Sports Nuts

We’ve seen a lot of players in the NBA request trades but we’ve never seen a player wear a fat suit to get traded. James Harden is easily one of the greatest scorers of all time but did he want out of Houston bad enough to actually wear a fat suit? James Harden showed up to his Brooklyn Nets debut looking as fit and skinny as ever. What do you think of this? In this episode of Sports Nuts, we’ll answer all of these questions and more!

Derek Jeter is one of the most beloved athletes of all time! Every step of Jeter’s career was magical, even until the very end, when he hit the walk-off single to win his final game. Was the last game of his career a little too magical? Did Evan Meeks toss Derek Jeter a meatball in his final at-bat to give him the legendary ending? In this episode of Sports Nuts, we’ll answer all of these questions and more!

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Refs and Officials in all sports have become absolutely dreadful as the years go on. It almost seems like they just want any attention to themselves. Any publicity is good publicity. Is this because they are just terrible refs or could this be a larger scheme? The New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, informally known as "Bountygate," was an incident in which members of the New Orleans Saints team of the National Football League (NFL) were accused of paying out bonuses, or "bounties," for injuring opposing team players. The Sports Nuts crew dives into whether or not this is true or all one big conspiracy!

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There has been a lot of speculation revolving around why there has been such a drastic Home Run serge in the recent years in the MLB. Could it be because hitters are getting increasingly better every year? Or were the baseballs, used in the MLB games, deliberately altered by the league in order to increase Home Runs? In this episode of Sports Nuts, we’ll answer all of these questions and more!

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In 2016, sports tabloid blog Terez Owens released an article claiming that Michael Jordan had a secret child in 1988. The report mentioned that the child had taken on the mother’s name of Butler and that at age 13, the child was thrown out of the house. This story read very similar to the upbringing of NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler, who was born in 1989. So the question is - is Jimmy Butler Michael Jordan’s illegitimate son?

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Were the Tampa Bay Lightning founded by the Mafia? In 1994, there was a dispute brewing at the Lightning headquarters over what some would consider a minor issue, the media guide. The Tampa Bay Lightning were late getting their media guide out and the reason why is because there were hidden pages. On those hidden pages was a name that nobody had seen before, Takashi Okubo. In this week's episode of Sports Nuts, we examine whether or not the Tampa Bay Lightning were owned by the Yakuza.

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Bill Foley, owner of the Las Vegas Golden Knights, fronted $500 million to buy into the NHL, more than six times the price requested the last time the league expanded in 2000. Is the generous buy in from Bill Foley the reason that the Golden Knights got the most ideal expansion draft? Did Gary Bettman and the NHL rig the 2017 expansion draft for the Golden Knights to become the most successful first-year franchise in the history of professional sports? In this episode of Sports Nuts, we will answer all of these questions and more!

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In 2014, the NFL suggested that the New England Patriots, more specifically Tom Brady, used an illegal process for lowering the inflation of game footballs during the 2014 AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. In this episode of Sports Nuts, we examine whether or not Tom Brady was the mastermind behind this all and if in fact, he deflated the footballs.

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In the summer of 2010, Lebron James made one of the most famous departures in sports history, leaving the Cleveland Cavilers to take his talents to South Beach. It was known for a while that James was frustrated with Cleveland and that his departure was a possibility after his second consecutive MVP season. However, was there another reason that caused Lebron to leave The Land? In this episode of Sports Nuts, we examine whether or not Delonte West having an affair with Lebron's Mom set in motion the events that caused Lebron to leave Cleveland.