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Each episode goes beyond the final score to examine match-fixing, doping rings, gambling networks, corruption, abuse of power, athlete downfalls, and the decisions that turned sporting stories into criminal investigations.

Part sports commentary and part true-crime investigation, the show explores the people, money, pressure, systems, and consequences behind sports scandals.
From suspicious games and ruined careers to institutional cover-ups and shocking betrayals, The Penalty Box asks what happened, who benefited, who was harmed, and what the evidence reveals.

Follow for sports scandals, athlete controversies, match-fixing investigations, doping cases, gambling crimes, and the darker side of competition.

Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-penalty-box--7248256/support.]]> en Sports HustleStudios Podcast Network https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/588fbee7de8e2ab241cdb8c22d5c6000.jpg https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-penalty-box--7248256 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:40:25 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network HustleStudios Podcast Network hustlestudioph@gmail.com The Penalty Box investigates the scandals, crimes, controversies, and collapses that rocked the sports world. Each episode goes beyond the final score to examine match-fixing, doping rings, gambling networks, corruption, abuse of power, athlete...
Each episode goes beyond the final score to examine match-fixing, doping rings, gambling networks, corruption, abuse of power, athlete downfalls, and the decisions that turned sporting stories into criminal investigations.

Part sports commentary and part true-crime investigation, the show explores the people, money, pressure, systems, and consequences behind sports scandals.
From suspicious games and ruined careers to institutional cover-ups and shocking betrayals, The Penalty Box asks what happened, who benefited, who was harmed, and what the evidence reveals.

Follow for sports scandals, athlete controversies, match-fixing investigations, doping cases, gambling crimes, and the darker side of competition.

Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-penalty-box--7248256/support.]]> false 41d6d0a2-07e8-53e3-a040-4c2d9ac4093a episodic Support the podcast! https://feeds.hustlestudios.net/link/24560/17465971/the-penalty-box-ep005-diego-maradona-s-hand-of-god--75207057
CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Welcome + The Falklands War Context
5:00 — Maradona's Rise from Villa Fiorito
12:00 — The 1966 World Cup Grudge
18:00 — The Hand of God Goal
24:00 — The Goal of the Century
30:00 — Aftermath and Legacy

SOURCES:
1986 FIFA World Cup match records — FIFA Archives
Diego Maradona autobiography "Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star" (2000)
Asif Kapadia documentary "Maradona" (2019)
BBC Sport archives — 1986 World Cup coverage
ESPN 30 for 30 — "Holleyman" and related features

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Diego Maradona's Hand of God — by HustleStudios

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75207057 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:50:39 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network The Penalty Box EP005 — Diego Maradona's Hand of God CHAPTERS: 0:00 — Cold Open 0:30 — Welcome + The Falklands War Context 5:00 — Maradona's Rise from Villa Fiorito 12:00 — The 1966 World Cup Grudge 18:00 — The Hand of God Goal 24:00 — The Goal of...
CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Welcome + The Falklands War Context
5:00 — Maradona's Rise from Villa Fiorito
12:00 — The 1966 World Cup Grudge
18:00 — The Hand of God Goal
24:00 — The Goal of the Century
30:00 — Aftermath and Legacy

SOURCES:
1986 FIFA World Cup match records — FIFA Archives
Diego Maradona autobiography "Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star" (2000)
Asif Kapadia documentary "Maradona" (2019)
BBC Sport archives — 1986 World Cup coverage
ESPN 30 for 30 — "Holleyman" and related features

MORE FROM HUSTLE STUDIOS:
Cold Case Diaries: Investigating the cases that never got solved — https://www.spreaker.com/show/cold-case-diaries
Scam Nation: Breaking down the most elaborate cons and schemes in history — https://www.spreaker.com/show/scam-nation

Diego Maradona's Hand of God — by HustleStudios

This episode was created with AI assistance. Original content reviewed by our team for platform compliance.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Welcome
2:00 — Tonya Harding's upbringing and abuse
8:00 — The plot to attack Nancy Kerrigan
15:00 — The attack at Cobo Arena
22:00 — FBI investigation and arrests
28:00 — The 10-hour interrogation
32:00 — The Olympics in Lillehammer
38:00 — The free skate and lace incident
40:00 — Legal outcomes and lifetime ban
43:00 — Cultural aftermath and legacy
45:00 — Closing reflections + next-episode teaser
46:00 — End / HustleStudios Radio 24/7

