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I dislike sports, but I couldn't quit listening to ESPN's podcast about Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson

How decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson went from being the unlikely stars of a Reebok TV ad campaign to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

A gripping sports story is almost never about the game, but rather the matches we face inside.

ESPN proves the point with its new 30 for 30 Podcasts, an audio spinoff of its popular documentary film series. We couldn't stop listening to the first episode, "The Trials of Dan and Dave," which mixes fresh interviews with archival audio to recount the story of how decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson went from being the unlikely stars of a Reebok TV ad campaign to the 1992 Summer Olympics — with a riveting, heartbreaking twist along the way.

Listen at 30for30podcasts.com or on your favorite podcast player.

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