Thanksgiving Special: NFL Turkey Day Preview + "The Great NBA Heist" Replay

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🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Thanksgiving Day NFL games are a tradition unto themselves. Mina Kimes previews the matchups and offers a special appreciation for...Frank Gore. The Buffalo Bills running back just passed Barry Sanders for third in the all-time rushing yards record. Then: it was the perfect crime, and a rising star executive with the Sacramento Kings almost got away with it. ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz explains how an up-and-coming NBA sales guy defrauded the team out of $13 million - and how he got caught by an unlikely sleuth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That was the sound of Thanksgiving dinner.
0:07.4	Today's show is about foul play, but not in the avian sense.
0:12.2	Instead, we're replaying one of my favorite episodes so far,
0:15.9	The Great NBA Heist, Kevin Arnowitz's tale of of the King's executive who stole $13 million.
0:27.3	But before we get to that, I'm going to switch things up and first tell you a story I want you to know.
0:30.6	About an athlete I am truly thankful for.
0:32.5	I'm Mina Kimes.
0:35.2	It's Thursday, November 28th.
0:38.9	And this is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.
0:44.3	Here we go, third and goal from inside the one.
0:45.3	Game on the line.
0:50.0	Allen Under Center takes it, turns, Gore, driving forward into the end zone.
0:52.7	Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown!
0:54.0	Buffalo, Frank Gore! Drove his way into the end zone for the touchdown.
0:56.0	And the Bills get the lead back again with a minute 50 to play.
1:00.0	Today, after the Bears and Lions play,
1:03.0	the Buffalo Bills will appear in a Thanksgiving Day game
1:07.0	for the first time in 25 years.
1:10.0	And while the strength of the team this year has been for the first time in 25 years.
1:15.8	And while the strength of the team this year has been their defense,
1:18.7	I'd like to talk about a player on the bill's offense,
1:23.7	the man they call the inconvenient truth, Mr. Franklin Gore.
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