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Sports Wars

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Most episodes are available for free, with exclusive seasons and ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers.Sports rivalries can fuel fans and athletes to fight and argue for years....

Episodes

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Conor vs Khabib | Worlds Apart | 1

You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. One bo...

00:29:49Jul 23, 2021

Globetrotters vs. The World | Survival of the Misfits | 1

You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. Before...

00:30:55Jul 29, 2020

Serena vs. Venus | East Compton Hills Country Club | 1

You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. They’r...

00:31:42Jun 17, 2020

Baseball After 9/11 | Mets Magic | 1

For the last twelve years, John Franco has been living a dream. The 40-year-old relief pitcher is playing ball for the Mets, in his hometown...

00:29:47May 20, 2020

Sports vs. the Spanish Flu - Rise of the Babe | 1

The year is 1918. And the world is stunned by a deadly new flu. But the virus can't stop one baseball player. He’s a lefty pitcher who will...

00:30:30Apr 29, 2020

Tiger vs. the Field - Earl's Son | 1

The numbers are staggering: 82 official PGA Tour event wins. Fifteen majors. Opponent after opponent, course after course—all vanquished. In...

00:32:32Mar 20, 2020

Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock - The WWF Comes Calling | 1

Leg drops. Piledrivers. Battles with metal folding chairs. It’s the wild, over-the-top world of professional wrestling, where anything goes....

00:34:34Feb 26, 2020

Kobe vs. Shaq Revisited - It’s Showtime | 1

*In light of Kobe Bryant's tragic passing, we're re-airing our series on the rivalry between Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal.* It’s 1996, and the...

00:29:26Feb 5, 2020

Brady vs. Manning - Family First | 1

For years, football fans were divided. You were either a Tom Brady fan or a Peyton Manning fan. The two quarterbacks came to define the mode...

00:34:22Jan 8, 2020

LeBron vs. The Warriors — Chosen One vs. the World | 1

It was the king versus the upstarts. The superman versus the superteam. It was LeBron versus the Warriors. The rivalry, which spanned four s...

00:34:28Dec 6, 2019

Sanders vs. Rice — Running Against the Dark | 1

For nearly twenty years, Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice wowed football fans with their dazzling speed and athleticism. And for nearly twenty y...

00:34:49Nov 13, 2019

Mets vs. Yankees — Interleague Play | 1

The Mets and the Yankees may share a city, but they’ve never really been rivals. That all changes in the summer of 2000. You can binge all e...

00:26:16Oct 18, 2019

Tyson vs. Holyfield — Sweet Science Schooling | 1

Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. It's one of the greatest rivalries in boxing history, and it began with sterling mentors, Olympic dreams,...

00:25:14Sep 25, 2019

McGwire vs. Sosa — Saving Baseball | 1

Blasts. Jacks. Moonshots. Grand salamis. Nothing's quite so mythical as baseball's home run. In 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa reminded t...

00:29:30Aug 30, 2019

Texas vs Oklahoma - The Red River Shootout | 1

What makes the rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma so doggone contentious? Maybe it’s that these states hate each other so much they almost w...

00:22:34Aug 14, 2019

Georgia vs Florida - The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party | 1

For the next six episodes, we're focusing on two of the greatest rivalries in college football: Georgia vs. Florida and Texas vs. Oklahoma....

00:22:05Aug 2, 2019

Kobe vs Shaq - It’s Showtime | 1

It’s 1996, and the Los Angeles Lakers are priming for greatness. First they sign the gargantuan, indomitable Shaquille O’Neal. Then they bri...

00:27:57Jul 10, 2019

Jordan vs Isiah - The Freeze Out | 1

It’s 1985. Michael Jordan is a flashy Chicago Bulls rookie, and Isiah Thomas is an established star for the Detroit Pistons. When they’re th...

00:25:49Jun 7, 2019

Federer vs Nadal - The Hothead | 1

In this series we explore the unique tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-- two very different players, both exceptional, i...

00:26:58May 8, 2019

Favre vs. Rodgers - Good Morning, Grandpa | 1

You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. It's 2...

00:26:36Apr 17, 2019