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Powerplay: The House of Don King
BBC Radio 5 Live
Frequency: 1 episode/31d. Total Eps: 20

Don King killed two men. The first case was ruled justifiable homicide. In 1967 he was found guilty of stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, on the street. Garret owed him $600. Released just five years later and later pardoned, King entered the world of boxing, promoting some of the biggest fights in sports history, including The Rumble in the Jungle, and managing the most famous names in the fight game, including Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and boxing writer Steve Bunce tell the story of the controversial life of Don King.
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Episode 8: The Endless Struggles of King
Season 2 · Episode 9
jeudi 27 juin 2024 • Duration 29:57
Don King was fighting for his position as the top of Boxing. He went to court for Mike Tyson’s next fight and their very own ‘Watergate’. And, what of King now?
Episode 7: Buster Douglas Knocks Out King
Season 2 · Episode 8
jeudi 20 juin 2024 • Duration 40:23
A harrowing defeat for Mike Tyson in Tokyo. King, was sitting at ringside next to Donald Trump, his guest in Japan. His fighter lost, but King always had a plan.
Sepp Blatter: 9. Hello Sepp, Goodbye Sepp
Season 1 · Episode 10
mardi 13 décembre 2022 • Duration 35:21
Sepp Blatter resigns dramatically, ending a 17 year run as FIFA President. And we hear from the man himself as he sits down with us for a defiant interview.
Sepp Blatter: 8. The Bad Idea
Season 1 · Episode 9
mardi 6 décembre 2022 • Duration 36:32
While police raids hit the headlines, an ill fated film, paid for by FIFA, reveals the truth of FIFA’s hubris as Sepp Blatter faces his downfall.
Sepp Blatter: 7. The Raid
Season 1 · Episode 8
mardi 6 décembre 2022 • Duration 32:51
FBI and IRS agents co-ordinate a raid that shocks FIFA, with senior executives suddenly in handcuffs. Sepp Blatter is clinging to power by a thread.
Sepp Blatter: 6. The Americans
Season 1 · Episode 7
mardi 29 novembre 2022 • Duration 34:00
An internal FIFA report generates controversy, and a dangerous investigation is brewing in New York.
Sepp Blatter: 5. The Brown Envelopes
Season 1 · Episode 6
mardi 29 novembre 2022 • Duration 35:42
After an embarrassing scandal, new investigators are allowed into the house of FIFA.
Sepp Blatter: 4. The Underdog
Season 1 · Episode 5
mardi 22 novembre 2022 • Duration 35:28
When two World Cups come up for grabs in 2010, the bidding contest reveals questionable practices and a power struggle that threatens to bring Sepp Blatter down.
Sepp Blatter: 3. The FIFA Lie
Season 1 · Episode 4
mardi 22 novembre 2022 • Duration 34:04
Sepp feels untouchable, but journalists begin to ratchet up the pressure after a key company affiliated to FIFA goes bankrupt, and its secrets spill out.
Sepp Blatter: 2. The Trade Off
Season 1 · Episode 3
samedi 19 novembre 2022 • Duration 33:06
With Sepp Blatter newly installed as FIFA President, he builds links with Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer, important executives with reputations for corruption.