To be an Olympic champion, you gotta be the best. To be number one on this show means you’re probably the worst. Ash and Alaina from Parcast Network’s Crime Countdown explore the crimes and scandals that rocked the world’s most prestigious sports event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To be an Olympic champion, you gotta be the best. To be number one on this show means you’re probably the worst. Ash and Alaina from Parcast Network’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4NjFYpYMcdK9NRkvdp1uBy?si=16b0c8249e88415c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crime Countdown</a> explore the crimes and scandals that rocked the world’s most prestigious sports event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Olympic Crimes and Scandals

Building a massive doping operation to cheat the Olympics was one thing, but for Russia, keeping it secret was the bigger challenge. After one of its former athletes blew the whistle on the operation, Putin oversaw a massive cover-up that saw top officials fleeing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Building a massive doping operation to cheat the Olympics was one thing, but for Russia, keeping it secret was the bigger challenge. After one of its former athletes blew the whistle on the operation, Putin oversaw a massive cover-up that saw top officials fleeing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Russian Doping Scandal Pt. 2

For Vladimir Putin and Russia, the Olympics were not simply a sports competition; they were a show of power on the world stage. And ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the national team was criminally advantaged—by a top-secret, state-sponsored steroid program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For Vladimir Putin and Russia, the Olympics were not simply a sports competition; they were a show of power on the world stage. And ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the national team was criminally advantaged—by a top-secret, state-sponsored steroid program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Russian Doping Scandal Pt. 1

Aaron Hernandez Pt

In 2013, a year after signing one of the biggest contract extensions ever granted a tight end, Hernandez was involved in yet another shooting. His career, and his life, collapsed after his arrest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2013, a year after signing one of the biggest contract extensions ever granted a tight end, Hernandez was involved in yet another shooting. His career, and his life, collapsed after his arrest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Aaron Hernandez Pt. 2

At the University of Florida, Aaron Hernandez won two national championships and the John Mackey Award for best tight end. He went on to play for the New England Patriots, earning millions. But behind closed doors, he was reckless and violent… And a murder plot gone wrong only made him more frenzied.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the University of Florida, Aaron Hernandez won two national championships and the John Mackey Award for best tight end. He went on to play for the New England Patriots, earning millions. But behind closed doors, he was reckless and violent… And a murder plot gone wrong only made him more frenzied.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Aaron Hernandez Pt. 1

In the mid-to-late ‘90s, during the second half of his NBA career, Dennis Rodman struggled to maintain his celebrity. As his star faded, he resorted to more and more outrageous antics to get the public's attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the mid-to-late ‘90s, during the second half of his NBA career, Dennis Rodman struggled to maintain his celebrity. As his star faded, he resorted to more and more outrageous antics to get the public's attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Dennis Rodman Pt. 2

He went from college dropout to one of the most dominant NBA defenders of all time. But Dennis Rodman’s tough childhood in the 1960s and ‘70s left him with a need for attention that threatened to overshadow everything he worked for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He went from college dropout to one of the most dominant NBA defenders of all time. But Dennis Rodman’s tough childhood in the 1960s and ‘70s left him with a need for attention that threatened to overshadow everything he worked for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Dennis Rodman Pt. 1

As the 1910 baseball season came to a close, few were focused on the World Series. Instead, fans all over the U.S. were clamoring to know whether Ty Cobb or Nap Lajoie had finished the season with the highest batting average. What they didn’t know was that one player’s team was trying to cheat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the 1910 baseball season came to a close, few were focused on the World Series. Instead, fans all over the U.S. were clamoring to know whether Ty Cobb or Nap Lajoie had finished the season with the highest batting average. What they didn’t know was that one player’s team was trying to cheat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Chalmers Award Pt. 2

In April of 1910, the baseball season began, with even more on the line than usual. Whoever had the highest batting average across the American and National Leagues would be awarded a brand-new Chalmers 30 automobile—a baseball promotion that would become a full-blown embarrassment after officials tried to fix the results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In April of 1910, the baseball season began, with even more on the line than usual. Whoever had the highest batting average across the American and National Leagues would be awarded a brand-new Chalmers 30 automobile—a baseball promotion that would become a full-blown embarrassment after officials tried to fix the results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Chalmers Award Pt. 1

FIFA president João Havelange built international soccer into a global marketing phenomenon—and used it as his own personal piggy bank. Though he got away with perpetuating a cycle of corruption and cronyism for years, eventually his scandals would finally come to light in 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FIFA president João Havelange built international soccer into a global marketing phenomenon—and used it as his own personal piggy bank. Though he got away with perpetuating a cycle of corruption and cronyism for years, eventually his scandals would finally come to light in 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

João Havelange Pt. 2

They’re sport’s greatest heroes… displaying superhuman-like abilities to overcome intense pressure. But when it comes to the downfalls of fame, money, and ego—they’re far more human than super. Every Thursday, Parcast’s original series SPORTS CRIMINALS keeps score on the darker side of sports. Each episode chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of some of the sports world’s biggest names. Sports Criminals is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

Great podcast!  I love true crime and my husband loves sports.  This is just about the only podcast that we can both listen to and enjoy together.  I like the way the hosts narrate and give the facts.  I don’t even get bored during the sports talk like I usually do lol.

