Nike's iconic "Just Do It" slogan skyrocket the brand to worldwide popularity, but few know the surpisingly sinister origin behind the three-word phrase. This episode uncovers how the last words of a death row murderer inspired advertising expert Dan Wiedan to create one of the most memorable slogans in sports history.

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Some of the most common phrases in modern vernacular trace back to sports, but not always in the way you think. This episode uncovers how the British actually invented the word “soccer,” if boxing created the phrase “saved by the bell”, and how Lakers announcer Chick Hearn coined dozens of sports-isms that we still use today.

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In 1981, John McEnroe walked into Wimbledon, the cathedral of tennis etiquette, and went on a rant for the ages that culiminated in a four word soundbite that echoed across the ages: “You cannot be serious!”

This episode dives into McEnroe’s rise from Queens kid to tennis rebel, how his infamous Wimbledon rant went against the very nature of the sport itself, and why it may have saved tennis from sliding into irrelevance in the United States.

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