Joey Durso
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568 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 25 Jun
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Odd Lots · How the 1994 World Cup Transformed the Business of Football Forever · 25 Jun 2026
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Great food, great vibes.
But it was the highest murder rate in the history of organized statistics was Medellin in the 80s.
Like, it was just people were being gunned down left, right and center because Pablo Escobar and his cocaine cartel was running the show.
But football was kind of a tool of all this.
And Escobar owned the one club in Medellin, but other cartels owned clubs in Cali and other Colombian cities.
But the story I was interested in was a bit later than that was so Escobar was killed in the early 90s.
And one of the offshoots from this cartel was in Envergado.
And this guy was killed, you know, drug bosses are liable to get killed.
And his son, as a loving tribute to his father, because they own this football club, put his face on the back.
So on the back of the shirt was this like silhouette of this man's face.
It was like a murder drug cartel leader.
And I went to a game there in the sort of humid stadium in the middle of the day.
And I saw one.
I was like, I've made it this far.
I really hope I get to see this shirt.
And right at the end, I saw it on the back because it's quite old.
It's like 10 years old.
But they were sanctioned by the American government.
They were on this thing, the Clinton list.
which is when foreign entities can't deal with US companies.
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