SOURCES:
FBI transcripts (1994) — Tonya Harding interrogation records
Court documents — Multnomah County, Oregon
U.S. Figure Skating Association disciplinary panel findings (June 1994)
Wikipedia: Tonya Harding, Assault of Nancy Kerrigan, Nancy Kerrigan
Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Time magazine coverage (January 1994)
Deadspin interview with Jeff Gillooly (2013)

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The Penalty Box EP004 — The Tonya Harding Conspiracy — by HustleStudios

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75068895 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:15:49 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network The Penalty Box EP004 — The Tonya Harding Conspiracy CHAPTERS: 0:00 — Cold Open 0:30 — Welcome 2:00 — Tonya Harding's upbringing and abuse 8:00 — The plot to attack Nancy Kerrigan 15:00 — The attack at Cobo Arena 22:00 — FBI investigation and arrests...
CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Welcome
2:00 — Tonya Harding's upbringing and abuse
8:00 — The plot to attack Nancy Kerrigan
15:00 — The attack at Cobo Arena
22:00 — FBI investigation and arrests
28:00 — The 10-hour interrogation
32:00 — The Olympics in Lillehammer
38:00 — The free skate and lace incident
40:00 — Legal outcomes and lifetime ban
43:00 — Cultural aftermath and legacy
45:00 — Closing reflections + next-episode teaser
46:00 — End / HustleStudios Radio 24/7

SOURCES:
FBI transcripts (1994) — Tonya Harding interrogation records
Court documents — Multnomah County, Oregon
U.S. Figure Skating Association disciplinary panel findings (June 1994)
Wikipedia: Tonya Harding, Assault of Nancy Kerrigan, Nancy Kerrigan
Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Time magazine coverage (January 1994)
Deadspin interview with Jeff Gillooly (2013)

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The Unsolved Files: Deep dives into the cases that never got answers — https://www.spreaker.com/show/...
Stories Korean Folklore: Korean folklore and urban legends that will make you check over your shoulder — https://www.spreaker.com/show/...

The Penalty Box EP004 — The Tonya Harding Conspiracy — by HustleStudios

This episode was created with AI assistance. Original content reviewed by our team for platform compliance.

#ThePenaltyBox #HustleStudios #SportsTrueCrime

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Seven Tour de France titles. One Olympic bronze medal. And a cancer comeback story that inspired millions. But behind the yellow jerseys and the Livestrong wristbands was the most sophisticated doping program in sports history — and a man who destroyed anyone who tried to tell the truth.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open: The Hospital Room
0:30 — Welcome + Episode Setup
2:00 — The Cancer Diagnosis
8:00 — The Doping System: Ferrari, Blood Bags, EPO
14:00 — The Seven Tours: How It Worked
20:00 — The Witnesses: Emma O'Reilly, Betsy Andreu
26:00 — The Retaliation Campaign
30:00 — Floyd Landis Breaks the Silence
33:00 — USADA Investigation and Oprah Interview
36:00 — Financial Aftermath and Closing

SOURCES:
USADA Reasoned Decision (October 2012)
"The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle (2012)
"L.A. Confidentiel" by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh (2004)
Oprah Winfrey interview, OWN network (January 2013)
Wikipedia: Lance Armstrong, Livestrong Foundation, Floyd Landis

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The Unsolved Files: Mysteries that never got answers — https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-unsolved-files

The Penalty Box EP003 — Lance Armstrong's Doping Empire — by HustleStudios

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74782379 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:20:20 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network The Penalty Box EP003 — Lance Armstrong's Doping Empire Seven Tour de France titles. One Olympic bronze medal. And a cancer comeback story that inspired millions. But behind the yellow jerseys and the Livestrong wristbands was the most sophisticated...
Seven Tour de France titles. One Olympic bronze medal. And a cancer comeback story that inspired millions. But behind the yellow jerseys and the Livestrong wristbands was the most sophisticated doping program in sports history — and a man who destroyed anyone who tried to tell the truth.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open: The Hospital Room
0:30 — Welcome + Episode Setup
2:00 — The Cancer Diagnosis
8:00 — The Doping System: Ferrari, Blood Bags, EPO
14:00 — The Seven Tours: How It Worked
20:00 — The Witnesses: Emma O'Reilly, Betsy Andreu
26:00 — The Retaliation Campaign
30:00 — Floyd Landis Breaks the Silence
33:00 — USADA Investigation and Oprah Interview
36:00 — Financial Aftermath and Closing

SOURCES:
USADA Reasoned Decision (October 2012)
"The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle (2012)
"L.A. Confidentiel" by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh (2004)
Oprah Winfrey interview, OWN network (January 2013)
Wikipedia: Lance Armstrong, Livestrong Foundation, Floyd Landis

MORE FROM HUSTLE STUDIOS:
Cold Case Diaries: Investigative deep dives into unsolved crimes — https://www.spreaker.com/show/cold-case-diaries
The Unsolved Files: Mysteries that never got answers — https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-unsolved-files

The Penalty Box EP003 — Lance Armstrong's Doping Empire — by HustleStudios

This episode was created with AI assistance. Original content reviewed by our team for platform compliance.

#ThePenaltyBox #HustleStudios #SportsTrueCrime

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In this episode of The Penalty Box, we go inside the most infamous game-fixing scandal in American sports history. We follow Eddie Cicotte, who took money to lose Game One. We trace the money through Arnold Rothstein, the soft-spoken New York bookmaker who never lost. We sit with Shoeless Joe Jackson, who hit .375 in the Series but never touched a dime of the fix money, and got banned anyway.

What you will hear:
- Why the White Sox agreed to throw the Series in the first place
- How a few thousand dollars moved through a New York gambling syndicate
- The shocking verdicts that let eight men walk free
- The Commissioner who banned them all anyway
- What it would take for the game to forgive them

The scandal that created the office of the Commissioner. The story that still echoes through every Pete Rose debate, every gambling investigation, every whisper in a baseball clubhouse. Eight men out. Eight lives ruined. One game that changed everything.

00:00 Cold open
02:15 The team that should have won
08:30 Arnold Rothstein never loses
14:45 Game One: the fix is in
21:10 The Series unravels
28:30 The cover-up begins
35:00 The trial of the century
43:15 The lifetime ban
48:30 The legacy

Search for The Penalty Box wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday.

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74367709 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:04:35 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network The greatest team in baseball threw the World Series on purpose. Eight men sat in a hotel suite and agreed to lose. Their names became synonymous with betrayal. The Commissioner banned them all for life. The fans never forgave them. The game never...
In this episode of The Penalty Box, we go inside the most infamous game-fixing scandal in American sports history. We follow Eddie Cicotte, who took money to lose Game One. We trace the money through Arnold Rothstein, the soft-spoken New York bookmaker who never lost. We sit with Shoeless Joe Jackson, who hit .375 in the Series but never touched a dime of the fix money, and got banned anyway.

What you will hear:
- Why the White Sox agreed to throw the Series in the first place
- How a few thousand dollars moved through a New York gambling syndicate
- The shocking verdicts that let eight men walk free
- The Commissioner who banned them all anyway
- What it would take for the game to forgive them

The scandal that created the office of the Commissioner. The story that still echoes through every Pete Rose debate, every gambling investigation, every whisper in a baseball clubhouse. Eight men out. Eight lives ruined. One game that changed everything.

00:00 Cold open
02:15 The team that should have won
08:30 Arnold Rothstein never loses
14:45 Game One: the fix is in
21:10 The Series unravels
28:30 The cover-up begins
35:00 The trial of the century
43:15 The lifetime ban
48:30 The legacy

Search for The Penalty Box wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday.

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When sports go wrong. The Penalty Box investigates the scandals, crimes, and controversies that rocked the sports world.

In our premiere episode, we dive deep into the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal — the story of how his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16 million to feed a gambling addiction, nearly destroying the career of the greatest baseball player of his generation.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Opening
2:00 — Who is Shohei Ohtani?
8:00 — Enter Ippei Mizuhara
15:00 — The Gambling Addiction
22:00 — The Theft
30:00 — The Scandal Breaks
35:00 — The Investigation
38:00 — Ohtani's Response
41:00 — Lessons Learned
43:00 — Closing

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73686488 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:02:39 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network The Penalty Box EP001 — "The Shohei Ohtani Gambling Scandal" When sports go wrong. The Penalty Box investigates the scandals, crimes, and controversies that rocked the sports world. In our premiere episode, we dive deep into the Shohei Ohtani...
When sports go wrong. The Penalty Box investigates the scandals, crimes, and controversies that rocked the sports world.

In our premiere episode, we dive deep into the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal — the story of how his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16 million to feed a gambling addiction, nearly destroying the career of the greatest baseball player of his generation.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Opening
2:00 — Who is Shohei Ohtani?
8:00 — Enter Ippei Mizuhara
15:00 — The Gambling Addiction
22:00 — The Theft
30:00 — The Scandal Breaks
35:00 — The Investigation
38:00 — Ohtani's Response
41:00 — Lessons Learned
43:00 — Closing

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