It Seemed Smart

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Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating — Part 2 Nov 27, 2018

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Tour de France Part 2 looks at doping, and what happened when it all finally went too far — even for the Tour de France.

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Tour de France is the pinnacle of cheating in sports — Part 1 Nov 20, 2018

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There is cheating, and then there is the Tour de France.

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Wakeyleaks (a college football espionage story) Nov 13, 2018

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Wake Forest suspected that someone was stealing its playbook. What they didn’t know was that it was an inside job.

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The Shady Rise and Spectacular Fall of Daily Fantasy Sports Nov 06, 2018

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The online fantasy boom made a lot of people rich: the fantasy sports companies that raked in millions on barely legal bets; and some of their employees who used insider info to cash in.

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How to Plan to Break the Law in 20 States at Once Oct 30, 2018

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The Cannonball Run, a 28-hour car sprint across the United States, involves a thousand small challenges, and two huge ones: how to fool the cops, and how to not leave any evidence.

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The Great Albert Belle Bat Caper Oct 23, 2018

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In 1994, the Cleveland Indians crawled through a ceiling, stole a bat out of an umpire’s dressing room, and set off a chain of events that eventually involved a former FBI agent.

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Introducing It Seemed Smart Sep 25, 2018

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True stories of people who broke the rules of the game, just to win. Hosted by Spencer Hall.

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