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Franchise Sports Media's co-founders Joe Arrigo and TQ welcome you to The Franchise Podcast. Joe and TQ bring you their unique take on sports in Las Vegas and nationally, as well as entertainment. The two friends have known each other for over 26 years and entertained family and friends with their sports debates, now they are bringing it for all to see.
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Send us a text Henri Gutierrez came to the United States illegally in 2014, he joined the brutal gang MS 13 and was arrested a short time later for carrying large knives, several times, his deportation would have saved two lives, why was he allowed to remain? Gutierrez went on to brutally murder two immigrants and terrorized others. Federal authori…
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Send us a text What was going on in the Saco, Maine area in the late 90's? 15 yr old Ashley Ouellette, was found strangled and placed on the center line of a busy roadway in the early morning hours of February 9, 1999. Tony Torres went missing less than three months later. One individual connected both cases. Just prior to Tony's disappearance, he …
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It's the Halloween Episode of The Franchise Podcast, with guest hosts Deadfool and Blackie Robinson, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Champion again! The Yankees celebrated Halloween early as Freddie, Jason, and Michael Meyers all showed up in the 5th inning to erase a 5-point lead and give the Blue Crew their eighth championship and second in…
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Send us a text 25 years have past since 15yr old Ashley Ouellette, told mom she was at a girlfriend's sleep over, she lied, there was in fact a party. Ashley was missing a boy she had an unhealthy relationship with, Steve Sanborn. She made her way to his house, but he apparently wasn't interested, his brother had been at the party and they likely r…
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Send us a text In one of the most heart wrenching stories in New England crime history, in 1976 Andy Puglisi, went to a neighborhood pool, located in Lawerence, Massachusetts and was never heard from again. A man had been taking Polaroid pictures of kids at the pool for several weeks. Andy had given his mother one. Andy disappeared and despite thou…
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Send us a text Phillip Chism, committed one of the most heinous crimes in Massachusetts history. He raped and brutally murdered his high school teacher Colleen Ritzer in picturesque Danvers, Massachusetts. Chism's defense claims the exclusion of brain scan evidence at trial, is grounds for appeal. Chism is a Ted Bundy level sexual predator and rega…
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It was a rough week for Las Vegas sports. The Raiders and UNLV football lost what should have been winnable games. The Las Vegas Aces ended their quest for a 3-peat with a loss to the New York Liberty, and TQ, who went to the game as a spectator instead of a cameraman for the first time, has a theory on why. The Lakers and VGK are set to begin thei…
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Send us a text The innocent men the FBI had knowingly imprisoned began getting out of jail in 1997, as this heinous story unraveled. Greco and Tamelo died in prison. H.Paul Rico retired from the FBI and became head of security for World Jai Lai, a gaming business, where he had the distinction of being the first FBI agent to provide information to o…
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Send us a text Robert Devine rose through the ranks at the Stoughton Police Department, he re-invigorated the Police Explorers program, the program, soon became a breeding ground for sexual abuse, that ensnared Sandra Birchmore. The program became an actual cornucopia of abuse. Documents suggest that Devine, Off. Matt Farwell, and his twin brother …
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This week on The Franchise Podcast, the crew digs into what's wrong with the Raiders. After an upset road win against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, The Raiders lay an egg in their home opener against the lowly Carolina Panthers with Andy Dalton at the helm. Also, UNLV Athletics is having a hell of a week. The 3-0 Rebels just lost their quarterback …
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Send us a text Apparently there are no competent homicide prosecutors in Norfolk's County's District Attorney's office! Elected DA Mike Morrissey has inexplicably hired a "Special Prosecutor" to retry Karen Read for 2nd degree murder. Are there no prosecutors willing to take this S-sandwich of a case? No one is prepared to commit career suicide per…
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Send us a text Sandra Birchmore’s homicide is a case for the ages in Metro Boston. She had a difficult life growing up, suffering the death of two close relatives in rapid succession. Sandra’s mother encouraged her to join the Stoughton Police Department Explorers program. The sexual grooming process allegedly began almost immediately. The next ste…
