30 for 30: Oscar Dooley's Epic Meltdown: 80 Year Old For Nothing
What if I told you… That some of the most unforgettable meltdowns in sports weren’t limited to the field of play? We remember Greg Norman’s Masters collapse in ’96. The Mets’ September nosedive in 2007. The Warriors blowing a 3–1 Finals lead in 2016. The Houston Oilers giving up a 35–3 cushion to Buffalo. Jean van de Velde wading into the creek at Carnoustie. But all of those pale in comparison to the single greatest career meltdown in handicapping history … The Dooley Disaster Meet Oscar Dooley — the self-anointed tout, the fraud, the man who had it all teed up and managed to blow it in every conceivable way. He built himself up with stolen valor , hijacking other handicappers’ hard-earned scorephone time. When he finally went out on his own, he did everything wrong . Instead of sharp analysis, he offered comedic retrofits of motivational drivel . Instead of football on football Saturdays, he tried to outsmart the room with WNBA or MLB pi...
