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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Playing Dirty Sports Scandals, where I Jay

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Speaker 1: Harris serve as your bold maurista, serving up the most

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Speaker 1: intoxicating scandal stories from the sports world. With over two

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Speaker 1: I've seen my fair share of jaw dropping tales, but

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Speaker 1: to explore the very darkest corners of your favorite sports.

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Speaker 1: If your palette craves a scandal that's as complex and

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you today's tale from Baylor University is as

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Speaker 1: that rocked the prestigious campus to its core. Nestled in

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Speaker 1: the heart of Texas, Baylor University story starts in eighteen

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Speaker 1: forty five, when it was chartered by the last Congress

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Speaker 1: of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously

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Speaker 1: operating university in the Lone Star State and the largest

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Speaker 1: Baptist university in the world. Situated on the serene banks

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Speaker 1: of the Brazos River, Baylor has grown from a modest

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Speaker 1: institution into a beacon of faith and academic excellence. Students

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Speaker 1: come from across the nation and even from around the

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Speaker 1: vibrant community of scholars and believers. Baylor's athletic department has

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Speaker 1: carved out a legacy that rivals its academic achievement. As

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Speaker 1: Bears have truly roared on the national sports stage. In

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Speaker 1: These triumphs represented not just victories on the court, but

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Speaker 1: moments that unified the Baylor community, reaffirming the Bear's select

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Speaker 1: in particular, There's no doubt about it. Moments like that

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one title win demonstrate that the Baylor Bears

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Speaker 1: basketball program has evolved over generations into a powerhouse known

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Speaker 1: for its dynamic play and strategic prowess. Coaches and players

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Speaker 1: the hardwood, inspiring future generations of athletes to strive for

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Speaker 1: their dreams. The success of the men's basketball team is

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Speaker 1: embodying the spirit and determination that had been hallmarks of

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Speaker 1: the university since its inception. But while the Baylor Bears

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Speaker 1: team carry with them a history marked not just by

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Speaker 1: Long before the digital age could broadcast every high and

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Speaker 1: so grievous it would forever be etched in its collective memory.

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Speaker 1: The year was nineteen twenty seven, a time when college

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Speaker 1: and the Baylor basketball team was heading to the University

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Speaker 1: The Baylor Bears bus was filled with boisterous, ambitious student

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Speaker 1: per hour. The impact was immediate and devastating, tearing off

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Speaker 1: moment of anticipation into one of horror. For all of

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Speaker 1: In fact, something rotten had taken root at Baylor, and

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Speaker 1: Patrick Denahey. The circumstances surrounding Dennehee's death, a story fraught

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Speaker 1: So how did it all go so wrong at Baylor?

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Speaker 1: Let's visit the turn of the millennium with a great, big,

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Speaker 1: born on January twenty eighth, nineteen eighty two, in Santa Clara, California,

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Speaker 1: Denahey was still a standout after graduating from high school,

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Speaker 1: At UNM, Patrick Denahey played for the Lobos, which translates

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Speaker 1: So there you have it. Patrick Dennahey was a teenager,

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Speaker 1: Denahey embraced religion and called his move to Texas a

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Speaker 1: Denihee was a rare mix, indeed, a born again Christian

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Speaker 1: Tupac's poetry collection A Rose that Grew from Concrete. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: I think you know who. Coach Dave Bliss from Baylor

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Speaker 1: struck again, turning Carlton Dotson's luck around with an invitation

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Speaker 1: It didn't add up, and when things don't add up,

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Speaker 1: we know that there's usually a reason for it. On

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Speaker 1: becoming increasingly apparent that Carlton Dotson was that someone, and

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Speaker 1: involvement in Patrick Denahe's disappearance. The following day, on July

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Speaker 1: Waco Police spokesperson Sergeant Ryan Holt told the press that

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Speaker 1: the murder. No one close to Carlton Dotson seemed overwhelmingly

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Speaker 1: shocked after weeks of unrelenting speculation. His parents, Elmer and

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Speaker 1: gilrethas Stoltzfuss, just like his wife Melissa Kethley, had noticed

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Speaker 1: Dotson's increasing emotional instability. But despite Carlton Dotson's clear mental

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Speaker 1: health issues and arrest, a major outstanding question remained. Where

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Speaker 1: was Patrick. It had been weeks and still the police

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Speaker 1: and three, at last, police discovered Patrick Dennahe's heavily decomposed

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Speaker 1: acted in self defense, as Carlton Dotson had claimed. Patrick

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Speaker 1: outright assassination. Friends and family of Patrick Denahey were left

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Speaker 1: harrowing details now emerging from the investigation, The discovery of

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Speaker 1: Patrick's body and the tale of savage murder it revealed

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Speaker 1: highlight the complex interplay of mental health, deterioration, fear, and

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Speaker 1: violence that defined the final days of Patrick Denahey's life

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Speaker 1: and Carlton Utton's last days as a freeman. And the

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Speaker 1: case was just getting started. The full truth would reveal

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Speaker 1: itself to be even dirtier in the coming weeks, with

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Speaker 1: layers of scandal unraveling that extended far beyond the two players.

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Speaker 1: Once unquestioned as a beacon of Christian values and academic excellence,

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Speaker 1: Baylor University was under the nation's microscope, now about to

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Speaker 1: be confronted with some shocking allegations. The investigation that followed

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Speaker 1: Carlton Dodson's confession and arrest would unmask a culture of

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Speaker 1: corruption and cover ups, shaking the very foundations of Baylor

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Speaker 1: University's esteemed campus. Stay thirsty and join me Jay Harris

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Speaker 1: for next week's episode of Playing Dirty Sports Scandals, when

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Speaker 1: we'll stir up this tragic story even more with a

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Speaker 1: complex web of lies. Playing Dirty Sports Scandals is a

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Speaker 1: production of Dan Patrick Productions, Never Ever Productions and Workhouse

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Speaker 1: Media from executive producers Dan Patrick Paul Anderson, Nick Panella,

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Speaker 1: Maya Glickman, and Jennifer Claring, Hosted by Jay Harris, Written

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Speaker 1: and produced by Jen Brown, Francie Haiks, Maya Glickman, and

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Speaker 1: Jennifer Clare,