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EP:163 The Double A Club explores shocking sports scandals you never knew about
In this raw and unfiltered conversation, we dive into some of the most shocking and lesser-known stories from professional sports, from medical emergencies to substance abuse among star athletes.
• Discussing Damar Hamlin's on-field cardiac arrest and the heroic nine-minute CPR effort that saved his life
• Celebrating Donovan Mitchell's incredible 71-point game and exploring the exclusive club of players who've scored 70+ points
• Revealing how the Tennessee Titans disrespectfully dumped a veteran player's belongings in garbage bags after nine years of service
• Examining Le'Veon Bell's admission of smoking marijuana before games and how he still produced stellar performances
• Sharing shocking stories of legendary athletes who competed while using substances like cocaine, LSD, and crystal meth
• Exploring how substance abuse has been widespread across different sports including basketball, baseball, football, tennis and hockey
If you want to reach us on email, it is doubleaclubpodcast@gmail.com. Catch you on the next one.
You are listening to the Double A Club and this is your host, ny Boom, and my co-host, big Daz. We'll be talking about trending topics in healthcare and basically, just as a disclaimer just to let the listeners know that this is just basically on our opinions and speculations and I hope you guys enjoy the show. Let's start off and kick off with our first topic.
Speaker 2:Let's go ahead. Let's start off, all right. So let's talk about sports. We're going to talk about fascinating things that happen in sports, so let me start off. I'm going to start off with the incident that happened I think it was last year with the Bill Safety, demar Hamlin. Okay, he suffered a cardiac arrest on the playing field after he took a hit to the chest and he was fine when he got hit, but when he got up, something happened his heart stopped beating and he just fell out and passed out and they had to kind of like on the field. The medics on the field actually had to do CPR until the ambulance came and everything. Man, that's crazy. Yeah, wow, we got to give the medical staff of the NFL, who did an incredible job of keeping DeMar Hamlin at least stable enough to make it to the hospital to get better care, because if it wasn't for client CPR, he would not be alive right now. Yeah, and Danny Killington was one of the first staff members who reached DeMar Hamlin and gave him CPR and, just to emulate how serious this was, they gave him CPR for nine minutes before he was you know.
Speaker 2:Nine minutes of CPR, that's a long time. Yeah, nine long time. I mean, he's lucky he's in it. He saw a lot there and the guy came back, is back playing and he's been playing pretty damn good since he's been back. Wow, came back, is back playing and he's been playing pretty damn good. Which he's been back. Wow, that's that's. That's an insane story. Nine, nine minutes is a long time. Yeah, I think your brain. That's a long time. That's crazy. That's scary. Nine minutes in a fight is a long time damn, that's crazy. Nine minutes and I'll fight him a long time Damn, that's crazy. That actually could feel like a lifetime. It is Even longer when you're there pumping the chest and applying breast. You know what I'm saying? Those guys, that shit was like for them. I mean, even though it was nine minutes for them fucking applying CPR and rotating and switching off and stuff like that. That felt like fucking nine hours. I can imagine.
Speaker 2:You know, I can only imagine that's crazy. Yeah, so just I just wanted to give a shout out to the NFL's medical staff for doing a great job at a freak accident. That never really happens. This is not something that they practice doing on a regular basis. You know what I'm saying. To shoot out to the field and do this and do that and get an ambulance on the field and stuff.
Speaker 2:They. Usually, when there's an injury injury, they cut the person off. They had time to do stuff. They didn't have no time with this situation with the more Hamlin, and their reaction was immediately immediately. That's beautiful, thank God. So let's move on to some basketball, right?
Speaker 2:So in January 2nd of 2023, donovan Mitchell had an incredible scoring feat when he played against the Bulls that night. The dude scored 71 points in a single game. Nice, that's fire. And what makes it amazing is that only seven players in the history have scored 70 points or more, and he's included in that. Seven, seven, seven people. Points or more, and he's included in that. Seven, seven, seven people. Yeah, I think Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is not on that list. Oh, but go ahead, give me names that you think would be on the 70 plus. I think I saw it. Who was it? Also, I think it was. No, I didn't see. Did I see Magic Johnson? Magic Johnson was not on it. I'll tell you yes or no. Okay, I don't know. I think I saw the wrong one. Sorry, I thought it was Magic Johnson. Was it Larry Bird on that? No, it wasn't Larry. This dude from the Warriors was on it too, rice, I don't know.
Speaker 1:I don't know Go ahead.
Speaker 2:Go ahead, All right. Well, Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt Chamberlain did it four times. He scored 100 points on March 2nd 1962. He scored 78 points on December 8th 1961. 73 points on November 16th 1962. He also scored 73 points on January 13th 1962. He also scored 73 points on January 13, 1962. And he scored 72 points on November 3, 1962. As you can see, 1962 was Will Chamberlain's fucking year. Yeah, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in January 22nd of 2006.
