Sports

This might be the most requested video we’ve ever had, so thrilled to finally present Dan Marino’s episode of “Untitled.” Well, it’s Ryan’s episode of “Untitled” about Dan Marino, but you get it. I don’t think any of us fully understood how absurd Marino’s career was – in a few …

“Chris Paul can’t win big games,” is a sentiment that haunted Chris Paul from his time as a baby-faced Hornet all the way until his robustly-bearded Clipper years. His inability to lead the Clippers to a conference finals allowed the critics to go off, and keep going off. And while …

I very vividly remember watching this beef erupt. So much happened so quickly that if you’d gone to the bathroom just before the snap (why the hell would you do that, Steve?) it would’ve been a tricky thing to explain. It was a play that very easily could have been …

When’s the best time to ask your boss for a $15 million contract extension? For most of us, never. For Hakeem Olajuwon, it was the winter of 1992. Sure, the Rockets weren’t doing so hot and had just fired coach Don Chaney, but Hakeem was making less than the league’s …

This one stings. A surface-level summary of 1990s NBA history is basically: “Michael Jordan won the championships he was around to win, and Hakeem Olajuwon got the other ones in the middle.” Part of the reason the series Untitled exists is to better explain that era. With details and context, …

Playoff baseball is the best baseball. We can all agree on that. But every once in a while, the regular season lines up so perfectly, so dramatically, that it creates a situation you’ll never find in the postseason. We’re talking about a simultaneous, multi-team, multi-game horserace to the finish line. …

Dwight Howard’s 2020 championship ring with the Los Angeles Lakers must have been a relief, because back when Dwight was the Orlando Magic’s superstar center, he watched a shot at a title crumble around him. The 2009 Eastern Conference champion Magic were a bit lucky, and a bit of a …

The 2016 NBA finals gave internet commenters a simple, easy reply for any situation: “The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead.” Oh yeah, and it also gave Cleveland its first championship since the ‘60s, quieted LeBron haters, momentarily broke Steph Curry, and gave Kyrie a moment of glory after he had …

Steffi Graf and Serena Williams each owned an era of tennis. They’re not really considered contemporaries, more like distinct steps in the evolution of the women’s game. But! For a brief window in 1999, these two crossed paths. Serena was a teenage phenom on the verge of breaking out as …

The end of the 1993 World Series is one of those iconic sports moments you’ve probably seen in passing, but might not understand in-depth. This episode of Rewinder digs into how much was at stake, who was involved, and what a topsy-turvy battle Game 6 between the Blue Jays and …