{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/6a7a378ecdc0f41e353db7c5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"Take the Keys Away\": Bill Belichick, His Exiled Consigliere and a \"Sabotaging\" at Carolina","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/1786397003808-43dca28b-be4e-4b00-8e4b-8a4a87d2913f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The 25-year-old girlfriend is one thing. But as the greatest football coach of all time attempts to salvage his final act, the University of North Carolina is now investigating GM Michael Lombardi — aka Bill's Guy. Bruce Feldman of The Athletic explains how an old-school consigliere stepped on campus, in the middle of an already slimy era of college sports, and left Belichick a laughingstock.</p><p><br></p><p>• <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7475053/2026/07/29/lombardi-belichick-unc/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"North Carolina put Michael Lombardi on leave. The Bill Belichick era has reached a crisis point\"</a> (Bruce Feldman)</p><p><br></p><p>• Subscribe to <a href=\"https://pod.link/884362991\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Audible\"</a> with Bruce Feldman&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>• Previously on PTFO: <a href=\"https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/NjhmYWMyMDA3YjA4OTYxMzE5ZTNiYzFi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Debunking the Myth of Bill Belichick's Consigliere</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}