Paul is back for another funny and entertaining episode. This time he is joined by his daughter Miss Olivia to discuss some well-known sporting pranks from over the years. Some of what will be discussed include.

-A MLB journeyman who was well-pranked by his minor league teammates.

-A Greek tennis player who played a birthday prank on an Aussie tennis bad boy.

-Serial English prankster Karl Power

-The phantom siren

-Jonathon Agnew and his prank on Geoff Boycott

-Muhammed Ali surprising kids on Candid Camera and Ali being pranked by a fellow Heavyweight boxer.

-Snake pranks e.g., Canberra Raiders

-Austin Healey’s prank on Will Greenwood

-Massachusetts Institute of Technology pranks e.g., 1982 Harvard vs Yale balloon prank.

-Harvard vs Yale pranks.

-Kyle Kendrick

-Georgia Tech train prank of 1898.

-Stephen Fleming and Mark Richardson

-Ronaldinho and his security guard prank in the park.

-The old man impressing many at Muscle Beach.

We also have our Quiz and segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now?

Sporting pranks sources

1.Si.com ‘april fools: here are 11 fantastic sports pranks’, by dan treadway, 1/4/2014.

2.The mad dragons vodcast ‘the phantom siren’, 18/4/2022.

3.Geoffrey boycott wind up (test match special), 5/1/2018

4.Candid camera classics: ‘ali meets the kids,’ 4/6/2018

5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Power

6.Si.com ‘5 of the best sports pranks of all time’, by ryan wong, 17/9/2014.

7.Espn.co.uk ‘its all fun and games until..’ alex diamond 5/8/2011.

8.Fox sports.com.au ‘simon katich reveals best pranks he saw during his cricket career’, staff writers from fox sports 14/11/2016.

9.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanos_Tsitsipas

10.Greek city times.com ‘stefanos tsitsipas birthday prank to nick kyrgios?’, by GCT A, 2020.

11.News.com.au ‘canberra raiders rattle the playing group with hilarious snake prank’, james mckern, 23/12/2020.

12.Bleacher report.com ‘20 greatest sports pranks of all time’, by kelsey givens 11/8/2011.

13.Boston.com ‘hackers’ delight: a history of MIT praks and hacks’, by legacy user, 17/9/20212.

14.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Kendrick

15.James nixon ‘stephen fleming v mark richardson interview drama-2006’, 5/2/2015.

16.Wisden.com ‘wath: ‘your’re an idiot-the stephen fleming-mark richardson prank that was erroneously reported as news’, by wisden staff 17/6/2021.

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso_Chihuahuas

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Francoeur

19.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award

20.The guardian.com ‘the team, the fake deaf pitcher, and the idiot who defended him:not funny”. By Lilit marcus, 17/4/2014.

21.The professor and barney podcast ‘the greatest pranks in sport-Ft guest anita duapu’, 16/7/2020.

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_agency_(Major_League_Baseball)

23.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Field

24.The pure athlete podcast, by jeff francoeur, for more info, visit www.pureathleteinc.com

25.Fan-nation, braves today, ‘jeff francoeur steps back from lead braves analyst role with bally sports’, by lindsey crosby 18/12/23.

26.Bleacher report.com ‘jeff francoeur pranked again by teammates, gets locked in bathroom’, dan carson, 24/7/2014.

27.Yes Network ‘top 5 MLB pranks with jeff francoeur’, 12/10/2016.

28.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Reyes_(baseball)

Intro Music-One Shot by Soundroll

Outro Music- Can’t Give it Up by All Good Folks from Uppbeat.