After Beijing, Samia returns to Somalia where athletes are hunted, sports are banned, and her Olympic dream increasingly puts her life in danger.
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Sep 22
29 min
A teenage runner from the East African country of Somalia arrives at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with borrowed gear, little formal training, and a dream far bigger than the race in front of her.
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Sep 22
36 min
Olympian Samia Yusuf Omar will stop at nothing to get to the next Summer Olympics. Running across borders. Running away from authorities. And running for her life.
From 30 for 30 Podcasts, The Fastest Girl in Somalia tells a story about the promise and the cost of chasing the Olympic dream.
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Sep 15
2 min
One man begins a prison sentence and the other goes on a World Series run, but putting to rest questions about what really happened between these two men isn’t so simple.
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Aug 11
37 min
Encrypted text messages, a trunk full of baseball cards, and a private bank account - federal law enforcement takes us inside their investigation of Shohei and Ippei.
Next episode coming Tuesday, August 11th.
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Aug 6
33 min
Matt Bowyer was running one of the largest illegal sports betting operations in the country when he thought he scored the client of a lifetime.
Next episode coming Thursday, August 6th.
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Aug 4
39 min
Shohei’s life has been well-documented since he was a young baseball phenom in Japan, but digging into Ippei’s past reveals a more complicated picture than anyone knew.
Next episode coming Tuesday, August 4th.
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Jul 30
45 min
A surprising interview takes a strange turn and deepens the mystery around Shohei Ohtani and his long-time interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for listening.
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Jul 28
48 min
ESPN Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson receives a tip that, if true, could damage Shohei Ohtani’s picture-perfect reputation.
Episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for listening.
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Jul 28
31 min
On paper, Ippei Mizuhara was Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. But he was so much more than that. They were a team, closer than brothers. Until it all went horribly wrong.
From 30 for 30 Podcasts, The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani tells the story of a relationship that detonated into one of sports’ biggest scandals.
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Jul 20
2 min
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