Nick Saban
Person
Retired American college football coach who won seven national championships, including six at Alabama. He later became a prominent college football analyst.
10 episodes featuring Nick Saban
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Watson finds relief as Sanders and NFL veterans unravel
The episode uses one weekend’s winners and losers to examine quarterback decline, coaching failures, public conduct, and sports culture’s contested idea of authenticity.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 22m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Josh Allen’s dominance collides with football’s accountability debates
The episode connects an NFL blowout, ESPN’s standards and an escalating SEC rivalry to a broader argument about judgment, loyalty and responsibility.
Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
Pardon My Take
Michigan’s clock controversy exposes college football’s trust problem
The episode pairs Week 1’s biggest results with a firsthand account of how replay ambiguity can overshadow an upset and shape a program’s season.
Sep 8, 2026 · 2h 40m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
College football’s money machine leaves players behind
The episode tests whether competitive fairness, coaching integrity, and media access can survive a sport increasingly organized around money and spectacle.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 6m
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Barkley dissects Clippers dysfunction and the NBA’s next era
The conversation connects the Clippers’ punishment to broader questions about competitive integrity, roster building, aging stars, media careers, and the league’s future.
Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 42m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Rams chase star power as Fever debate exposes team-culture fault lines
The episode tests whether celebrity-driven roster building and media narratives obscure the discipline, shared responsibility, and accountability required to build winning teams.
Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 1m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock challenges sports institutions on sex, authority and star power
The episode treats the WNBA controversy as a test of whether sports organizations can define standards without surrendering authority to outrage or player pressure.
Aug 26, 2026 · 58 min
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock challenges sports media’s rules on dissent and recognition
The episode connects a columnist’s resignation, women’s basketball coverage, and football analysis to a broader argument about ideological pressure in sports media.
Aug 21, 2026 · 57 min
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
ESPN’s betting culture puts individual stats ahead of winning
The episode examines how gambling integrations and prop-bet coverage may be reshaping sports fandom around personal numbers rather than team achievement.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 5m
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Westbrook’s brilliance collides with the limits of heliocentric basketball
The episode uses Russell Westbrook’s career to examine how production, playoff impact, roster fit, and coaching are judged across changing sports eras.
Aug 17, 2026 · 2h 4m