Step into the wild world of 1980s Miami Dolphins football with Chip Namias, who served as the team’s Director of Publicity from 1982–1986. In this unforgettable episode, Chip joins O.J. McDuffie and Seth Levit in The Fish Tank to dish out raw, hilarious, and jaw-dropping stories from the sidelines and the front office.
From Dan Marino’s rookie season to Don Shula’s fury after the Snowplow Game, Chip gives you the unfiltered truth about what really happened behind the scenes. He even breaks down the time the team's general manager disappeared for months—and no one said a word.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
•Chip’s nerve-wracking first NFL assignment… a Monday Night Football production meeting with Howard Cosell
•The media guide catastrophe that made national headlines — and nearly cost people their jobs
•How a drive-thru order at Jack in the Box turned into a classic A.J. Duhe story
•Don Shula’s paranoia over practice field “spies” and why Chip had to foil the press trailer windows
•The snowplow scandal and Shula’s infamous reaction in the locker room
•Why Edwin Pope and Joe Robbie couldn’t stand each other — and how the press box name may have had the final word
•The mysterious multi-month vanishing act of GM Mike Robbie leading up to Super Bowl XIX
•Chip’s transition to Hollywood, and how his bitter rivalry over sports film publicity ended up in Sports Illustrated
This one has it all: Marino. Shula. Chaos. Laughter. Legacy.
Edited by Sevach Melton. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D.
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