Crime In Sports

This week, we check out a guy, who was already signing autographs, while in the 6th grade. A prodigy, and phenom, on the level of Lebron James, but he could never quite live up to the hype. Instead, he screwed up. A lot. He seems to have particular liking of guns, specifically carrying them, in places that he shouldn't, such as planes, or New York City. He beefed with rappers, hung out with celebrities, and always ended up in trouble. He even took part in a huge financial scheme with 18 other NBA players! He's got it all!! Be the best basketball prospect, in the country, when you're 11, be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, while you're still in high school, and wind up in prison, by the time you're 35 with Sebastian Telfair!! Check us out, every Tuesday! We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com&nbs

This week, we look at a man who went from being a two time World Series champion, and the pride of his hometown, to being an embarrassment, to all concerned. His upbringing was one for the ages, complete with some things that not even we have heard about, before. His end in baseball came quickly, but his life of crime spans a good 20 years. Somehow, he thinks it's just fine to steal directly from his employers. He learns his lesson, then moves on to ripping off individuals, with some domestic disturbances, mixed in, including being stabbed by his wife, badly enough to have his stepson taken from them. An absolute mess!! Have one of the oddest origin stories of any athlete, celebrate a World Series win in your rookie season, and then show yourself to be a lying, scheming, scamming very bad man, with Ken Clay!! Check us out, every Tuesday! We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreo

This week, we check out a very well known wrestlers, who worked for both WWF (at the time), and WCW, being on tv, just about every week, for more than 10 years, after his football career ended. He was known for his incredible physique, and also his incredible arrogance. It all came tumbling down, in a haze of pills, booze & steroids. From driving 167 MPH, to having a large stash of drugs found in his house, after an equally well known female wrestling star dies, in his condo. It gets even worse for him, after he is confined to a wheelchair, and had to struggle just to have some mobility. A Tell the Green Bay Packers that you don't think it's working out between you, live up to your character name of "The Narcissist", and suffer the stinging horror of karma with "The Total Package" Lex Luger!! Check us out, every Tuesday! We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimein

This week, we dip back into the brain damage sports, with a longtime NFL player, who just happens to be a REALLY terrible person! He says all the right things, but they all seem to not be true. Like when he said that he didn't kick his girlfriend, in the head, because she wanted to feed their newborn baby at 4am, or when he said he didn't try to run that woman, on that bicycle down, with his SUV, or when he said that he didn't rape that developmentally disabled woman. Things like that. But, the question is, do the courts believe him??  Be a perennial pro bowl defensive lineman, have the police not arrest you, even though you told them that you kicked your girlfriend, and spend possibly life in prison with Dana Stubblefield!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crim

This week, we quickly get into a short, but insanely funny story, about an aspiring MMA fighter, who figured out a new kind of attack, on his roommate. Then, we catch you up on what some of our favorite CIS subjects, from the past, have been doing. Turns out, they've been getting arrested. A lot! Hear all the crazy details of new crimes by Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Adrien Broner, Joey Barton, and, of course, Ben Cousins. How much meth do you think you can fit up your butt? Well, Ben has returned to try to beat his old record, in that department! So many crazy arrests, so little sports!! Attack a very vulnerable part of your opponents anatomy, get pulled over for ignoring traffics laws & driving the wrong way, up a one way street, while drinking straight from the bottle, and stuff more meth into your butt, than you thought humanly possible with Donovan Salvato, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Adrien Broner, Joey Barton, and Ben Cousins!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will c

This week, we explore one of the most interesting, strange & wild careers that we've ever heard of, combined with a private life that can easily be described as "erratic". He has more arrests than you can count, but one thing remains true, that he's self destructive, but very nice person. An Olympic gold medalist, and member of a legendary boxing family. He became heavyweight champion of the world, in only his 8th fight, and it went downhill from there. Fast. He even had his teeth stolen, multiple times. But one part of him is incredibly impressive, and it's not his right hand! Shock the world, screw it up, and become The Chicken Wing King, instead, with "Neon" Leon Spinks!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgiveme

This week, we check out the life of a legendary hockey player, who was the idol of fans, and had the cleanest reputation that there was, during his playing days, but the facade quickly crumbled. Angry, brooding, and taking it out on his family, while womanizing, all over the place. This was a definite deviation from his public image, of the perfect family man. On the ice, he was definitely an all time great, but off the ice, his real personality was harrowing & dangerous. As if all of that wasn't enough, he also said one of the dumbest things that you can say, and is still being made fun for it!  Be an all time great, have the image of an everyday family man, and scare everyone in your family with Bobby Hull!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.t

This week, we look into a skateboarding icon, who many say invented the modern style of skating. He was just a kid, when he turned professional, but he certainly lived like an adult. An adult on the edge. He blew off commercials that he landed, and got into the LA punk rock scene, leading to his starting the ball rolling on a terrible murder of one man, and the near death of another. From there, his life continues to be a mess. He shoots cocaine, gets addicted to heroin, and makes terroristic threats. In, and out of prison, only to finally get out... and somehow be even weirder. Plus, The 2022 Scummy Awards!! Be a cultural icon, commit a brutal crime & get off very lightly, and put on your tuxedos & ball gowns for Jay Adams & The 2022 Scummy Awards!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  G

This week, we check out a very successful NFL player, who has a history of doing some dumb, and some just plain strange things, over the last 20 years. A brawl before the draft, an absolutely awful driving record, and some seriously wild accusations at home. He's been accused of hitting, throwing bleach on, and even dragging a woman from a car. Then, he got married to that woman. His off the field activities are as crazy as his on the field activities are successful. A huge, arcing mess!! Be a legendary NFL champion, pour bleach on people who live in your home, and then make a movie about it with Terrell "T-Sizzle" Suggs!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CIS & STM!!  Contact us on.

This week, we follow a multigenerational story of disaster. A 1970s basketball player, who did things like walk around, in the middle of the street, wearing ONLY a t-shirt, and taking cops on a 7 mile long chase, ending in craziness & gunplay. He then passes on the family legacy to his self named son, who plays with Shaq & Michael Jordan, before descending into arrests & homelessness, and trying to start a one man moving company. There is enough craziness for many generations in this one! Decide that pants are optional, in public, pass your legacy on to your son, then watch him match your screw ups with David Vaughn Jr & III!!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CIS &

This week, we dip back into the brain damage sports with a man, who is nothing, if not entertaining. He's a boxer with flash & power, but the story isn't all happy. He made his way back, from a broken neck, all the way to ring, to box for another 10 years. He was a champion, a lunatic, and great quote. He lost his money, several times, but got arrested, even more. Drunk driving, fighting cops, fighting women in bars, fighting women at home, bad checks at casinos, rushing into someone's house, then biting them... And even had a major Hollywood movie made about his life. It's a lot. And so is he!! Follow the dream to be Rocky, have a major Hollywood movie made about you, and spend all of your post career life, fighting in court, instead of the ring Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the C

This week, we take a look at a man who was accused of something pretty terrible, but he continued with his baseball career, like it never happened, even going on to be a World Series champion. But that dark thing was always hanging over his head, especially since his excuse was self serving, at best, a complete insult to everybody's intelligence, at worst. And it's not the end, as his other accused crime may even be scarier than the first, this time involving kidnapping & gunplay! The end of the episode will be quite the surprise, as well!! It's as wild ride! Be a 43rd round draft pick who ends up making $50 million, get your wife to recant accusations, while on the witness stand, and carry on with your career like nothing happened with Julio Lugo!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all th

This week, we find ourselves knee deep in some seriously serious crime. He was an Australian rugby player, with a need for gambling, and a penchant for high stakes robberies. He, and an unlikely accomplice become 2 of the country's top 10 most wanted men, after a years long campaign of armed robbery. Banks & armored vehicles were their thing, incapacitating guards, and getting away with millions of dollars. But it's not all fun & games, considering he wrapped a man's neck with a chain., soaked him in gasoline, and threatened to set him on fire! Be a national hero, have a need to feed your high stakes gambling, and become a national menace with Garry Sullivan!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com