Great podcast

This by far is one of my favorite podcast shows! I canceled my audiobook club because I found myself listening to this podcast more often than my paid subscription!  I am listening so much I’m nearing the end. Waiting on the 2nd part of Ray Carruth!  This is a great listen and I highly recommend!

Very entertaining and I can’t get enough

Sports Criminals 

LAWRENCE TAYLOR

From 1981-1993, Lawrence Taylor was a star linebacker for the NFL’s New York Giants. It was a legendary career on one of football’s biggest teams—clouded by failed drug tests and endless possession charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From 1981-1993, Lawrence Taylor was a star linebacker for the NFL’s New York Giants. It was a legendary career on one of football’s biggest teams—clouded by failed drug tests and endless possession charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Lawrence Taylor Pt. 1

Charlie Hustle

Pete Rose

Pete Rose's unrelenting drive on the baseball field earned him the nickname "Charlie Hustle" and a place as one of the sport's all-time greats. But as he racked up hits in a pursuit for Ty Cobb's all-time record, Rose was also racking up significant gambling debts that threatened to destroy his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pete Rose's unrelenting drive on the baseball field earned him the nickname "Charlie Hustle" and a place as one of the sport's all-time greats. But as he racked up hits in a pursuit for Ty Cobb's all-time record, Rose was also racking up significant gambling debts that threatened to destroy his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Pete Rose Pt. 1: Charlie Hustle

Tim Donaghy

As an NBA referee Tim Donaghy was expected to neutrally uphold the rules of his sport. However, he used his position to enrich himself in the worst way possible: betting on games he officiated. The FBI investigation into his gambling would change the landscape of sports forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As an NBA referee Tim Donaghy was expected to neutrally uphold the rules of his sport. However, he used his position to enrich himself in the worst way possible: betting on games he officiated. The FBI investigation into his gambling would change the landscape of sports forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Tim Donaghy Pt. 1

Peter Storey

An English football player from the 60s and 70s with a reputation for physical brutality on the field, Peter Storey’s intensity translated to a scandalous criminal life after his retirement. By the time he was 40, the football champion had been convicted of counterfeit and running a brothel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An English football player from the 60s and 70s with a reputation for physical brutality on the field, Peter Storey’s intensity translated to a scandalous criminal life after his retirement. By the time he was 40, the football champion had been convicted of counterfeit and running a brothel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Peter Storey Pt. 1

In late 2006, NBA referee Tim Donaghy entered into a partnership with professional gambler James "Ba Ba" Battista. But the good times wouldn't last long. Within a few months, Donaghy became the target of an FBI probe. The NBA would never be the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In late 2006, NBA referee Tim Donaghy entered into a partnership with professional gambler James "Ba Ba" Battista. But the good times wouldn't last long. Within a few months, Donaghy became the target of an FBI probe. The NBA would never be the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Tim Donaghy Pt. 2

After retiring from English football in the late 1970s, Peter Storey needed a way to support himself. Through his network of shady connections, that way turned out to be crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After retiring from English football in the late 1970s, Peter Storey needed a way to support himself. Through his network of shady connections, that way turned out to be crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Peter Storey Pt. 2

Chris Benoit

No matter how hard Chris Benoit worked, he felt like he still had to prove himself. His title shot in the WWE wouldn’t come easy—and gaining the respect of his boss, Vince McMahon, came even harder. After a string of personal losses, constantly fighting his own demons, and numerous cracks in his marriage, Benoit’s rage boiled over. And over the course of three days, he would turn to murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No matter how hard Chris Benoit worked, he felt like he still had to prove himself. His title shot in the WWE wouldn’t come easy—and gaining the respect of his boss, Vince McMahon, came even harder. After a string of personal losses, constantly fighting his own demons, and numerous cracks in his marriage, Benoit’s rage boiled over. And over the course of three days, he would turn to murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Chris Benoit Pt. 2

In September of 1920, a grand jury investigation in Chicago began gathering evidence for a court case against the eight accused White Sox players. Fans waited with bated breath as to what the consequences would be for the athletes involved and the sport of baseball itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In September of 1920, a grand jury investigation in Chicago began gathering evidence for a court case against the eight accused White Sox players. Fans waited with bated breath as to what the consequences would be for the athletes involved and the sport of baseball itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

The Black Sox Scandal Pt. 2

In 1989, the MLB caught wind that Pete Rose was betting on baseball games as the manager for the Cincinnati Reds. As the truth about him came to light, Rose had a choice: admit to what he'd done, or fight the allegations until the bitter end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1989, the MLB caught wind that Pete Rose was betting on baseball games as the manager for the Cincinnati Reds. As the truth about him came to light, Rose had a choice: admit to what he'd done, or fight the allegations until the bitter end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Pete Rose Pt. 2: For or Against?

