Crime in Sports

Crime in Sports

Two comedians take an unmerciful and hilarious look at athletes who have lost big games...with the law! Crime in Sports does the research, and finds the funny in the world of sports true crime. New episode every week!

Episodes

April 28, 2025 • 166 mins

This week, we finish up our epic Evel Knievel series with the IRS breathing down Evel's neck. He decides that he's an artist, painting pictures, but that's not exactly the truth. He tries to rule his son's career "with an iron fist". He also owes someone $100 million dollars, and he needs a new liver. He also has a new, VERY young wife, and a string of arrests, for everything from domestic battery, to gun violations. Final...

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This week, Evel is in hot water, after beating a Fox executive with a baseball bat. He is sentenced to jail, but like Evel always does, he figures out a way to make it a spectacle, and a show. How does he do that? By renting limos for all the prisoners, and causing a major traffic jam, while angering everyone in the jail system. He also claims he's going to jump out of a plane, with no parachute, and that he's near broke, ...

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This week, Evel is again considering retirement, but not before he does a huge, primetime tv jump, that he hopes will allow him to make even more money. He needs that money, because he also gets really into yachts, and yacht decor. He stars in a movie about himself. He is also sued by just about everyone, and is arrested for a brutal baseball bat attack on movie executive, that dared mention the existence of Evel's mother,...

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March 31, 2025 • 95 mins

This week, we present the pageantry & prestige of the 2025 Scummy Awards! Get on your tuxedos & ball gowns, to find out who will take home esteemed awards such as "Worst Father", or "Most Likely To Have A 2nd Episode", or even "Worst Childhood". This all leads up to the big one... "Scumbag of the Year"!! Who will be deemed the worst of the last year? Find out!!


Pick out a dress for the red carpet, make your pick...

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March 24, 2025 • 138 mins

This week, Evel finally makes his long awaited flight across The Snake River Canyon... with mixed results. From his parachute opening too early, to the thousands of people who nearly plummeted to their deaths, just to get a good view. He also heads over to England, causing much commotion, and drawing 90,000 people at Wembley stadium. This leads to a 2 day retirement, followed by more insanity!!


Get all snuggled up in yo...

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This week, Evel is ready to jump the Snake River Canyon, but he takes on a new partner, Vince McMahon. He also tells specifics of how he cheats on his wife, and why it's okay, gives his opinion on race relations & threatens The Hell's Angels. All of this while rushing to finish the "Skycycle", and attempting to throw a "$1 million party", through the streets of Butte.


Partner with Vince McMahon, and have him judge ...

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This week, we catch up with Evel, as he builds a big house, dedicated to himself. He brags to his wife about all the women he sleeps with, and hangs out with a pair of brothers called "The McNastys". He also has rival daredevils beaten, and threatened, drawing the attention of the FBI. He hangs out with Elvis, and is accused of beating his wife. All while his fame gets even bigger!


Have your rivals beaten by hired goon...

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This week, Evel keeps getting crazier, with both his jumps, and his lifestyle. The movie about his life premiers, shooting him into superstar fame. His toy becomes the smash hit of Christmas. He carries trademark cane, sometimes made of heavy lead, and pummels photographers with it. He has no regard for anyone's well being, but he sure does spend a LOT of money! The bigger he gets, the bigger his lies get!!


Call George ...

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This week, we keep this crazy tale going, as Evel acquires a bit of fame, but is too injured from his numerous crashes to take advantage. He goes on a one man publicity blitz to promote his non existent jump over the Grand Canyon. He also cuts casts off of body parts in order to jump, gets in a bleacher clearing brawl with The Hell's Angels, and is approached by a major Hollywood actor, who wants to make his life into a mo...

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This week, we continue the epic tale of one of the biggest icons, ever! He finds his place in the world, by putting his life on the line, for entertainment. After trying to sell motorcycles, and becoming a one man burglary ring, he puts together a "daredevil team", and begins booking shows. His horrible crashes make him a spectacle, but his lying & scheming gets him spots on tv, and a gig to jump the fountains at Caesa...

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February 10, 2025 • 134 mins

This week, we begin a special series about one of the most iconic, famous & absolutely insane people that we've ever talked about! We discuss his origin, where a few severe blows to the head may have helped contribute to his daredevil ways. His young life is filled with crime. From petty thievery, burglary, frauds, schemes, and outright extortion, to all the way to winning his wife, by kidnapping her. He also figures o...

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February 3, 2025 • 149 mins

This week, we look at the life of a World Series MVP, who seemed to have a roller coaster of a career, from being a marginal player, to being one of the best catchers in the league, and back again. That may be because he was also doing every drug he could get his hands on, including his favorites, quaaludes & cocaine! He made a big show of being clean, for many years, only to find out that it all may have been a sad ac...

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This week, we finish up the story of one of the biggest female stars in wrestling history, with Joanie having a lot of problems keeping clean, and also having a longing for fame. She tries to do movies, but ends up in many porn titles, while sliding into a hole of addiction/depression. She is arrested several times, including trying to stab Japanese police, after an apparent attempt to take her own life. Finally, her sad d...

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This week, we continue the tale with Joanie, starting a life after wrestling. It's a bit bumpy, to say the least. She poses more for Playboy, tries her hand in multiple less than blockbuster films, and some tv shows, including "The Surreal Life", where she fights with Mini Me, dances drunk & naked, and fights with X-Pac. She's also arrested for a domestic issue, and has developed a nasty meth habit!


Start your new l...

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This week, we check out a woman who came up with some hard times, to end up as one of the first women in wrestling to actually wrestle men. With her muscular physique, and aura of menace, she became a giant star, and even had a relationship with HHH. This leads to bigger things, like acting, interviews, autobiographies, and a Playboy cover spread. But there was problems bubbling under the surface, the whole time!


Grow u...

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This week, we look at a man who had nothing but success in his future. He achieved a great deal of that success, including a Super Bowl, but he always had something dumb, hiding around the corner. From too many nightclub incidents to count, to making a spectacle of himself during a boat sex party, to blowing tens of millions of dollars, he screwed it all up! Will he turn it around, with music??


Be anywhere from 6'8 to 1...

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December 30, 2024 • 102 mins

This week, we finish the story with a trial for 12 murders, including the firebombing of women & children. He wants to be his own lawyer, then changes his mind, but his whole case unravels when several of his crew testify against him. he lashes out & makes more threats, but the evidence is very strong. Will he be executed, or will the President of the United States get him off the hot seat?


Call the judge in you...

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December 23, 2024 • 139 mins

This week, we look into the most violent, heartless & criminally active person we've ever talked about. He had an ultra short boxing career, because he was busy, setting up a drug empire, and committing cold blooded murders. Anyone who testifies against him also isn't safe, because he will firebomb whole families, just to get back at you. Wiretaps capture him saying some of the worst things imaginable. He's a true mena...

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December 16, 2024 • 148 mins

This week, we check out a baseball player, who won a World Series, with Willie Mays... after he shot a man to death in a bar. He was also a WWII veteran, and Negro League superstar. But his love of booze & casual hook ups sent his life spiraling out of control, eventually selling his World Series ring for liquor money, and committing a string of crimes, that he's lucky he wasn't executed for. Does he ever turn it aroun...

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December 9, 2024 • 163 mins

This week, we finish up this terrible tale, with Tom fighting to get out of prison, all while even more unspeakable charges are leveled against him. His legal team call it a "giant conspiracy", that may even involve the Atlanta Hawks! He is eventually released from prison, tries to become a boxer & does some bit acting parts. Then, he does it, again. And this time, he's caught in the act, by 2 police officers. Will he ...

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