Crime in Sports

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 out on his family, while womanizing, all over the place. This was a definite deviation from his public image, of the perfect family man. On the ice, he was definitely an all...

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 off commercials that he landed, and got into the LA punk rock scene, leading to his starting the ball rolling on a terrible murder of one man, and the near death of another. From there, h...

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 some seriously wild accusations at home. He's been accused of hitting, throwing bleach on, and even dragging a woman from a car. Then, he got married to that woman. His off the field...

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 craziness & gunplay. He then passes on the family legacy to his self named son, who plays with Shaq & Michael Jordan, before descending into arrests & homelessness, and trying t...

This week, we dip back into the brain damage sports with a man, who is nothing, if not entertaining. He's a boxer with flash & power, but the story isn't all happy. He made his way back, from a broken neck, all the way to ring, to box for another 10 years. He was a champion, a lunatic, and great quote. He lost his money, several times, but got arrested, even more. Drunk driving, fighting cops, fig...

This week, we take a look at a man who was accused of something pretty terrible, but he continued with his baseball career, like it never happened, even going on to be a World Series champion. But that dark thing was always hanging over his head, especially since his excuse was self serving, at best, a complete insult to everybody's intelligence, at worst. And it's not the end, as his other accuse...

This week, we find ourselves knee deep in some seriously serious crime. He was an Australian rugby player, with a need for gambling, and a penchant for high stakes robberies. He, and an unlikely accomplice become 2 of the country's top 10 most wanted men, after a years long campaign of armed robbery. Banks & armored vehicles were their thing, incapacitating guards, and getting away with millions o...

This week, we venture into the "brain damage" sports to bring you a cautionary tale. It's cautionary because you wouldn't want to end up like him, or even near him. He has been arrested, multiple times, for attacking women, once for using a broken vodka bottle as a weapon, and plenty of other craziness. Speaking of crazy, he loves nothing more than shouting crazy conspiracy theories, from the dark...

This week, we check out a legend, in his sport! He's been a fixture of the wrestling business for 50 years. He's well known, and a bit infamous, as well, for things that aren't exactly right. He has never had a drink of alcohol, or coffee, but has been indicted for sodomy of an underage girl. So, he's a bit of an enigma. He also was the owner & anchor of a wrestling territory, for decades, one of...

This week, we track a story that has been a long time, in the making, and has aq little bit different ending than we're used to. From extremely humble beginnings, he was selling both newspapers, and cocaine by age 11. He ran the streets, sold drugs, carried a gun, and was arrested more than 10 times, even being sent to prison at 15! Somehow, through all of that, he made a successful, and very lucr...

This week, we wade in to the story of a tennis player, that was hated by just about everyone he ever spoke to. He picked up the sport, later than most kids, with a natural talent that made him not have to plan his attacks like most players. He was also a HUGE jerk. Refusing autographs for kids, abusing the media, other players, line judges, legal judges, people in bars, his wife, and even his coac...

This week, we look at a hero of his neighborhood, who wouldn't even move away after he was making millions of dollars, an Olympic medal, and worldwide fame. From a tough place, he wanted to be a champion, from an early age, and he achieved it, along with his brother, who trained him. A dream come true... Until the bottom fell out. Some legal issues began to take the shine off of this hero, but tha...

This week, we check out a guy who always had all the potential, but the only potential that he fulfilled was his prolific arrest record. A sought after, two sports star, he was the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, but it all went away. Next thing you knew, he was in an off brand football league, and choking women, while punching them. His problems seem to be with alcohol, drugs, and ev...

This week, we look into a man who rose like a rocket, to international success & fame, while punching & choking people into submission. Unfortunately, not all of these incidents took place inside the octagon. He isn't a very responsible driver, seems to love the strip club, enough to have several incidents at those establishments. Every time he gets another chance to be the star of UFC, he seems t...

This week, we can only hope that brain damage contributed to the this man's crime, because if it didn't, he's just one of the most reprehensible human beings that we can think of. He wasn't exactly a wrestling superstar, spending most of his career as a "jobber", who lost on a nightly basis to make others look good. Outside the ring, he was violent, mean, and was called "the description of a stalk...

This week, we head back to the cocaine hazed 1980s, to talk about a guy who could have been the next Sandy Koufax, but his extra curricular activities ruined it all. He was a quiet kid, with major league dreams, but the loneliness of being on the road led him down a path of booze, cocaine, and invisible snakes. He had a few chances, but just couldn't get it together, in his career, or personal lif...

This week, we do things a little bit differently, and discuss a man who actually did most things right. He wasn't arrested, every 5 minutes, or considered an awful person. This episode is about what happened to this athlete. Marriage trouble & money problems are there, but is that what caused his demise? The last he is heard from is on a 911 call, full of audible gunshots. It's a true whodunnit, u...

This week, we found a gem of a story, about a guy who seemed to be on his way to a long life, as a respected NFL player & cultural icon. But it all went terribly wrong. Divorce, business failure, and possible brain damage sends him down a road of constant arrest. He was called "the consulate con man", as he terrorized NFL players by impersonating them, and stealing from their bank accounts. This i...

This week, we finish off the saga of Mike Tyson, with an action packed episode, covering his "Baddest Man On The Planet" years. The whole thing is full of rage, and terrible impulse control! He grabs women, he kicks men, he punches everyone. But you're lucky to just be punched, because some weren't so lucky, with Evander Holyfield coming away with a little less of his ear, in the process. Lawsuits...

This week, we get into the middle years of Mike Tyson's career, when it all starts to fall apart. He suffers his first loss, while fending off a slew of lawsuits, paternity cases, and criminal charges. This all culminates in a trial for the rape of an 18 year old Miss Black America contestant, and his subsequent prison stay, which includes visits from Shaq, Hammer, Whitney Houston, and several oth...

This week, we talk about the early years, rise to prominence, and beginning of the downfall of a man who was known all throughout the world for his incredible boxing ability, and tabloid life, outside of the ring. We look into the lurid details of a young, famous, and turbulent marriage, as well as his relationship with Don King. Find out what could turn a young man, into the most vicious fighter...

This week, we look at the story of a man, who did everything he could do to drink, and party his way out of the sport of hockey, but his talent kept him always employed. He had so much going on, that it's hard to describe his crazy life, but let's just say that his career finally ended when he carried a bloody, beaten, unconscious & nude woman into a hospital, with quite an unbelievable story to g...

This week, we speed into disaster, with a man who lived a wild, and crazy life. Racing cars, and punching anyone within reach. He never quite achieved the accolades he wished for, on the track, so he devoted his life to his passions, teaching his son to race, and getting arrested. Fractured skulls, bruised girlfriends, threatened ex-wives, and an absolutely enormous fire ball later... At least his...

This week, we look at a man who was on television, just about every week, for about a decade, which went right to his head.  The problem is, it was gone, all at once. This caused him to spiral into an absolutely insane life, filled with drugs, arrests, more drugs, epic car crashes, and his very own profile, on a top Gigilo website, where he can be rented various increments of time, and very high p...

This week, we check out a man who has had about the craziest life you can think of. Coming from nothing, all the way to a long & lucrative NFL career, but with some insane stumbles. The list is a long one, including cocaine, alleged game fixing, fights at bars, knife fights with his pregnant wife, hollow point bullets, stab wounds, shotguns, trees that refuse to get out the way of his Mercedes, an...