Quad God's Reputation Era (Albert Samaha's Version)

We know you can't give yourself a nickname. A sports podcast through a pop culture lens. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss the Super Bowl, Seahawks for sale; MLBPA drama; Olympic condoms; Lindsey Vonn's week was even worse than you think; Biathlete cheating confessions; The Fall(s) of the Quad God; Alysa Liu is doing things her way; and an interview with investigative sports journalist Albert Samaha about a college basketball sports betting scandal, the FBI investigation into late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay's death, and the demise of the Washington Post sports section.   Links: Stephen A. Smith is 'moving closer' to 2028 presidential run: 'I will confess to you' (Yahoo! Sports) Tony Clark resigns as MLBPA director after internal inquiry (ESPN) Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days (The Guardian) Lindsey Vonn 'Struggling' After Her Fifth Surgery to Correct Injuries from Her Olympics Crash (People) Lindsey Vonn reveals that her beloved dog, Leo, died the day after her downhill crash at Olympics (LA Times) Biathlon medalist admits to cheating on girlfriend in interview (ESPN) Biathlete's infidelity confession that rocked the Winter Olympics – and Norway (The Athletic) Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov — delivering the skate of his life — shocks the world with gold (The Athletic) 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to claim gold (AP) In Her Big Olympic Moment, Alysa Liu Celebrated Her Freedom (New York Times) 'Cashing all day': The Instagram star accused of corrupting NCAA hoops (by Albert Samaha for the Washington Post) FBI is investigating the death of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay (by Albert Samaha, Will Hobson, and Sam Fortier for the Washington Post) Albert on BlueSky