The Halls of Mediocrity

Marv Marinovich had one goal: build the perfect athlete. He started before Todd was even born.   Todd's mother was placed on a strict diet during pregnancy — no processed food, no white sugar, no artificial ingredients. When Todd was an infant, his crib was equipped with physical coordination toys. By the time he could walk, he was lifting weights, stretching, and running drills. He may be the fir...

In honor of the Sunny episode dropping tonight, Kevin and Jeff take a detour into WWE and WWF history — specifically, ChatGPT's definitive ranking of the greatest wrestlers who never won a world title in the WWE or WWF.   There are a few problems with the list.   First: it only has nine names. ChatGPT was asked for ten and delivered nine. Second: Roddy Piper — Hot Rod, the man who was number one o...

Tammy Sytch was a pre-med student at the University of Tennessee. She was smart, driven, and by all early accounts headed toward a career that would help people. Then she started dating a professional wrestler named Chris Candido, and the trajectory of her entire life changed. She became Sunny: the most downloaded woman on the internet in 1996, the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Manager of the Year, an...

Chad Curtis was the 1,155th player chosen in the 1989 MLB Draft. Forty-fifth round. Three colleges. By any conventional measure, he had no business playing in the major leagues. He played for ten years. He won two World Series rings with the New York Yankees. He hit a walk-off home run in the 1999 World Series. He also told Rod Carew, Hall of Famer, career .328 hitter, one of the most respected me...

Terrion Arnold was the 24th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. He was supposed to anchor the Detroit Lions' secondary. Instead, he walked into the Orient Road Jail in Tampa to surrender on eight felony counts - including armed robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. It started in early February: over $250,000 in cash and personal belongings stol...

Thirty active Minnesota Vikings players. Two luxury houseboats on Lake Minnetonka. Eighty to a hundred sex workers flown in from Atlanta and Florida. High school and college kids working the charter crew. A woman named Kathy Howe whose lawn got used as a restroom on the way to the dock. Forty-five minutes on the water before the captains turned around. And when the boats came back in, the police w...

Darko Miličić was number one. Everyone gets that. But can you name the pitcher drafted third overall who never threw a single inning in the majors? The closer drafted first overall with a 100 mph fastball who threw an octopus? The Heisman winner Joe Theismann said the Lions would be committing a travesty if they passed on — who still couldn't survive the NFL? Welcome to training camp. Kevin and Je...

Patrick Kane punched a cab driver over 20 cents. Pat McAfee was arrested shirtless and soaking wet at 2am trying to break into the wrong car. One guy was arrested over 100 times. Another had no pants, no underwear, nothing. Five clues. Five athletes. Can you name them? The Halls of Mediocrity launches July 14th, the second show from the Archive Podcast Network. In this preview clip, Kevin and his...

OJ Simpson is number one. Lance Armstrong is number four. And somehow Aaron Hernandez didn't make the top ten. The Halls of Mediocrity launches July 14th — and this is how we do research. The Halls of Mediocrity is a new show from the Archive Podcast Network covering the athletes whose careers ranged from average to genuinely great — and whose lives off the field ranged from embarrassing to crimin...

Welcome to The Halls of Mediocrity! The podcast that finally gives the backup quarterbacks, the .248 hitters, and the can't-miss prospects who missed their moment in the spotlight. Brothers Kevin and Jeff Hall launch the newest show on the Archive Podcast Network with a conversation that goes exactly where you'd expect. From the 1984 Detroit Tigers' unsung heroes to the Bad Boy Pistons, from Denni...