Play Ball!: Sportspiracies

26/04/2023 47 min Episodio 83
Play Ball!: Sportspiracies

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EPISODE 83 | Play Ball!: Sportspiracies
Guest: Mark Fitzhenry, EFL teacher in Prague, co-founder of the Imperfectionists improv group
Sport seems to almost lend itself to rumor, innuendo and conspiracy thinking with accusations of wrongdoing, curses that plague a team for years and even the occasional crossover of the geopolitical and athletic worlds.
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SECTIONS

03:12 - BASEBALL - The Curse of the Bambino
07:01 - The Black Sox Curse, the Curse of the Billy Goat, the Reds throw a key game
13:36 - The Curse of the Colonel with the Hanshin Tigers in Osaka, Japan
15:23 - AMERICAN FOOTBALL - The Patriots, Spygate and Deflategate
24:46 - FOOTBALL (SOCCER) - Barcelona goal is code to Syrian rebels, 1966 World Cup - England & West Germany vs. South America
34:29 - 1978 World Cup in Argentina
38:09 - BASKETBALL - The 1985 draft lottery and the frozen envelope


Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

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The 'Curse of the Bambino,' explained
The Black Sox Scandal
Forget What You Know About the Black Sox Scandal
The Billy Goat Curse - The Curse Is Broken!
The Curse of Colonel Sanders