Can a sports team really be cursed? Can old stadiums actually be haunted?

In this special episode of More Than Just A Score, we step into The Dark Side of Sports — exploring the curses, ghost stories and eerie legends that have followed some of the biggest teams and venues in sports history.

From the Curse of the Bambino and Boston’s 86-year championship drought, to the Billy Goat Curse that followed the Chicago Cubs for generations, to the infamous Madden Curse that became one of the strangest modern legends in football, this episode looks at what happens when sports history turns into mythology.

We’ll also explore ghost stories and unsettling legends connected to famous venues like Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Maple Leaf Gardens.

Are these stories nothing more than coincidence, bad luck and folklore?

Or is there something about sports that keeps these legends alive long after the games are over?

Watch to the end and decide for yourself.

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Topics in this episode include:

• The Curse of the Bambino
• Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox
• The Billy Goat Curse
• Chicago Cubs history
• The Madden Curse
• Haunted stadiums
• Fenway Park
• Wrigley Field
• Maple Leaf Gardens
• Sports myths and legends

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Women’s professional sports are experiencing unprecedented momentum—but the journey began generations before the arrival of the WNBA, the PWHL or today’s global women’s soccer stars.

In this season finale of More Than Just a Score, we explore the history and rise of women’s sports, from athletes who competed with little money or recognition to the modern stars filling arenas and attracting worldwide audiences.

Discover how Billie Jean King changed tennis on and off the court, why Title IX transformed athletic opportunities for girls and women in the United States, and how pioneers such as Toni Stone, Manon Rhéaume, Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick, Annika Sörenstam and Michelle Wie crossed traditional gender boundaries.

We also examine:

• The creation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup
• The growth of professional women’s soccer
• The Olympic rise of women’s ice hockey
• The creation and expansion of the PWHL
• The history and development of the WNBA
• The Caitlin Clark effect on basketball audiences
• Women coaching and working in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and global soccer
• The future of investment, media coverage and equality in women’s sports

From Billie Jean King’s Battle of the Sexes to Brandi Chastain’s famous World Cup penalty, the launch of the WNBA and the arrival of the PWHL, this is the story of athletes who refused to accept that sports belonged only to men.

The rise of women’s sports is more than a passing moment. It is a transformation of the global sports industry.

Listen to the full episode and tell us in the comments:

Which athlete or moment had the greatest impact on the growth of women’s sports?

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Credit: Billie Jean King Enterprises, ABC/ESPN, Women's Sports Foundation, US Department of Education, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), FIFA, International Olympic Committee (IOC), PWHL, WNBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, Bundesliga,

The Open Championship is golf’s oldest major—a tournament shaped by Scottish linksland, unpredictable weather, historic champions and more than 160 years of triumph and heartbreak.

This episode traces golf’s development in Great Britain, the first Open at Prestwick in 1860 and the creation of the Claret Jug. It also explores legendary champions such as Old Tom Morris, Harry Vardon, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros and Tiger Woods; unforgettable moments including the Duel in the Sun and Jean van de Velde’s collapse; and the controversies that forced The Open to balance tradition with change.

Credit: The Royal and Ancient (R&A), Historic Environment Scotland, USGA, The Open, ESPN/ABC, TNT