When bobsledder Kaillie Humphries decided to leave a toxic team environment, it put her future as an Olympian in jeopardy. When is it acceptable for an athlete to leave one nation to compete for another? And is switching teams against the ideals of sportsmanship that the Olympics stand for? Or could it actually make those ideals even stronger? Hosted by Molly Bloom. Produced by FilmNation Entertainment in association with Gilded Audio.
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Season Finale! We complete our World Cup coverage and look at what the French National Team, Les Bleues, means to the nation it represents. Will they succeed in repeating as World Cup Champions in 2022?
We investigate what it looked like when a nation tried to win the right to host the World Cup, and what was sacrificed in the process.
We speak with Caroline Marks, American pro surfer, and get into what it was like to represent Team USA in the inaugural surfing event at the Olympics.
We talk with Lindsey Jacobellis, the most decorated snowboarder in history, and delve into her winning ways as an athlete, mentor, and published author.
Hear the story of Stasia Czernicki, one of the greatest candlepin bowlers of all time. Her determination to be the best at this little known sport catapulted her to celebrity status in the New England area.
In a short amount of time, we’ve gone from gambling being stigmatized and barely legal, to omnipresent and woven into the sports we watch. But how did we get here?
Poker impresario Veronica Brill joins us to break down one of Poker's most recent and heightened controversies.
We speak with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina about her most infamous case, and how she helped empower the young women who bravely took the stand during the trial of Larry Nassar.
Jeremy Bloom joins us to discuss amateurism and how new rulings have helped college athletes begin to make money off the big business that exists because of their talents and their sacrifices.
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