This week, we venture into the "brain damage" sports to bring you a cautionary tale. It's cautionary because you wouldn't want to end up like him, or even near him. He has been arrested, multiple times, for attacking women, once for using a broken vodka bottle as a weapon, and plenty of other craziness. Speaking of crazy, he loves nothing more than shouting crazy conspiracy theories, from the darkest corners of the internet! He's a mess, and seems to be getting worse, by the day! Where will it end?  Almost win the Heisman Trophy, spit at people who may want to engage you in conversation, and always answer situations with a head shaking level of violence with Larry Johnson!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurde

This week, we check out a legend, in his sport! He's been a fixture of the wrestling business for 50 years. He's well known, and a bit infamous, as well, for things that aren't exactly right. He has never had a drink of alcohol, or coffee, but has been indicted for sodomy of an underage girl. So, he's a bit of an enigma. He also was the owner & anchor of a wrestling territory, for decades, one of the main voices of the WWE, and an enthusiastic touch football player, twice a mayoral candidate, and has a seemingly very odd relationship with his current fiancé. There's a lot here to unpack!! Become the King of your city, be accused of unspeakable things, by very young girls, and tell your fiancé to kill herself with Jerry "The King" Lawler!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS &

This week, we track a story that has been a long time, in the making, and has aq little bit different ending than we're used to. From extremely humble beginnings, he was selling both newspapers, and cocaine by age 11. He ran the streets, sold drugs, carried a gun, and was arrested more than 10 times, even being sent to prison at 15! Somehow, through all of that, he made a successful, and very lucrative NBA career happen. This is is wild tale, and we can't believe how it ends! Sell crack while in the 5th grade, be addicted to Mountain Dew, and make a difference in the lives of thousands of kids with Caron Butler!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CIS & STM!!  Contact us on... twitter

This week, we wade in to the story of a tennis player, that was hated by just about everyone he ever spoke to. He picked up the sport, later than most kids, with a natural talent that made him not have to plan his attacks like most players. He was also a HUGE jerk. Refusing autographs for kids, abusing the media, other players, line judges, legal judges, people in bars, his wife, and even his coaches. He seemed to relish being hated, but this had consequences on his life, his career, and even his underwear! A truly strange story!! Be a natural talent, insult everyone that you've ever met, and still expect good things from the world with Marcelo Rios!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CI

This week, we look at a hero of his neighborhood, who wouldn't even move away after he was making millions of dollars, an Olympic medal, and worldwide fame. From a tough place, he wanted to be a champion, from an early age, and he achieved it, along with his brother, who trained him. A dream come true... Until the bottom fell out. Some legal issues began to take the shine off of this hero, but that's nothing compared to what his brother did to him. This story has it all, a rags to riches tale, with crime, death, and family drama! Dream of becoming a champion & accomplish that, pretend to be asleep while someone is murdered in your front yard, and get royally screwed over by your own brother with Michael "Little Hands of Stone" Carbajal!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS &

This week, we check out a guy who always had all the potential, but the only potential that he fulfilled was his prolific arrest record. A sought after, two sports star, he was the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, but it all went away. Next thing you knew, he was in an off brand football league, and choking women, while punching them. His problems seem to be with alcohol, drugs, and even fear of success. Either way, he made a real mess of it all, and the only question is, will he EVER get it together?? Have to choose between pro baseball, and pro football, become the starting quarterback for an iconic franchise, then get arrested, at an alarming rate with Quincy Carter!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgi

This week, we look into a man who rose like a rocket, to international success & fame, while punching & choking people into submission. Unfortunately, not all of these incidents took place inside the octagon. He isn't a very responsible driver, seems to love the strip club, enough to have several incidents at those establishments. Every time he gets another chance to be the star of UFC, he seems to blow it. No one is safe, especially pregnant drivers! A complete mess, that just didn't have to be! Come from underdog status all the way to UFC stardom, make way less money than you should, and try not to threaten to fight a police force with Jon "Bones" Jones!! Check us out, every Tuesday! !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!  Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Get all the CIS & STM merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for