In 2002, New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards produced one of the most iconic soundbites in NFL history during a regular midweek press conference with a few simple words: “You play to win the game.” This episode explores how his words literally turned the entire Jets' season around, going from 2-5 to 9-7 by the end of the year.

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When reports broke that Mark Sanchez had been stabbed, the internet rushed to assign blame and establish a narrative, but when the full story emerged, it was soon apparent that Sanchez had drunkenly assaulted a 69-year-old man... This episode explores how misinformation thrives in sports media’s rush to be first instead of right, and the absurd nature of this particular story itself.

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Chants turn fans from spectators into living sports soundtracks. This episode explores the surpising origins behind 3 iconic chants: "I Believe That We Will Win," "Olé, Olé, Olé,” and Iceland's Viking Thunderclap.

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Nike's iconic "Just Do It" slogan skyrocket the brand to worldwide popularity, but few know the surpisingly sinister origin behind the three-word phrase. This episode uncovers how the last words of a death row murderer inspired advertising expert Dan Wiedan to create one of the most memorable slogans in sports history.

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Some of the most common phrases in modern vernacular trace back to sports, but not always in the way you think. This episode uncovers how the British actually invented the word “soccer,” if boxing created the phrase “saved by the bell”, and how Lakers announcer Chick Hearn coined dozens of sports-isms that we still use today.

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In 1981, John McEnroe walked into Wimbledon, the cathedral of tennis etiquette, and went on a rant for the ages that culiminated in a four word soundbite that echoed across the ages: “You cannot be serious!”

This episode dives into McEnroe’s rise from Queens kid to tennis rebel, how his infamous Wimbledon rant went against the very nature of the sport itself, and why it may have saved tennis from sliding into irrelevance in the United States.

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This mid-season mini shares the short story of how an NFL team secretly pumped artifical crowd noise into home games, and why it didn't work...

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Refs aren’t supposed to be the stars… but sometimes they turn into them anyway. We dive into two of the most iconic refs in sports history: Wes McCauley, the NHL official with a flair for the dramatic, and Ed Hochuli, the NFL’s “professor of penalties." From viral soundbites to cult-hero status, these two turned officiating into works of art.

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