Full Court Shame (2000 Spanish Paralympic Basketball Scandal)

Hall of Shame

Rachel Bonnetta

Sports, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Rachel and Rachna promise they are great people. Just like the Olympics, the Paralympics are ripe with cheaters. In 1996 the International Paralympic committee introduced the Intellectual Disability Sport classification opening up the games to an entire new group of athletes. But in 2000 along came the Spanish basketball team who were hungry for a gold medal and corrupt enough to win by any means necessary. Think you know how this story goes? Trust, the depravity runs deeper than you think.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, I'm Rachel Bonetta and I'm Rechna for a thong and this is Hall of Shades.
0:10.0	Hey Rechna, how are you?
0:14.0	I'm alright, how are you?
0:16.0	You are looking radiant today.
0:19.0	Thank you, I'm wearing my t-shirt from Omaj, shout out.
0:23.0	Okay, so this is a podcast.
0:25.0	People can't see what we're wearing.
0:27.0	I really wish you could because...
0:29.0	Our Fave from Columbus, Ohio, Omaj sent us.
0:35.0	First they asked us what our wrestling names would be.
0:38.0	I had to think of mine for like an hour and Rechna was so quick with hers.
0:42.0	I came up with the triple rage based off of triple H.
0:46.0	Ranch Triple H.
0:47.0	What's yours?
0:48.0	Mine is the Cleveland Brown.
0:50.0	Of course.
0:53.0	It's so good.
0:54.0	And they sent us personalized t-shirts.
0:57.0	And it's just about my favorite thing.
0:59.0	I've been wearing it and walking my dogs in the morning.
1:02.0	It's the softest t-shirt, first of all.
1:04.0	They are one of my favorite sports apparel companies.
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