🏃 Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story (2026) - Season 1 Episode 6
Speed. Glory. Controversy. Legacy. In Episode [X], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow the extraordinary journey of Ben Johnson—from humble beginnings to Olympic gold, from world-record shattering runs to the scandal that changed sports forever.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E01 Hook: "A young sprinter leaves Jamaica with a dream—and a target on his back"]
• [E06 Hook: "The truth behind the scandal: what really happened, and why it still matters"]
• Exclusive interviews: teammates, coaches, journalists & Ben Johnson himself
• Archival footage: iconic races, press conferences, and defining moments
• Thematic depth: ambition, pressure, sacrifice, and the price of greatness
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Sports Documentary / Biographical Drama / Investigative Series
• Original Network: [Customize: e.g., CBC / Netflix / Streaming Platform]
• Season: 1 | Episodes: 1 & 6 (Premiere & Finale Arc)
• Subject: Ben Johnson – Canadian Sprinter, Olympic Champion, Controversial Icon
• Setting: Jamaica, Canada, Seoul 1988 Olympics, Global Sports Arena
• Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
• Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to sports documentary recaps & athletics podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Was Ben Johnson a victim of the system or responsible for his choices? 👇🏃" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next chapter!
#HateThePlayer #BenJohnsonStory #SportsDocumentary #OlympicScandal #S1E[X] #TrackAndField #BiographicalDrama #BingeWatch #SportsHistory #Seoul1988 #DopingScandal #AthleticsLegacy
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
Speed. Glory. Controversy. Legacy. In Episode [X], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow the extraordinary journey of Ben Johnson—from humble beginnings to Olympic gold, from world-record shattering runs to the scandal that changed sports forever.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E01 Hook: "A young sprinter leaves Jamaica with a dream—and a target on his back"]
• [E06 Hook: "The truth behind the scandal: what really happened, and why it still matters"]
• Exclusive interviews: teammates, coaches, journalists & Ben Johnson himself
• Archival footage: iconic races, press conferences, and defining moments
• Thematic depth: ambition, pressure, sacrifice, and the price of greatness
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Sports Documentary / Biographical Drama / Investigative Series
• Original Network: [Customize: e.g., CBC / Netflix / Streaming Platform]
• Season: 1 | Episodes: 1 & 6 (Premiere & Finale Arc)
• Subject: Ben Johnson – Canadian Sprinter, Olympic Champion, Controversial Icon
• Setting: Jamaica, Canada, Seoul 1988 Olympics, Global Sports Arena
• Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
• Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to sports documentary recaps & athletics podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Was Ben Johnson a victim of the system or responsible for his choices? 👇🏃" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next chapter!
#HateThePlayer #BenJohnsonStory #SportsDocumentary #OlympicScandal #S1E[X] #TrackAndField #BiographicalDrama #BingeWatch #SportsHistory #Seoul1988 #DopingScandal #AthleticsLegacy
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:15Dave, do I want a steroid power drink?
00:18Absolutely.
00:20I'll take a case, please.
00:22No, Ben.
00:24It's asteroid power drink.
00:28Wow.
00:29Man, they said it came from real asteroids, you know?
00:32But the drink tastes like ass.
00:35I should text Dave.
00:36Is it on the internet?
00:37Yeah, it's everywhere.
00:38Wow, man, I'm famous.
00:45The following is a heightened and theatrical take on Ben Johnson's story.
00:48This is the last episode, so if you don't get it by now, listen.
00:52We're just trying to tell the man's story.
00:54Let us cook!
00:55When I got back from Seoul, it literally became a race of who can fuck me the artist.
01:00Who fucked Ben Johnson the hardest final beat?
01:05On your mark, get set.
01:09Fuck Ben Johnson.
01:14Sue me now, and Tim Bergenberg are off to a great start.
01:18Out of my way!
01:19But look, Trey Torvay, who was recently promoted to the VP of Games Committee, is making a move.
01:26Trey, you're on the Games Committee now.
01:27You've gotta do something about this test.
01:29Yes, I know.
01:29I'm working on it, okay?
01:31What we need to do is get you out of Seoul ASAP.
01:33No!
01:34No, no, no, no.
01:34We'll look guilty.
01:35We've gotta stay and fight.
01:37There is no way that Ben has to nozzle all in his system.
01:41The only thing in on my system is lightning.
01:43Not helping!
01:44Ben!
01:44Sorry, Tony.
01:45Don't we get a hearing or anything?
01:47Yes, but will you let me handle it, please?
01:49Okay?
01:49You know me.
01:50We have been doing this together for years.
