Ever wonder how some teams can seemingly do everything wrong and still generate record-profits? Or how some athletes end up going broke? Or why suddenly, everyone in pro sports seems to be obsessed with cryptocurrency? Former NFL running back (

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BONUS: Lightning Round Epilogue

Jun 17th, 2019 14m 28s

Grant Wahl and producer Grant Irving do an 80's movie-style epilogue and give updates on where the key players from the '91 Women's World Cup and USWNT are today.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Introducing Sports Wars

Jun 7th, 2019 5m 14s

Sports Wars offers you an immersive look at some of the greatest rivalries of all time, like Brett Favre vs Aaron Rodgers and Rafael Nadal vs. Rodger Federer. In this series, you’ll hear about the bad blood between NBA stars Michael Jordan and

Grab It

Jun 6th, 2019 38m 10s

The ’91 U.S. women’s national team pressed, always on the attack. Their playing style and their success were both unprecedented. But winning on the field was just the beginning. Now, they had to bring their relentless mentality to the fight for

The FIFA World Championship for the M&Ms Cup

May 30th, 2019 28m 47s

The U.S. absolutely dominated the early parts of the tournament. They scored 23 goals in five games while conceding only four. It all led up to one decisive final. USA vs Norway, for the first Women’s Wold Cup title. Learn more about your ad c

The Gift of Fury

May 23rd, 2019 32m 27s

After years of relentless training, the USWNT was finally ready for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women’s Football for the M&M’s Cup (aka the first Women’s World Cup). The U.S. women had developed a true American playing style, but this w

Underfunded. Underprepared. Outplayed.

May 16th, 2019 34m 30s

The first U.S. women’s national team didn’t win a single game at its first international competition. So how did they go from complete embarrassment to tournament favorites entering the first Women’s World Cup just six years later?Learn more a

The Tsunami Hitting the Shore

May 9th, 2019 28m 17s

The 1999 Women’s World Cup was the first to captivate an American audience. But it wasn’t the first Women’s World Cup - that happened eight years earlier. And barely anyone paid attention. How did the U.S. women go from unknowns to superstars?

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Welcome to Throwback

May 2nd, 2019 9m 56s

Sometimes you get the sense that people think women’s soccer started in 1999. But there’s more to the story than just the ‘99ers. It was the '91 team that started it all. And that's a story not even most soccer fans know.Learn more about your

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