Air Date: 3–31-2026

Today we examine how money and power have captured American sports from every angle — gambling platforms operating as unregulated casinos, private equity turning franchises into financial assets, leagues suppressing player pay while selling access to politicians, and a sports media apparatus too compromised to report any of it. It's almost all the problems with America on display in one industry.

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TOP TAKES

KP 1: Trump's Record $239M Inauguration & the Sports Owners Who Funded It | Spolitics - Jemele Hill - Air Date 4-30-25

KP 2: We Investigated The Shady Business Behind The UFC - More Perfect Union and Luke Thomas - Air Date 3-6-26

KP 3: World Cup CHAOS As Trump And FIFA Abuse Iran - The Ring of Fire - Air Date 3-21-26

KP 4: ESPN & the Death of Journalism - Drew Gooden - Air Date 3-3-26

KP 5: This WNBA CBA Deal Is Bigger Than Basketball… - The Women's Hoops Show - Air Date 3-24-26

KP 6: Senator Chris Murphy CRACKS DOWN on Prediction Markets | PTFO - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT - Air Date 3-26-26

(00:46:46) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Sports Expose Everything Wrong With America — And Fans Have More Power Than They Think

DEEPER DIVES

(00:58:11) SECTION A: SPORTS ARE POLITICS & CULTURE

A1: The Big Gay Myth of Masculinity in Sports, with Jay Jurden | PTFO Part 1 - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT - Air Date 3-3-6

A2: Why Donald Trump's Makes It IMPOSSIBLE to "Stick to Sports" | Bomani Jones - The Right Time with Bomani Jones - Air Date 3-10-26

A3: How Trump Is Leveraging Sports and Sports Culture for His Political Brand - Consider This From NPR - Air Date 12-28-25

A4: Bomani Jones on Politics, the Olympics, and the World Cup - Sports In America with David Greene and The Right Time with Bomani Jones - Air Date 3-23-26

A5: FBI's Kash Patel Crashes Olympic Celebration & a Bullied Monkey Named Punch Captivates the World! - Internet Today - Air Date 2-25-26

A6: UFC Wants to SANE WASH Their DONALD TRUMP Support - Luke Thomas Gets Political - Air Date 3-3-26

A7: The Big Gay Myth of Masculinity in Sports, with Jay Jurden | PTFO Part 2 - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT - Air Date 3-3-6

(01:58:11) SECTION B: GAMBLING ON EVERYTHING IS BAD IDEA

B1: So We’re Betting on Everything Now? - Good Work - Air Date 2-13-26

B2: Giannis Antetokounmpo Should ABSOLUTELY NOT Have a Deal with Kalshi! - Nothing Personal with David Samson - Air Date 2-10-26

B3: How Gambling Controls Sports and America - Joon Lee - Air Date 3-13-26

B4: Banning Sports Bets on Prediction Markets - Schiff and Curtis Introduce New Bill - Sen. Adam Schiff - Air Date 3-25-26

(02:30:27) SECTION C: THE WOKE NBA, NOT THAT WOKE

C1: Kalshi, Giannis & the Death of Everything - Kappa Kaiju - Air Date 3-16-26

C2: Lebron James Glazes Israel... Why It's a BIG Problem - Marc Lamont Hill - Air Date 2-16-26

C3: KD Selling Drones To Israel? - Chapo Trap House - Air Date 2-19-26

C4: NBA Players Are NOT Good People: a Deep Dive - Rusty Buckets - Air Date 2-26-26

(03:08:12) SECTION D: THE BILLIONAIRES ARE ALWAYS THE PROBLEM

D1: We Uncovered Why Baseball Teams Stopped Caring About Fans - More Perfect Union and Joon Lee - Air Date 3-25-26

D2: Steve Tisch's Contact with Jeffrey Epstein 'anything but Brief' | Pro Football Talk - NFL on NBC - Air Date 2-13-26

D3: What the NFLPA Scandal Means for Unions — and the MLB Lockout | PTFO - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT and Nothing Personal with David Samson - Air Date 3-27-26

D4: Greed Is RUINING Major Sports! - The Ball Baggers - Air Date 10-11-25

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Description: Composite image of the silhouette of a business man in a suit holding up an upside-down golden umbrella full of sports balls in a celebratory way as money rains down behind him.

Credit: Internal design. Component images from Pixabay

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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