01:52I will not rest until Ben is cleared.
01:55But if you show up there, it's gonna be a freakin' circus, Charlie!
01:58Paparazzi!
01:59Hey!
02:00Hey!
02:00Get out of her face!
02:01You're all trash!
02:02You gotta get out of the country, and you gotta get out now.
02:04Okay?
02:05Mm-hmm.
02:05You can trust me.
02:10I'm gonna trust you.
02:12Should've never trusted her, man.
02:14Man, she went all the way up to a man by the name of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
02:19You know who that is?
02:20Googling now.
02:22Shit.
02:23President of the Games Committee.
02:24Bingo!
02:25There it is.
02:26Goes all the way up to the president.
02:27Got a real problem with drugs, Juan.
02:30I know.
02:31The K-Cups found ten pounds of cocaine.
02:34And all of it was in Jamie Astofan's funny pack.
02:37No, not that kind of drugs.
02:39I'm talking about performance-enhancing drugs.
02:41Steroids.
02:42Jess.
02:44You need to nip that in the bud.
02:46I think I've got a way forward.
02:48Ben Johnson tested positive, and he foolishly left Seoul this morning before attending his hearing.
02:53Sacrificial lamb, anyone?
02:56Go on.
02:57I'm thinking.
02:58You give me the keys to this thing.
03:00Then I will make sure that no one in the entire world ever does drugs again!
03:11Well, maybe we should start with the athletes?
03:14Yeah.
03:15Okay.
03:16Sure.
03:16We could...
03:17We'll start with the athletes, and then everyone else.
03:20Hmm.
03:21Do you think the rest of the committee will be on board with this?
03:25Who cares?
03:26I am Juan to the motherfucking S to the Amaranth.
03:29I do what the hell I want.
03:31And I am Trey to the TDOT.
03:34Everybody does what I say.
03:36See my guidelines, you bitches!
03:39Are you kidding me?
03:41Are you kidding me?
03:42Are you kidding me?
03:43Are you kidding me?
03:45I am king of the world!
03:47Juan Antonio Samaranch has a burst!
03:52Juan dead.
03:54You've established I don't care what you say about dead people.
03:58Him as a rogue agent?
04:00I'll allow it.
04:02It'll help us stay away from implicating the games committee.
04:10Please tell me this is almost over.
04:12But didn't the games committee have to investigate?
04:17No.
04:18Come on.
04:19Investigate?
04:20You think this is?
04:21Murder she wrote?
04:22No investigation.
04:24Literally, by the time I get back to Canada, I was...
04:27I was guilty.
04:29Shit.
04:29Yep.
04:30So Juan and Trey set you up?
04:31Faster than a hundred meter dash.
04:33That sucks, dude.
04:34I know.
04:35Then Canada hired Charles Dubin to put on a whole less inquiry.
04:41I'm here, Canada.
04:42Rest easy.
04:44It's Dubin time.
04:47Oh, looks like Ontario Appeal Court Chief Justice Charles Dubin is getting into the mix.
04:54Anyway, Canada wanted to be the first country to tell on themselves so that other countries
05:00would follow.
05:01And what do you mean?
05:02What I mean is that they thought if they got rid of their athletes doing steroids,
05:06that the other countries would follow them too.
05:08And then everyone would race clean together.
05:12Well, how many other countries did inquiries?
05:14None.
05:15None.
05:17And then Canada told the truth of themselves!
05:33Oh my gosh!
05:36Oh my gosh!
05:36Oh my gosh!
05:37Okay, so what did Dubin do?
05:38He tried to go after my team.
05:40Okay?
05:40Anyone.
05:42But Charlie?
05:44Charlie didn't give him the time of day.
05:45Dubin, I wouldn't give you the time of day.
05:49You see, most people that Dubin tried to talk to checked in with me first because they
05:52were smart.
05:53But one person wasn't.
05:55One person only.
06:02Steroid sommelier, how can I help you?
06:05Jamie asked Ben, did you assist Ben Johnson in doping at the games?
06:08Who's asking?
06:09Government of Canada.
06:10Did we do an interview?
06:11Oh, I didn't show up with that.
06:13Is this gonna be on the news?
06:14What just happened to your voice?
06:16It was I, Dr. Jamie Astafan, who turned Ben Johnson from a talented sprinter into a world
06:22record holder.
06:23As a master steroid doctor, I had...
06:26We have no proof that, uh, that he...
06:30Oh.
06:32Wait.
06:33He did say that.
06:35What?
06:36Oh!
06:39Oh!
06:39Oh!