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Send us a text This tale of FBI corruption begins in the 1960's. H.Paul Rico was the FBI catalyst in this decades long endeavor. Infamous FBI agent John Connolly of Whitey Bulger infamy, was mentored by Agent Rico. H.Paul Rico may have been the most corrupt FBI agent in history. He was responsible for sending several men to prison for a crime the F…
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This week, we're talking live football on every level! From High School to the pros, football is back, and it's the best time of year around Franchise Sports Media. TQ shot an epic USC vs LSU battle at Allegiant Stadium, while Kyla caught UNLV's first win of the season in Houston. This weekend, we'll have a whole team at UNLV's home opener, and Tri…
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Send us a text The 1994 Movie Natural Born Killers, spurred many real life nightmares. Michael Freeman 21, of leafy Avon, Massachusetts, was apparently easily influenced. He recruited two dim witted friends Leonard Stanely 21, of Easton,Ma. and Patrick Morse 19, of Middleboro for murder. The mayberry-like town of Avon, would never be the same. Natu…
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Fantasy Football has brought millions of new fans to the NFL, and Joe and special guest host Griffin Kemp sit down with Adam Rank, one of the foremost experts. Adam is an analyst on Good Morning Football Weekend, NFL Fantasy Live, and TNF First Look on the NFL Network. He also pens the popular weekly column, Unpopular Opinions, for NFL.com. The guy…
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Send us a text One of the saddest cases in recent memory. Sandra Birchmore joined the Stoughton, Mass police explorers program at 13-14. Sandra's family had been looking for a positive male role model, for thirteen year old Sandra. She had a difficult home life and the family thought they had found, that role model, with the leader of the explorers…
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The Las Vegas Raiders: This week on The Franchise Podcast, TQ, Joe, and Ny are all about the Raiders. After witnessing training camp in L.A. and two preseason games, the crew gives their takes on the state of the Las Vegas Raiders ahead of the final preseason game against the 49ers. Joe is a bit more optimistic for some reason, but TQ has some thin…
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Send us a text (REPLAY) In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe, the Boston Police Forensic Unit, took Letia Walker's fingerprints at the courthouse and then proceeded to place a print on the gun that killed Det Mulligan. Did the technology to conduct this conspiracy exist in 1993? Does it even exist now? Letia Walker, Sea…
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This week on The Franchise Podcast, TQ and Joe man the controls as Ny is out on bidness. The boys dig into the Paris 2024 Olympics, highlighting Team USA basketball. Joe feels like it's business as usual as Bron, KD, and Steph pass the torch. TQ believes Wemby is coming to #la28 with a flame thrower. Both of the guys agree that on the women's side,…
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Send us a text Several jurors contacted the defense and prosecution with basically the same story. The jury had voted UNANIMOUSLY to acquit on the murder and leaving the scene of an accident, charges. Somehow that intent did not make it to the jury form? Judge bee did not poll the jury, denied the defense an opportunity to do so. 4-5 jurors have no…
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Send us a text Keith Luke 22, appeared to be a somewhat conflicted white supremacist, he claimed to have committed this murderous act over racial animosity, however in the days before this madness, he tried, persistently to date at least two women of color. His racism seemed to be a symptom of him being an "incel", involuntary celibate. He had appr…
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This week on The Franchise Podcast, the fellas are joined by Raiders Digital Team Reporter Levi Edwards. Levi covers the team year-round and gives an inside look into the organization from the Raiders' point of view. Levi has had an exciting journey leading up to covering the Raiders, which includes murder investigations and college football. He's …
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Send us a text Don't miss this interview! Boston Confidential was fortunate enough to snag an interview with Jess Machado, of the Fall River Reporter. We cover a great deal of the Karen Read Trial. Jess, was in the court room most days and was up close and personal, watching jurors and their reactions to testimony. She also discusses the oddest har…
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Your bros sit down with ESPN Raider reporter and friend of The Franchise, Paul Gutierrez, and talk Las Vegas Raiders' Offseason. Headed into camp, the Raiders have questions at the quarterback and cornerback positions. After not selecting either position early in the draft, can the Silver and Black lean on an all-world defensive line to shore up on…
