Sports Wars
Episodes
Listen Now: Business Wars | The Race to Ozempic
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these b...
Listen Now: Against The Odds | Tsunami In Thailand
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds. In this immersive s...
Conor vs Khabib | Worlds Apart | 1
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 boy is from D...
Globetrotters vs. The World | Survival of the Misfits | 1
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 LeBron, an...
Serena vs. Venus | East Compton Hills Country Club | 1
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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’re legends...
Baseball After 9/11 | Mets Magic | 1
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 of New Yo...
Sports vs. the Spanish Flu - Rise of the Babe | 1
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 go on to...
Tiger vs. the Field - Earl's Son | 1
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The numbers are staggering: 82 official PGA Tour event wins. Fifteen majors. Opponent after opponent, course after course—all vanquished. In many wa...
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock - The WWF Comes Calling | 1
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leg drops. Piledrivers. Battles with metal folding chairs. It’s the wild, over-the-top world of professional wrestling, where anything goes. And beg...
Kobe vs. Shaq Revisited - It’s Showtime | 1
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*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 Los...
Brady vs. Manning - Family First | 1
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 modern NFL, as...
LeBron vs. The Warriors — Chosen One vs. the World | 1
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was the king versus the upstarts. The superman versus the superteam. It was LeBron versus the Warriors. The rivalry, which spanned four straight NB...
Sanders vs. Rice — Running Against the Dark | 1
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly twenty years, Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice wowed football fans with their dazzling speed and athleticism. And for nearly twenty years, neit...
Mets vs. Yankees — Interleague Play | 1
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 epis...
Tyson vs. Holyfield — Sweet Science Schooling | 1
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. It's one of the greatest rivalries in boxing history, and it began with sterling mentors, Olympic dreams, and bad lu...
McGwire vs. Sosa — Saving Baseball | 1
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blasts. Jacks. Moonshots. Grand salamis. Nothing's quite so mythical as baseball's home run. In 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa reminded the nation ...
Texas vs Oklahoma - The Red River Shootout | 1
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What makes the rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma so doggone contentious? Maybe it’s that these states hate each other so much they almost went to w...
Georgia vs Florida - The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party | 1
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the next six episodes, we're focusing on two of the greatest rivalries in college football: Georgia vs. Florida and Texas vs. Oklahoma. We begin w...
Kobe vs Shaq - It’s Showtime | 1
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1996, and the Los Angeles Lakers are priming for greatness. First they sign the gargantuan, indomitable Shaquille O’Neal. Then they bring on ...
Jordan vs Isiah - The Freeze Out | 1
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 thrust t...
Federer vs Nadal - The Hothead | 1
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this series we explore the unique tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-- two very different players, both exceptional, in pursuit ...
Favre vs. Rodgers - Good Morning, Grandpa | 1
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 2005 and The...
Introducing Sports Wars
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Favre vs. Aaron Rodgers. Michael Jordan vs. Isiah Thomas. And many more...You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on W...