06:40No!
06:40Oh!
06:40Fuck off!
06:42Power down, power up!
06:44Woohoo!
06:44Dr. Jamie Astafan, a steroid sommelier, enters the parade!
06:50Even though Dubin had Jamie, nobody was willing to talk.
06:53Then Ed Futterman came into my life.
06:54Out of nowhere.
06:56Oh, great.
06:56You're up.
06:57We gotta get working on your defense for this inquiry.
06:58I have a few plans.
06:59Are you getting out my house?
07:00A window.
07:00I'm your new lawyer.
07:02Ed Futterman?
07:02You never hire a lawyer.
07:03I hired myself on your behalf.
07:05That's what great lawyers do.
07:06I saw you on TV and I said to myself, there's a rich man that could use my help.
07:12How do you want your eggs?
07:13Sunny side up.
07:14Love the positivity, Ben.
07:16Now, I've got three good plans and two bad ones.
07:18We gotta convince the world you're too stupid to have knowingly done this.
07:22Hold on.
07:22Not stupid.
07:23Shut up and let me do the dog, kid.
07:25Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
07:28Welcome to the party.
07:29Ed Futterman, hit that nitro.
07:31Ben, how does it feel to bring shame to all of Canada and Jamaica?
07:34Ben, is it true that you're a mama's boy?
07:36Any comments on testing positive for steroids and throwing Canada's track and field legacy
07:40under the bus?
07:40Ben, just quickly.
07:41How tall are you and would you go on a date with me?
07:43Quiet.
07:43Quiet.
07:44Oh, sorry.
07:45Listen up.
07:46My friend Ben is confused.
07:48Very confused.
07:49He doesn't know what happened in Seoul and he would like to make a statement.
07:53Ben is officially backing away from his previous strong denial that he had ever taken steroids.
07:58Are you saying Ben is admitting to taking steroids?
08:01Ben is not denying steroids were present in his body when he won the Olympic 100 meters
08:06final in a since disqualified world record 9.79 seconds.
08:10He is simply stating that he, Ben Johnson, did not know they were there.
08:17Stop.
08:18No lawyer in his right mind would, uh, and I jumped the gun again.
08:25He very much said that.
08:30Ben didn't know what was going on.
08:32But there were other people who knew exactly what was going on.
08:35One guy was calling the shots.
08:37I'll give you a hint.
08:38His name is Charlie.
08:40Do you care to comment?
08:41Who is this Charlie?
08:42Is it a woman?
08:42I hope it's not a beautiful woman.
08:44One guy was calling the shots.
08:45I'll give you a hint.
08:47His name is Charlie.
09:04Doobin, I'm ready to testify.
09:07If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try it out.
09:10I should probably dial first.
09:14I mean, you know what Ed did?
09:16You know what he did?
09:17He had me take an IQ test.
09:18Okay?
09:19And he attempted to show all the people at the inquiry how stupid I was.
09:24What?
09:24Bro, you need to fire his ass.
09:25I can't fire him.
09:26You don't understand how fast it happened after the games.
09:28Okay?
09:29Ed tricked me to signing over my career and all my finances.
09:40This is great, Ben.
09:41You're making the right decision putting your life in my hands.
09:44Hold on.
09:44Where's all the deals you promised me, Ed?
09:46Everywhere.
09:47Everywhere.
09:47We just got in an offer for something big.
09:50Big.
09:51Callie?
09:53Meet your new sports agent, Ben.
09:54Hello.
09:55Where I come from?
09:56A crazy bored billionaire wants to offer you and Carl
09:59three million dollars to raise each other again.
10:02Each.
10:03Three million each?
10:04Easy take.
10:05Oh, I'll turn it down.
10:06What?
10:07You have any idea what the taxes are on three million dollars, Ben?
10:11Come on, man.
10:12Think.
10:12Don't be crazy.
10:14You know what's crazy?
10:15These split-ins.
10:18Callie's also my hairdresser.
10:20Hairdresser?
10:21This one's bloody tragic.
10:24Hey, that's trifling.
10:25Trifling, I know.
10:27I mean, it wasn't even worth it.
10:28You just let them railroad me.
10:31Dear diary, today I injected Ben's ass with drugs.
10:34I hope one day it'll make me famous.
10:37Mr. Astephan, are you reading from a goddamn journal?
10:41Objection!
10:43I need to go to the bathroom.
10:46Idiot.
10:47This is hilarious.
10:50Go get him, Canada.
10:51No, Carl wasn't at the inquiry.
10:54He had so many better things to do.
10:56He was, you know, continuing track career, burgeoning musical career.
11:00He was probably hanging out with Magic Johnson and Arsenio Hall.
11:03You know, the other people are pretend.
11:05I don't care what you do with them.
11:07Get him, Canada.
11:09This is playing just how we planned it.
11:13It is a close one.
11:15It is anybody's race.
11:19Why'd they only come after you if other athletes confessed?
11:21Other athletes suffered too.
11:23But I was the most famous and the most handsome.
11:25So they need to put me on a cross so the whole world can see.
11:28Whoa.
11:29So now you track Jesus, huh?
11:30Whoa, whoa, whoa.
11:31Jesus, are you kidding me?
11:32I mean, Jesus, when it comes to sacrificial lambs, he is the goat.
11:36Okay?
11:36Mm-hmm.
11:38But then there's me.
11:39I'm the skate goat.
11:42Bars.
11:44Yes.
11:46I gave my athletes drugs.
11:48Boom!
11:48We win.
11:49Silence, Mr. Futterman.
11:52Although I did give Ben Johnson drugs,
11:55there's no way he could have failed a drug test for stenozolol.
12:00I'd been giving him a different steroid altogether.
12:03Foolishness.
12:04Ed was always yelling all kinds of foolishness.
12:06All kinds of foolishness!
12:12I could tell that Charlie wasn't really trying to hurt me.
12:16But Ed fucked up everything so much.
12:19So when did you decide it was finally time to tell your truth?
12:22There's only one person in the whole world that can get me to speak.
12:32Mommy.
12:33Mommy.
12:46Mom.
12:48Mom.
12:49Mom.
12:50What do you want me to do?
12:53Well, Ben, when you take away my gold medal,
13:00it broke my heart.
13:02But I am mending, praise God.
13:07So now it's time for you to break your heart
13:10so you can start to mend.
13:14God will take care of you no matter what.
13:16That's hard, hard, mommy.
13:18Yeah.
13:18Hard things make people stronger.
13:22You will be better on the other side.
13:27Hallelujah.
13:36You heal it, mommy.
13:47Yes.
13:50I took steroids.
13:57What if me never do it?
14:00Think about that.
14:05Everybody would have noticed when Gretzky got traded and would have been sad.
14:09Carl Lewis?
14:10No, there wouldn't have anybody to push him.
14:13He probably would have got bored, quit track, become a full-time musician.
14:19Imagine.
14:20They would have used music for torture prisoners.
14:26You're an idiot singer, you know.
14:27And not to mention, Canada track only exists because of the money mimic them.
14:41Without me, there'd be no future athletes.
14:44None.
14:46You would never have names like Donovan Bailey, Bruni Surrey, or even Andre de Grasse.
14:56Or me or the Blueprint.
15:13I don't know those names yet.
15:17It's 1989.
15:18Ben, you're right.
15:21You changed the face of Canada forever.
15:25And for that, we find you guilty.
15:28You are hereby charged with a two-year ban.
15:31What?
15:32You know something?
15:33A change coming?
15:36Ed, walk on.
15:37We never asked for someone new to love.
15:40We already have Terry Fox.
15:43He got wise you.
15:44Watch me get you outside.
15:46Terry Fox would never question him.
15:49I love Terry Fox.
16:00Not only did Canada not protect me, they celebrated my downfall.
16:07In the 1980s, a Canadian hero was born.
16:09The game's 100-meter sprinter, Ben Johnson.
16:13He was electric on the track.
16:14We love you, Ken.
16:15You're a winger.
16:17We love you.
16:19We love you.
16:21But it all came to a halt at the 1988 Seoul Games, where Ben was disqualified for doping.
16:27A sad day for Canadians.
16:29Or rather, Jamaicans.
16:31Because that's when we realized Ben Johnson was born in Jamaica.
16:35I suggest you consider moving back to Jamaica.
16:39And when we stop liking you, you're from Jamaica again.
16:43This Canadian moment was brought to you by Canada.
16:46We're nice till we're not.
16:48I lost.
16:50I lost.
16:50My gold medal?
16:51Gone.
16:51Money?
16:52Gone.
16:54All my friends?
16:55Gone.
16:56And the ladies?
16:59Ladies never left.
17:02So what happened to all these people?
17:04Where's Jamie at?
17:05Jamie?
17:05Oh, eventually he ended up fucking sick kids and died.
17:09Hmm.
17:14Could've been angels.
17:16Good eras.
17:18Could've been good kids.
17:22Could've been anything.
17:22Anyways.
17:23Okay.
17:24So what about your boy Spike?
17:25He wasn't in the fuck Ben race.
17:26Oh, yeah.
17:27But he was there.
17:28Definitely there.
17:30Spike spiked my drink, so I would test positive for Stanislav.
17:34He's the reason I lost everything.
17:37If he had just stepped up and did the right thing any time in the last 40 years, oh, man.
17:43My life would've been so different, you know?
17:46Quick pop in here.
17:47We're hearing about Ben's relationship with Spike from Ben.
17:50Just a quick reminder, nothing can be independently corroborated.
17:54I'm a third party source.
17:55Spike ain't no snitch!
17:58Precisely.
18:00Spike, he definitely wins the race.
18:03Yup.
18:04He spiked my drink, let me go to Vegas.
18:08Missed my mom dying.
18:10But at least I got to see Charlie, you know?
18:17I'm sorry.
18:18I couldn't have been a better father to you, Ben.
18:23I want you to know that this was about more than just racing for me.
18:31Me too, Charlie.
18:33Me too.
18:37Thank you for being my white father.
18:45I know.
18:46Thank you for being my black son.
18:50I know that's racist.
18:54But it's the good kind of racism.
19:12Rest in peace, white daddy.
19:28Charlie's a real one.
19:30He was.
19:31You know his training program?
19:33It's still used by athletes all over the world.
19:35Still.
19:35Okay, so I'll run down everyone else.
19:37Okay, so Maxine, my ex, we're cool now.
19:41Um, my daughter, you know, things are a little complicated.
19:44But I love her.
19:46And I still get to see my grandkids, which is really good.
19:49You know?
19:49What about Ed?
19:50Ed?
19:50Oh, I tried to sue Ed Futterman for $37 million, but that motherfucker died before I can get justice.
19:58What's a poem now?
20:04What about Carl?
20:05Dead.
20:05Dick exploded.
20:06Shrunk because of too much doping.
20:07It's gone.
20:08Boom, explosion.
20:09First of all, I don't understand this obsession with Carl's penis.
20:15Second, Carl Lewis is alive and well.
20:21There is no evidence to suggest that his dick exploded.
20:26Allegedly.
20:29Should've been a fucking dentist.
20:31I gotta say, man, chopping up what you has been cool.
20:35Any last words?
20:36Um, the world will know the truth now.
20:39Yes, my story.
20:41The Ben Johnson story, but Ben Johnson.
20:44Don't hate the player, hate the game.
20:49Okay, I think that's it.
20:51Wow, it's a wrap.
20:52It's a wrap.
20:53I've always wanted to say that.
20:54That's a wrap.
20:55It's a wrap.
20:56Yeah.
20:56Woo-hoo!
20:57Good job, everybody.
20:59Appreciate it.
21:00Pizza?
21:01Hey.
21:01Sushi.
21:02This was amazing.
21:03Thank you so much.
21:05Appreciate it.
21:08That's clean.
21:09That hurts.
21:10Let's go.
21:13Yo, where's my pack?
21:17Hey, champ.
21:19Ready to see what we've been working on?
21:21Being ready.
21:28This one's not gonna make it.
21:30You got malaria.
21:32You don't take one from me, are you?
21:34Let me have this one.
21:36This is the story of Ben Johnson by Ben Johnson.
21:41He was a complicated man who loved running, women...
21:45Jezebel!
21:46And his mama.
21:48If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.
21:53Yes, ma'am.
21:54And Ben was the potential to do great things.
21:57Perfect fit.
21:59With the support of both friends and foes, he pushed himself to be the best.
22:05Hey, Canada.
22:07You...
22:07You...
22:08Ben had celebrators.
22:11Charlie!
22:12We're a guan chocolate guy.
22:15But had plenty of haters, too.
22:20Doesn't that feel good?
22:22We all want to say we wouldn't have doped.
22:24But if you had the opportunity to win gold, what would you do?
22:31Ben made mistakes, and they cost him dearly.
22:38So now it's time for you to block Canada.
22:41But through it all, he remained our Canadian hero.
22:46I...
22:50am...
22:52Ben Johnson.
22:55What the fuck is this?
22:56It's everything you told us, ma'am.
22:58It's your story.
22:59Really?
23:00Word for word.
23:05It was all I hate.
23:09Reese with refers to it.
23:14We all want hate.
23:16It's gotta fall.
23:16It was all I hate.
23:27It's gotta do it.
23:29It's gotta do it.
23:31It's gotta lay down the plain.
23:32It's gotta hang out.
23:33It's gotta play.
23:33It's gotta hang out, it's gotta be fun they all love you.
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