#280 - A Bad Samaritan - The Dopiness of Jon "Bones" Jones

This week, we start out with Billy, being a big part of the NY Yankees, and making lifelong friends with Micky Mantle. After a few World Series wins, and a quick marriage, Billy settles into the serio...

30 Sep 20252h 11min

This week, we start a series on one of the most colorful characters in sports history. A hard drinking brawler, who knew nothing but success in baseball. We start this tale, with Billy's dad, taking o...

23 Sep 20252h 23min

This week, a man who never quite made the impact he wanted to, in the NFL, despite his Notre Dame pedigree. Whenever his talent would get him to a good spot, he'd screw it up, with his actions. He was...

16 Sep 20251h 46min

This week, a longtime UFC mainstay, and notoriously colorful character, who always seems to say the exact wrong thing. Mostly, at the exact wrong time. Training alongside his brother, from a young age...

9 Sep 20251h 45min

This week, a major league baseball pitcher, who had a hard time staying on one team, or even in one league. His journeyman career took him all over the world, but his troubles started at home. He trad...

2 Sep 20252h 16min

This week, we tell the story of a man who never had much to call his own. Neglected, and abandoned at a young age, he grew up with no family. Luckily for him, he had basketball skills. Enough skills t...

26 Aug 20252h 32min

This week, we check out a former Dallas Cowboy great, who started out by being given up by his mother, at age 2. He grew up in rough conditions, only to come out the other side as a star. Then, it all...

19 Aug 20252h 52min

This week, we talk about an Olympic gold medalist boxer, who actually beat Mike Tyson, twice in one month! He came from South Central, LA, landing hinself in jail, at 13. His teen years bring more tro...

12 Aug 20252h 23min