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It Seemed Smart

Liars, cheaters, burglars, oh my! Enter the amusing, diabolical, and entertaining world of sports trickery and mayhem. Spencer Hall shares the absurd stories of stolen bats, pirated play calls, renega... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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The Great Albert Belle Bat Caper

The Great Albert Belle Bat Caper

In 1994, the Cleveland Indians crawled through a ceiling, stole a bat out of an umpire’s dressing room, and set off a ch... Read more

23 Oct 2018

31mins

Ranked #2

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Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating — Part 2

Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating — Part 2

Tour de France Part 2 looks at doping, and what happened when it all finally went too far — even for the Tour de France.... Read more

27 Nov 2018

32mins

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Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating in sports — Part 1

Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating in sports — Part 1

There is cheating, and then there is the Tour de France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch... Read more

20 Nov 2018

27mins

Ranked #4

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Wakeyleaks (a college football espionage story)

Wakeyleaks (a college football espionage story)

Wake Forest suspected that someone was stealing its playbook. What they didn’t know was that it was an inside job. Learn... Read more

13 Nov 2018

30mins

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The Shady Rise and Spectacular Fall of Daily Fantasy Sports

The Shady Rise and Spectacular Fall of Daily Fantasy Sports

The online fantasy boom made a lot of people rich: the fantasy sports companies that raked in millions on barely legal b... Read more

6 Nov 2018

34mins

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