It Seemed Smart
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 312 ratingsLiars, 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, renegade cross-country road racers, and promising footballers who, it turns out, were never really footballers at all. A storytelling experience by SB Nation and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Episodes
Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating — Part 2
November 27, 2018 11:00 - 32 minutesTour de France Part 2 looks at doping, and what happened when it all finally went too far — even for the Tour de France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating in sports — Part 1
November 20, 2018 11:00 - 27 minutesThere is cheating, and then there is the Tour de France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wakeyleaks (a college football espionage story)
November 13, 2018 11:00 - 30 minutesWake Forest suspected that someone was stealing its playbook. What they didn’t know was that it was an inside job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Shady Rise and Spectacular Fall of Daily Fantasy Sports
November 06, 2018 13:52 - 34 minutesThe online fantasy boom made a lot of people rich: the fantasy sports companies that raked in millions on barely legal bets; and some of their employees who used insider info to cash in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to Plan to Break the Law in 20 States at Once
October 30, 2018 10:00 - 31 minutesThe Cannonball Run, a 28-hour car sprint across the United States, involves a thousand small challenges, and two huge ones: how to fool the cops, and how to not leave any evidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Great Albert Belle Bat Caper
October 23, 2018 10:00 - 31 minutesIn 1994, the Cleveland Indians crawled through a ceiling, stole a bat out of an umpire’s dressing room, and set off a chain of events that eventually involved a former FBI agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing It Seemed Smart
September 25, 2018 01:39 - 1 minuteTrue stories of people who broke the rules of the game, just to win. Hosted by Spencer Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices