This Radiolab episode recounts the improbable, internet-fueled rise of John Scott, a 6'8", 270-pound NHL enforcer with minimal playing time and no scoring record, who was voted by fans into the 2016 NHL All-Star Game as a joke but ended up becoming its MVP — a Cinderella story that embarr
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