Speaker 2:Okay, David Thompson scored 73 points on April 9th 1978. David Robinson scored 71 points on March 2nd I'm sorry, March, March 24, 1994. And Elgin Baylor scored 71 points on November 15, 1960. And then, after that, you have Luca Donchip, who put up 60 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists on December 27, 2022. And he is the only player in history to put up 60, 20, and 10 in one game. Wow, Praise God, NBA is trying to step up their game. Wow, Praise the Lord, NBA is trying to step up their game. Good, I mean, I don't know, I don't watch basketball enough.
Speaker 2:I don't watch it either, but I might start watching after that. That does sound enticing. I mean, I guess I do. I'd be watching the highlights all the time. That's why I thought I saw something. I saw something.
Speaker 2:The points you put up were nothing of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you'd be crazy. You would think that Michael Jordan would be up there. He's not up there. You'd think some of these other guys like Dr Julius Irvin would be there. Dr J, he'd be up there. You'd think all these other incredible, famous, well-known Hall of Famers would be up there. But no, they're not. It's Will Chamberlain. Four fucking times that motherfucker. Will Chamberlain was Like a monster in his day. But here's the thing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a monster and I don't think he scored 70. He's not on the list. That's crazy. Yeah, you're right about that one. The room was a monster too. Yeah, Wow.
Speaker 2:So I got one of these strange stories in sports, right, and this story. When I read it I was like damn. This is about the NFL. So you know, I was like damn. And then you wonder why players try to, you know, fuck the organization by trying to get as much money as possible in their deals and not even trying to give a friendly discount. You know what I'm saying? Because you know players understand that if you spend all this money on me, it's going to be hard to build a team around me because there's no money to allocate to everybody else. But after reading this I was like fuck the organizations, fuck the teams, Like yo what you got to get, Because, in all actuality, they don't give a shit about you. And this, this story, is a big pile of I don't give a shit about you. Okay, you ready, All right, Okay, so Titans this is the Tennessee Titans, right?
Speaker 2:That organization parted ways with their 6'7" three-time Pro Bowl. Let me repeat this 6'7" three-time Pro Bowl. Let me repeat this 6'7" three-time Pro Bowl. Now, if you don't know what a Pro Bowler is, a Pro Bowler is one of the best positional players of that year. So if you played exceptional that year in that position, you'd go to the Pro Bowl, which is equivalent to like, let's say, Major League Baseball and NBA's All-Star game. That's their All-Star, you are the All-Star of that position and you're going there to play with other All-Stars in other positions. Right, yeah, so he's a three-time Pro Bowler. What were you going to say? No, no, I'm like okay, that's the All-Star of the all-stars, I got you.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So he's a three-time Pro Bowler and he has been with the Titans for nine years, and this man who I'm talking about is known as Taylor LeJuan. Taylor LeJuan, three-time Pro Bowler, 6'7", plays for the Titans for nine years. So they decide to split ways, go separate ways. You know, Taylor LeJuan is going to go somewhere else and Titans are going to continue trying to rebuild their team and try to make it to a Super Bowl. So the organization, on the day of the split, what they did is that they packed up all of Taylor LeJuan's stuff, all his belongings that were at the camp or at the stadium. What they did is that they packed up all of Taylor LeJuan's stuff, all his belongings that were at the camp or at the stadium, whatever and they brought his belongings, they packed it up in a garbage bag and they brought it to his house and dumped the garbage bag on his front porch as a sign of us parting ways.
Speaker 2:Wow, Taylor could not believe this act of disgustiness, disgustingness, and he took pictures of this and sent a shout out to the Titans on Twitter about their unprofessionalism. Wow, about their unprofessionalism. Wow, Mad, disrespectful, Mad, disrespectful. Again, let me repeat this that motherfucker played for the Titans for nine years was a three-time Pro Bowl, that he was very, very good in his position and that's how they treat him yeah.
Speaker 1:It would be.
Speaker 2:NFL, that's true. I mean, hey, not all NFL teams do things like this, but this team did, and they did it to someone who put in a lot of his blood, sweat and tears on the organization's success and that's how they treated it. Yeah, that's fucking crazy, fucking crazy. Yeah, that is crazy. Wow, like that's, that's like you couldn't like talk to the dude about it first. Like, yeah, I'll bring your stuff over. You know, I don't know, man, even like to be honest with you, even if you leave on bad terms like that's not.
Speaker 2:that's not. That's not professional, bro, like you're an organization You're supposed to. You know you represent the NFL. Yeah, exactly Like that's not how you.