After staying clean for the back half of his career, LT finishes his 13-year run with the New York Giants. Almost immediately, he finds his way back to drugs and in numerous run-ins with the law. But just as LT turned his life around once again, his decade-long journey of redemption was suddenly brought to a halt in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After staying clean for the back half of his career, LT finishes his 13-year run with the New York Giants. Almost immediately, he finds his way back to drugs and in numerous run-ins with the law. But just as LT turned his life around once again, his decade-long journey of redemption was suddenly brought to a halt in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Lawrence Taylor Pt. 2

Molly Bloom

Eventually known as the “Poker Princess,” Molly Bloom never intended to enter the world of gambling. Her life was supposed to be devoted to competitive skiing. In fact, she had never played a single game of poker herself at the time she found herself hosting a 2004 game in the basement of the Viper Room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eventually known as the “Poker Princess,” Molly Bloom never intended to enter the world of gambling. Her life was supposed to be devoted to competitive skiing. In fact, she had never played a single game of poker herself at the time she found herself hosting a 2004 game in the basement of the Viper Room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Molly Bloom Pt. 1

After losing her Los Angeles underground poker game at the hands of some nefarious players, Molly Bloom started a new game in New York. What she discovered was that her new clientele of Wall Street billionaires and Russian gangsters was far more dangerous than she realized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After losing her Los Angeles underground poker game at the hands of some nefarious players, Molly Bloom started a new game in New York. What she discovered was that her new clientele of Wall Street billionaires and Russian gangsters was far more dangerous than she realized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Molly Bloom Pt. 2

In 2010, five players from the Ohio State University football team inked a deal that would violate NCAA rules, and make national news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2010, five players from the Ohio State University football team inked a deal that would violate NCAA rules, and make national news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: OSU Tattoo Scandal

Michael Vick

He was a new breed of athlete, reinvigorating the NFL and its fans. But it all fell apart for the Atlanta Falcons quarterback in 2007 when it was revealed that Michael Vick owned a kennel involved in a dog-fighting ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was a new breed of athlete, reinvigorating the NFL and its fans. But it all fell apart for the Atlanta Falcons quarterback in 2007 when it was revealed that Michael Vick owned a kennel involved in a dog-fighting ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Michael Vick Pt. 1

Today we’re headed back to 1998, when most people associated the Winter Olympics with elite athletes and intense competition. That is until the Salt Lake Organizing Committee got involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re headed back to 1998, when most people associated the Winter Olympics with elite athletes and intense competition. That is until the Salt Lake Organizing Committee got involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: Salt Lake’s Olympic Bid

In today’s episode, we’ve teed up a moment in time that sparked a golf legend’s fall from grace—the 2009 car crash of Tiger Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, we’ve teed up a moment in time that sparked a golf legend’s fall from grace—the 2009 car crash of Tiger Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: Tiger Woods

In the backyard of his estate, hidden by high fencing and dark walls, NFL quarterback Michael Vick ran “Bad Newz Kennels.” There, dogs were trained to fight, pitted against one another, and killed when they lost. Vick’s 2007 arrest and sentencing would change the world of sports forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the backyard of his estate, hidden by high fencing and dark walls, NFL quarterback Michael Vick ran “Bad Newz Kennels.” There, dogs were trained to fight, pitted against one another, and killed when they lost. Vick’s 2007 arrest and sentencing would change the world of sports forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Michael Vick Pt. 2

In today’s episode, we go back to the year 1997 and the civil suit against O.J. Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, we go back to the year 1997 and the civil suit against O.J. Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: The O.J. Simpson Civil Trial

Sam Hurd

Today we’re heading back to the year 2011. After five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Sam Hurd signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears. But he wouldn’t even make it through his first season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re heading back to the year 2011. After five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Sam Hurd signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears. But he wouldn’t even make it through his first season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: Sam Hurd

Rae Carruth

Today we’re headed back to the year 1999 when then Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth did the unimaginable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re headed back to the year 1999 when then Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth did the unimaginable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

March Madness: Rae Carruth

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