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Send us a text Local authorities believe that Attorney Gary Zerola, raped and or sexually assaulted more than 20 women, since the 1990's. Zerola, was just convicted of rape and burglary, he was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. This sentence comes on the heels of him, beating two separate rape trials, previously. Zerola's M.O. Gary flirts with pre…
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This week, The Franchise Podcast was filmed on-location inside Flanker at Mandalay Bay. TQ, Joe, and Nyshon were joined by basketball influencer @JulianNewmanOfficial , who talked about his road from child basketball prodigy to college basketball player. Also, the crew speaks to a friend of The Franchise, ESPN Las Vegas' "Your Boy Q" ahead of Raide…
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Send us a text The HBO film Trial 4, is a virtual hagiography for Sean Ellis. The HBO-Netflix documentary is so slanted in favor of Sean Ellis it is difficult to digest. In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe that his uncle, best friend, and girlfriend were (are) lying. To our knowledge none of these witnesses, that tied …
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This week on The Franchise Podcast Joe and TQ sat down with former NFL quarterback EriK Kramer on Radio Row at Super Bowl LVIII and talked about a subject near and dear to Joe's heart. We took a break from sports reporting and dived into men's mental health. Tune in to this very important episode as Joe and Erik have experienced the same tragedy in…
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Send us a text A shocking outcome for the Karen Read Trial, A hung jury! How could this happen?There are many issues to investigate, what was the split among jurors? What more would it have taken for a unanimous verdict? The sad reality is that the system is broken, when an obviously corrupted case made it to the jury. This verdict is a real head s…
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Send us a text It appears we may have a deadlocked jury on the Karen Read case. It has been reported that one juror had been visibly crying, but no further information was forthcoming. Would the State of Massachusetts retry Karen Read, in light of a pending federal investigation? Some law enforcement witness would likely have been arrested by the t…
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This week's episode of The Franchise Podcast was filmed at @ptstaverns Sierra Gold in front of a live audience. This is Part 2 of the 2-hour special that aired last week. TQ, Joe, and Ny sat down with UNLV head football coach Barry Odom to talk about last year's season and his expectations for his second year. Also, The Porter Way Podcast's Anthony…
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Send us a text Aidan's covers the current state of his drummed up witness intimidation case. 16+ counts of intimidation, some of which are against, armed state troopers, and asking witnesses to tell the truth (news flash they didn't). We also cover the Karen Read case up until last week. Strap in this is a good one. TB News-https://bit.ly/4bjOUO1 A…
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This week's episode of The Franchise Podcast was filmed at @ptstaverns Sierra Gold in front of a live audience. The 2-hour special will air in two parts, with Part 2 airing next Thursday. This week, Ny, Joe & TQ talk Las Vegas Basketball and are joined by UNLV head basketball coach Kevin Kruger and Las Vegas Aces stars Sydney Colson & Alysha Clark.…
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Send us a text Some of the most alarming testimony in this case was revealed, as Trooper Michael Proctor was called by the prosecution. He had called Karen Read some of the most sexist and derogatory names, via text to his high school friends and to his superiors at the Massachusetts State Police. At times, there was audible gasps from the jurors. …
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Send us a text We finally had a State Police Trooper on the stand, But it was not lead detective Proctor. We also had some Mass State Police forensic techs on the stand, Adam Lally seemingly wanted to bore the jury to sleep and he was largely successful. One of the scientists appeared near tears when she had to name Detective Proctor. We ended the …
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Former New York Jet, Denver Bronco, and Houston Texan, Nick Ferguson sat down with Nyshon at Radio Row during the Super Bowl to discuss Brock Purdy, drug abuse awareness, and his Foundation for a Drug-Free World. His pamphlet "The Truth About Drugs" tells kids about the most addictive drugs and how they affect us. The fentanyl problem is getting ou…