Speaker 2:Representing you. You you know, yeah, you're absolutely right, that's not how you do people. You know your staff, your employees, your, your players. That's not how you do them. Yeah, I totally agree with that. That's crazy. I'll tell you bullshit right now. It is bullshit. So I'm going to bring up another story and this might be this might associate with you a little bit more right.
Speaker 2:This is about Le'Veon Bell. If you don't know who Le'Veon Bell is, he's a former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and he recently came out in an interview admitting that he would smoke marijuana before playing his game, before playing his game, and he stated in the interview that it helped him focus and produce 150-yard games and two TD games while he was with the organization, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even though he smoked before every game, he only got popped twice for violating the NFL substance abuse program, which is crazy. Okay, so I need to question this substance abuse thing, the testing protocol, because this motherfucker clearly smoked every fucking game before game and you still couldn't pop him, like only twice. Dude, what the fuck are you guys doing? Yo, come on, they wasn't looking for that. That's what it was. Yeah, they probably wasn't looking at all. No, they wasn't looking for that. But it's crazy because he's not the only player, or let me say the only athlete, that's ever done a recreational drug before they play their prospective sport. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I mean some players some time back. I don't think they do like as much as a little bit to get them going, they're just mind maybe.
Speaker 2:Maybe you're right, but to be honest, you, I don't see Le'Veon Bell just taking one or two hits. I think he's going to finish half the blunt at least before the game. If that's where all the things are going to go, then yeah, I agree with that. That should be popped. That should come up in the test. Yeah, I guess a half a blunt every game, that's true. Well, like I said, other famous athletes used substances before the games. One was the world famous Michael Phelps, who's an eight-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer was caught smoking weed. Obviously you know what I'm saying. They made memes about this dude smoking weed. Obviously you know what I'm saying. Like yo, they made memes about this dude smoking weed yeah yeah, I think.
Speaker 2:What was it that he was on? He was in the box of weedies. He was on weedies, yeah, he was. Another athlete was pitcher Doc Ellis, who pitched a no-hitter in 1970 against the San Diego Padres and he admitted to taking LSD on this specific game. He said that he tripped so damn hard that he thought he was pitching to Jimi Hendrix and to Jimi Hendrix and that Jimi Hendrix was swinging a guitar to hit the fucking ball and that's why he kept missing the ball, because he can't swing his goddamn guitar. Like, how hard are you tripping? Like that's a hard trip, bro. Yo, now, that should have been caught.
Speaker 2:Like, do you know how hard it is to pitch a no-hitter when you're sober? Yeah, on LSE. Now, do you know how hard it is to pitch a no-hitter when you're high? Now, this motherfucker wasn't sober, he wasn't high. That motherfucker was on LSD, which is a different level of shit. Do you know how hard it is to pitch on LSD? That motherfucker took it to a. He was like yo, I gotta up this level, bro. Well, clearly, clearly, that dude was motherfucking focused with that shit. Focus is not the word. He thought we didn't start, I ain't pitching. You know you're hyper-focused when you're pitching to Jimi Hendrix.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, jimi Hendrix opened his third eye. That's what happened. Imagine that, bro. You got nine innings and you got three batters in each inning At the minimum three batters in each inning. He pitched the whole game. Yeah, he pitched a no-hitter. That means he pitched the whole game. No hits. It was all pop-outs and ground-outs, it was all outs. Nobody got a hit. And he did it on every team and every batter who got on home plate to hit the ball was motherfucking Jimmy Hendrix. That is a wild fucking trip, bro. That is wild. Yes, it is. I wonder if Jimmy Hendrixging was wearing different outfits.
Speaker 2:I wonder if he was wearing different outfits, bro. Imagine he had different hairstyles, different guitars, because Jimmy Hedging dressed wild back in those days. Yeah, that makes the trip even harder. Yo, that must have been nuts, and the guitars are a different color every time. So, yeah, so you know, new york fans will remember this next person who I'm gonna bring up. Right, but this guy, daryl strawberry, who was a four-time world series champion, used to do lines of cocaine before playing his goddamn game.
Speaker 1:That motherfucker was a hard.
Speaker 2:Home run hitter too. But now you know he had that extra ump In his nose. He was always ready. He was always ready. He was ready. If he needed a pick-me-up, you'd just take a bump in the dugout. Yep, Take the bump and there goes the bump. Okay, so, so tennis star Andre Agassi. You should be familiar with his name, right?
Speaker 1:Andre.
