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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Sports Explains the World unveils some of the wildest and most surprising sports stories you’ve never heard - And they’re all true. From the teenager who wrote a Wikipedia page that got a young athlete signed to a million-dollar deal - to the Ugandan National basketball coach who was really an undercover agent for the CIA, these stories will amaze and move you at every turn. Reported by award-winning journalists across the globe, Sports Explains the World reveals the human side of athletics in provocative and unexpected ways. You’ll never view sports the same way again. Enjoy Sports Explains the World on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/setw_pre You can binge the first 9 episodes of Sports Explains the World right now ad-free on Wondery Plus. Get started with your free trial at Wondery.com/plus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When we think of sports stories, we tend to think of epic on-the-field glory or incredible

0:11.3

against all odds come back stories, but what about the moments that don't make the front

0:16.0

page?

0:17.0

Well, on the new podcast, sports explains the world, you'll hear some of the wildest and

0:22.2

most surprising sports stories you've never heard, like the teenager who wrote a fake

0:27.6

Wikipedia page for a young athlete, and then watched as the real team fell for his

0:32.7

prank.

0:33.7

As a kid, Kieran Morris loved pulling pranks to fool the press.

0:37.6

Then when England played Honduras in a friendly soccer match, he found a young player on the

0:43.1

Honduras side and inflated his stats on Wikipedia to equal those of a young mezzi or Ronaldo.

0:50.5

Stats no one should have ever believed, but when the real major league team bid $1 million

0:56.6

on the player, Kieran starts wondering how harmless was this prank after all.

1:02.3

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1:05.9

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1:11.0

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1:16.5

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1:20.5

Alright, here's the clip.

1:26.6

So here it goes.

1:34.2

When I was 13, me and my best friend got really into prank calls.

1:38.0

We were obsessed with this comedian, a guy called Chris Morris.

1:41.8

We cleared through his TV shows, then hunted down his radio calls.

1:45.8

We even joined his fan forum.

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