Crime in Sports

By: James Pietragallo Jimmie Whisman
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  • 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!

    © 2021 James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman
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  • #439 - Liquor & Gold Diggers - Hank Thompson

    #439 - Liquor & Gold Diggers - Hank Thompson
    Dec 17 2024

    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 around???


    Be an alcoholic by the time you should be a junior in high school, get hit in the head with so many baseballs, that you think it might have lead you to a life of crime, and try to turn it around by cleaning pools in the sun with Hank Thompson!!


    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.com/crimeinsports

    crimeinsports@gmail.com

    facebook.com/Crimeinsports

    instagram.com/smalltownmurder

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    2 hrs and 28 mins
  • #438 - Some Kind Of Monster - Tom Payne - Part 2

    #438 - Some Kind Of Monster - Tom Payne - Part 2
    Dec 10 2024

    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 ever be "good, now"?? It's Tom Payne - Part 2!!


    Be sued by a cellmate for an unprovoked attack, cal the whole legal & basketball system "a giant conspiracy" against you, and be caught, in the act of doing the exact thing you've always denied with Tom Payne!!


    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.com/crimeinsports

    crimeinsports@gmail.com

    facebook.com/Crimeinsports

    instagram.com/smalltownmurder


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    2 hrs and 44 mins
  • #437 - From Pioneer To Prisoner - Tom Payne - Part 1

    #437 - From Pioneer To Prisoner - Tom Payne - Part 1
    Dec 3 2024

    This week, we look at a man who broke barriers, both in good ways, and VERY bad ways. He was the first black player in the history of Kentucky basketball. He was one of the first players to come out of college, early, to join the NBA. His future seemed bright, until multiple accusations pop up, concerning the tallest rapist in history. He even has a certain signature to let police know what he did. Will he turn it all around, for part 2??


    Become a pioneer of race relations, claim "hardship" to get into the NBA, so you can take care of your family, and be arrested for many rapes, in multiple states with Tom Payne - Part 1!!


    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.com/crimeinsports

    crimeinsports@gmail.com

    facebook.com/Crimeinsports

    instagram.com/smalltownmurder

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    2 hrs and 14 mins

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Entertaining even for non-sports-lovers

Excellent research, funny hosts, insane sportspeople who don't seem to think the law applies to them. Highly entertaining.

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Love these guys!

I'm not a fan of sports, but how they take you through the episodes is engaging and funny!
Cannot recommend enough.
Love James and Jimmie!

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I eat fluffy

Whatever you’re doing just forget it and listen to these guys wax lyrical in your ears. Filthy beasts

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You’ll never be sorry you listened

Without a doubt the greatest podcast in the history of podcasts and if you disagree then, you sir may fuck off. Get to know about the crimes your favourite athletes have committed and even better the crazy stories of people you’ve never heard of, all with a funny twist. James and Jimmie have got podcasting down to a fine art and nothing is better than the original!!

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The best way to learn nothing about sport!

Thought I’d listen to this to learn about US sports, haven’t learnt a thing but I’ve listened to every episode!

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Exactly What it Says

Hilariously funny, brilliantly researched, incredibly informative, and just fantastic. Sit back, listen to these comedians skip merrily through the daffodils of a sports personality's life, and try not to laugh too hard as said personality self-destructs in spectacular fashion right at the peak of their success.
Interest in sports absolutely not required, in fact it's just as funny if you are completely uninterested in sports. Almost as though it's about watching someone climb the heights of success only to throw themselves off, and not about the sports at all.

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Favourite and go to podcast.

This is my favourite podcast, although I enjoy both Small town murder and Crime in sports, I enjoy the sports stories very much especially the wrestling ones.

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Yay!

You like sports? Doesn't matter if you don't... You like a hilarious take on sports stars making a mess of their life in various criminal ways?! Then seriously listen to this podcast. And don't name your kid Junior 😅

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Best Podcast ever

love this podcast.
hurt my self laughing
so interesting and lots of fun ever time

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