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This week on The Franchise Podcast, it’s all about the W. TQ, Ny, and Joe break down the Caitlin Clark drama inside the WNBA. They also talk about the Aces and their impact in Vegas and on the league as a whole, even before this explosive rookie class. A’ja Wilson is the best player on the planet. The TFP crew takes some time to give her her flower…
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Send us a text Some new revelations and some old "gems". The newly revealed 2:22am phone conversations between Brian Albert and Brian Higgins occurred was revealed, what was the topic of conversation? Because no one knew that John O'Keefe was injured / dead. The condition of the body. A six thousand pound SUV struck John going twenty-four miles an …
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Send us a text Where to begin? More Commonwealth witnesses try to fight against data, after previously agreeing the information was accurate. Allie McCabe got flustered when the Life 360 data, showed major inconsistencies in her timeline. Colin Albert followed Mrs McCabe and the Commonwealth's case took more hits on witness credibility, photos and …
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This week on The Franchise Podcast, Nyshon Zaragoza, Joe Arrigo, and TQ discuss the NBA playoffs, and they dive into the WNBA investigation into the Aces players getting sponsored by the LVCVA. Lastly, in the meme machine, they tell you why Diddy is getting what he deserves. Support the show Watch the show on YouTube, Facebook Watch, and FranchiseS…
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Send us a text The third week of Karen Read's murder trial continued with the Commonwealth's case. Much like last week, each day got worse for the Commonwealth. Brian Albert got caught trying to distance himself from knowing Karen, the defense presented photographic evidence to the contrary. This segment combined with later testimony regarding prev…
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This week on The Franchise Podcast former Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson joined Joe Arrigo and TQ during Super Bowl week on Radio Row. Coach Jackson discussed why Antonio Pierce is the right man to lead the Raiders, how NIL is affecting college football, and the risk it is to HBCUs. Coach Jackson also tells you why getting let go by the Rai…
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Send us a text What a week it was, Some of the worst and most suspect police activity in Commonwealth history was exposed. The testimony regarding forensics and crime scene management, seemingly made the evidence obtained by the state, useless. The police used a leaf blower to recover blood in the snow, however it also revealed the lack of tailligh…
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This week, The Franchise Podcast breaks down the Lakers' head coaching search and where the Darvin Ham experience all went wrong. VGK got knocked out of the playoffs. Where do they go from here? The meme machine has a final outcome in the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake battle, Beyoncé going country, and why Sexy Red is unsexy, in our opinion. Support the …
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Send us a text What a ride the first week of trial was. The opening statements were diametrically opposed. The Prosecution opened in a flat and confusing manner, barely making an accusation. The Defense opened, dropping several bombs including the fact that State Police Homicide Investigator Proctor illegally accessed Karen Read's phone. He then te…
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Las Vegas Sports News from Las Vegas Sports Teams. https://FranchiseSportsMedia.com Subscribe to our Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/franchisesportsmedia This week on the Franchise Podcast, Ny, Joe, and TQ discuss the Raiders' draft and their quarterback situation. The Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, and Joe and TQ have different opi…
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Send us a text Alvin Campbell allegedly acquired 10 plus victims of rape and sexual assault, before he was arrested. There was plenty of DNA, that was quickly identified as his. Is it because he is the brother of the current Massachusetts Attorney General and former Boston City Councilor? The tale of two siblings could not be more different. One we…
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Las Vegas Sports News from Las Vegas Sports Teams. https://FranchiseSportsMedia.com Subscribe to our Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/franchisesportsmedia This week on The Franchise Podcast Joe and TQ discuss the Lakers' playoff failure and what they need to do to turn it around, if they can. The NFL Draft is happening and the guys break down t…
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Send us a text The Karen Read trial begins with jury selection. The Commonwealth STILL hasn't completed discovery and has asked when testing is finished to submit the "evidence". I don't think that's how discovery works. The Commonwealth can afford a not guilty in this case, however they cannot withstand the corruption revelations that are on the h…
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