ESPN Investigative Reporter TJ Quinn

In my third conversation with ESPN Investigative Reporter TJ Quinn, we start with the latest wave of gambling scandals and the question at the center of modern sports:Can you trust what you’re watching?TJ connects today’s moment to the Black Sox scandal, explains why prop bets are especially risky, and why concerns about sports betting and integrity aren’t going away anytime soon.We then turn to college sports — the NIL and transfer-portal Wild West, coaching buyouts, and whether the NCAA has a real future at all. TJ argues that the idea of “pure” college sports was always partly a myth, and that player compensation, however messy, was inevitable.From there, we zoom out to sports media and journalism:the clip-driven ecosystem, the incentives that reward controversy over nuance, and what that means for how sports are covered.We close with baseball — why the pitch clock worked, what’s coming with automated balls and strikes, and why Shohei Ohtani already belongs in the greatest-ever conversation.If you care about sports integrity, the business behind the games, and the future of sports journalism, this one’s for you.