbles and Frauds

Latrell Sprewell was one of the NBA’s most explosive and talented players—but in 1997, his career took a shocking turn when a heated argument with Golden State Warriors head coach P.J. Carlesimo became one of the most infamous incidents in basketball history.

Join us this week as we go back in time to 2008 when a "strategic" decision rocked the Formula 1 world. We will look at all the people involved not just the rookie driver struggling to prove himself in the competitive unforgiving world of Formula 1.

Who would have thought a seemingly routine accidental crash could have led to multiple team officials "stepping down", a hearing with the FIA, and a pit mistake potentially screwing a championship hopeful out of his win. Who was the real victim here, Piquet Jr., Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, or the Formula 1 fans? Make sure to listen in and let us know what you think about what happened and how big this scandal really was.

What happens when a private conversation becomes one of the most explosive moments in sports history?

In 2014, an audio recording of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling sent shockwaves through the NBA and beyond. Within days, players were protesting, sponsors were fleeing, and new Commissioner Adam Silver faced the biggest crisis of his tenure.

In this episode, we go beyond the headlines to explore Sterling's decades-long history of discrimination, the leaked recording that ignited worldwide outrage, the unprecedented punishment handed down by the NBA, and the lasting impact on the league today.

Join us as we look into a hockey scandal that to this day leaves people unsatisfied with the outcome and with many unanswered questions. This scandal involves Mike Danton an up and coming hockey player in the NHL who was convicted of trying to hire a hitman to murder someone. The only problem... years later and still no one knows who the target was.

Join us as we explore the doping controversy that led to a canceled highly anticipated super fight due to tainted meat if Canelo is to be believed. After you hear all the evidence you can decide for yourself did Canelo Alvarez purposely take performance enhancing drugs or was it really due to tainted meat in the area at the time?

In this episode, we dive into the scandal surrounding Ben Roethlisberger and explore how one of the NFL's biggest controversies reshaped conversations about athletes, accountability, media coverage, and public perception. Do you think he did it? Let us know what you think about it all.

Join us as we explore the life of Andrés Escobar, the Colombian defender whose name became forever linked to one of football's most heartbreaking moments. After scoring an own goal during 1994 FIFA World Cup Escobar returned home amid intense public scrutiny.

Just days later, he was murdered in Medellín in a crime that shocked the world. We explore the events surrounding the World Cup, the pressures facing Colombian football at the time, the country's broader climate of violence, and the circumstances of Escobar's death.

In this episode, we dive into the extraordinary and controversial life of Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader and one of the sport's fiercest competitors. Nicknamed "Charlie Hustle," Rose built a legendary career through relentless effort, earning three World Series titles and setting records that still stand today. But as his accomplishments grew, so did the questions surrounding his conduct both on and off the field.

We explore the gambling scandal that led to Rose's lifetime ban from Major League Baseball, the decades-long debate over his eligibility for the Hall of Fame, and the complicated legacy he left behind. Was Pete Rose a flawed icon unfairly excluded from baseball's highest honor, or did his actions undermine the integrity of the game he loved? What do you think?

In this episode, we explore the story behind Diego Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal during Argentina's 2–1 victory over England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. With tensions between the two nations still lingering after the Falklands War, Maradona scored one of football's most debated goals by punching the ball past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton—a handball missed by officials that changed the course of the match and became one of sport's most enduring controversies.

Join us this episode as we explore the Olympics in Germany post World War II as we discuss how the "cheerful games" quickly became a massacre with 17 dead. We go into the countries involved, a terrorist group known as Black September, and how the media may have hurt this case.