Speaker 2:Agassi, agassi, sorry, I said it wrong, sorry. Andre Agassi, in 1997, failed a drug test, right. So they found him in 1997. They were like boom, yo, you're tainted, you can't play. Then they questioned him. They were like yo, what happened? Why did you get popped on this test? He's like well, I take crystal meth all the time. I've been doing it my whole career. You just got me now, yo, dead serious. This is what, verbatim, this is what the article said. The article said when questioned about his test, he admitted to being high on crystal meth during his career. Wow, this motherfucker was the United States tennis star. He was like the next John McEnroe. And the motherfucker was on the worst, nastiest drug ever crystal meth. The whole time, the whole time. I've been on this, the whole time. You just called me, now I'm going to bring up another.
Speaker 2:I said I do remember that now, that had me rolling, bro. So I'm going to bring up another Met, a Met, great. I don't know what the fuck is up with the Met organization, but they sure do, fucking. They must be having every drug as candy for these fucking players, bro. So the next guy I'm going to bring up is Dwight Gooden.
Speaker 2:You got to know who this guy is. You got to remember Dwight Gooden, right? Yeah, yeah, he was a famous Mets pitcher known for his loopy curveball and powerful, powerful fastball. Like this guy was hitting 90s before anybody was really hitting 90s and he was hitting it consistently, on a regular basis and he could throw a 90 from the first inning to the last inning. He was just throwing heat all the time. That's what made him famous.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying? Well, this motherfucker was literally. I remember he got caught taking a bump of cocaine during the game. Before throwing the pitch, he had the bump on his fucking hand and the ball he's like. He's like he's saying the catcher, stop time, he'll throw a slider. He's like shaking his head. No, the catcher's pointing, throwing fingers out. Right, he's telling him throw yo, throw a slider. He's like, shaking his head, no, the catcher's pointing, throwing fingers out, right, he's telling him throw a curveball. He's like, no, no, no, no. The catcher gives him the one finger, which means throw the fastball. He goes, okay, yes, and he goes and then throws the heat. Pow, wow, wow, that dude could have been special.
Speaker 2:Um Vin Baker and Roy Tarpley, who played in the NBA. They played while under the influence Of coke and alcohol. Nice, they just really just came to party. They just came to party For real. Steve Howe, who was the first MLB player To be banned for life. Okay, he was banned for life. Okay, wow, failed he life? Okay, wow, he failed. He was banned for life due to his drug use in 1992. Like, how bad was your drug use in 1992 that the MLB found out and said, hey, you're banned, no more, you can't come. You can't even come to a game. Oh, wow, like you can't even be. You can't even be a part. Like you can't even stand on the stands. You can't even come as a fan. You're banned. Wow, totally. Like you can't even watch it on TV, bro, like you're banned. Well, I don't think I would watch it if I was him, but damn, that's crazy. Yo, how much did he do. Like, what did he do? Yo, he did so much the article didn't even put down. Wow, they just said he got banned. Wow, like, no, he got banned. Wow, like no more. You're barred Now.
Speaker 2:The LA Raiders quarterback, Todd Marinovich, struggled with coke, alcohol, weed, amphetamine and LSD. Wow, this guy knew how to party. He knew how to party. Dallas Cowboys great wide receiver, michael Irvin, and who is currently a sports analyst, was arrested for possession of coke and weed. Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, but that wasn't that much, honestly, I mean, it wasn't that much. You probably already used it. That's why it wasn't that much. When you got caught, yeah, but and I think that was during his off-season or something like that no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it wasn't during his season, was it? Yeah, I think it was during season. Oh, okay, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history, right, the New York Giants Hall of Famer, lawrence Taylor. Oh, yeah, throughout the whole game. And this is probably what kept his motor running, bro, that's why he was chasing down, fucking quarterback and fucking breaking world records of 21 22. Sexy a season, bro, like this new was was bumping every fucking quarter. Yeah, no pain, no pain, no pain, bro.
Speaker 2:Hockey player, bob Probert, is banned from the NHL for smuggling cocaine from Canada to the United States. This motherfucker yeah, I don't make money. Hey, I respect that. He's like I need extra money, but that's probably what they called it. He just probably had like a little bit. He had it with him.
Speaker 2:It was probably personal. When they say smuggling cocaine, that just means you just bought it over your mom. Much worse. So you're trying to say what's this girl name that got arrested in Russia? Um, at WNBA chick we? Yeah, so it could could have been something like that. Yeah, it could have been. Because it's just the fact that he went you know that's that to Canada. That's a broad accuse. He went from another country to another country. In Canada they don't play. I don't know what it is, unless he was caught selling it. He brought it from Canada. I don't know what it is, but if he was, unless he was caught trying to, unless he was caught selling it, he brought it from Canada to the United States. He didn't get caught. He got caught here in the United States and I think he was selling it. I mean, I don't think they were. I don't know. I don't know. You have a point. I don't think they were, I don't know, I don't know. You have a point, that's funny, that is funny thank you for listening to double A club.
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