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Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed and entertaining episode. This week in the first of a two-part series, we will discuss some sporting events/competitions that no longer exist, i.e., have bitten the dust. In this episode, some of what we will discuss include

-Motor racing events e.g., Gold Coast Indy cars, the 100-mile race.

-The sad state of affairs with the Commonwealth Games and the lack of interest in hosting it.

-An international sporting competition created by a well-known American entrepreneur that was aimed to bring harmony and good-will between the East and the West.

-A major Australian golfing tournament with some impressive champions and were the winner received a gold jacket, to now no longer existing.

-Rugby League competitions e.g., The Mid-week and Pre-season competitions, the International 7’S.

-Australian Indoor Tennis Championships in Sydney

-The Australia Games which was held only once i.e., 1985.

-Little known events e.g., The Gorge Games, Peace Games, Islamic Games.

-The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations in soccer and the Mitropa Cup.

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz What Am I? We have our Where Is It Now? segment and Glenn finishes off the show with a cracking joke.

Sporting events that no longer exist sources

1.Topend sports.com ‘discontinued major international sports events’, robert wood, 2016.

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner

3.https://olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games ‘welcome to the ancient olympic games’, 2024.

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Games

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

6.World athletics.org. MOWA (museum of world athletics) ‘remembering the goodwill games, 20 years on’,len johnson, 21/9/2021.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Sevens

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Indoor_Tennis_Championships

9.Financial times.com ‘why the race to host the world’s sporting events has slowed to a halt’, by josh noble, 23/11/23.

10.time.com ‘why more countries should back out of hosting global sporting events’, by astha rajvanshi and armani syed, 18/7/23.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Games

12.https://www.topendsports.com/events/games/arafura/index.htm

13.https://www.topendsports.com/events/games/afro-asian/index.htm

14.https://www.topendsports.com/events/commonwealth-games/winter.htm

15.https://www.topendsports.com/events/commonwealth-games/paraplegic-games.htm

16.https://www.topendsports.com/events/games/youth/kingdom.htm

17.hitc.com ‘7 football tournaments that no longer exist’, by alfie potts-harmer. 7/9/2019.

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

19.https://www.huntingdalegolf.com.au/cms/about-us/the-masters/

20.Golf australia.com ‘the tradition discontinues’, by brendan james, golf australia, 30/3/2016.

21.Australian golf digest.com ‘the tradition discontinues’, by steve keipert, 21/12/2017.

22.https://www.extreme-adventure-sports.com/gorge-games.html

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

24.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_World_Club_Championship

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Club_Challenge

26.Discovery commons.com ‘CNN founder ted turner and his lewy body dementia:what you need to learn’, discovery commons san pablo memory care, 13/5/23.

27.Inside the games.biz ‘as brisbane looms, 20 years ago this week the goodwill games drew to a close’, by phillip barker, 5/9/2021.

28.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Goodwill_Games

29.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball

30.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_Race

31.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Foundation

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This week we will discuss those cities/countries who took hold of and snatched events away from other cities/countries. We will discuss in detail how Melbourne as a city have taken hold of most of the major sporting events in Australia and is regarded as the “Sports capital of the country”. In this episode we will also discuss some of the following:

-The history of a well-known motor racing event and how one city who was doing a great job in staging had it taken away in a shifty manner.

-The corruption involved in World Cup bids, especially with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

-Major Sporting events going interstate during the COVID period eg, AFL and NRL Grand Finals.

-Corruption in Olympic bids.

-Cities taking hold of sporting franchises, especially in America.

-Sporting teams in Australia eg, NRL taking some of their home games interstate.

-A well-known American professional baseball team which had a series of nicknames and were based in New York, then in a shock move, were relocated to the other side of the country leaving many fans devastated.

-Who sporting teams decide to relocate

-Why Melbourne is regarded as the sports capital of Australia.

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week. We also have our Quiz and What Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments and Glenn finishes off the show with another cracking joke.

Cities/Counties who stole teams/events sources

1.Clio and the contemporary.com the past and the present. ‘Sports, not politics? Contextualizing Qatar in the history of controversial sporting events’ by rohail salman, 7/12/2022,

2.New York Times.com ‘US says fifa officials were bribed to award world cups to russia and qatar’, published in 2020.

3.skynews.com.au ‘NSW government’s bold move to steal formula 1 australian GP from melbourne’, 22/10/2021.

4.quora.com ‘how did melbourne develop such a rich sporting culture compared to sydney?’, by harley vague, n.d.

5.yardbarker.com ‘cities that have infamously lost sports franchises’, by sam robinson. March, 2024.

6.wikipedia.com ‘relocation of professional sports teams in australian and new zealand’, april, 2022.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers

8.10play.com.au ‘NSW attempts stealing Melbourne Sporting events’, 13/7/2020

9.amp.nine.com.au nine wide world of sports. ‘Melbourne announce desire to steal state of origin for a decade on eve of blockbuster’, by patrick effeney, 31/5/2017.

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Grand_Prix

11.The guardian.com ‘saudi arabia has spent at least $1.5 on sportswahsing report reveals’, by ruth michaelson, 29/3/2021.

12.Fox sports.com ‘uncontested world cup bid a giant win in saudi’s rise from pariah to trusted sporting nation’, from AFP, 1/11/23.

13.Herald sun.com ‘melbourne steals australian open golf from sydney’, peter rolfe, 9/10/2017.

14.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Open_(golf)

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Island

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brabham

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_5000

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

19.grandprix.com.au ‘rewind : hill’s 1996 win and villeneuve’s warning shot’, 21/3/23.

20.abc.net.au ‘melbourne grand prix; south australia has itself to blame for losing race 20 years ago’, by loretta florance and mark doman, 13/3/2015.

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Street_Circuit

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Australian_Grand_Prix

23.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Australian_Grand_Prix

24.Formula one.com ‘sainz storms to victory amid drama in australia as verstappen retires and russell crashes out’, 24/3/24.

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kennett

26.https://www.livgolf.com/events/adelaide?season=2024&tournamentId=28

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed episode. This week we will discuss some well-known sportspeople from over the years who have earned the unpopular tag of being a traitor by their fans. It may be an athlete or coach who have left their current team or country and earnt the disdain of supporters. Some of who we will discuss include:

-A Portuguese football legend known for his incredible skill. He went from being worshipped at Barcelona to being absolutely detested when he made a shock move to play for Barcelona’s arch rival Real Madrid.

-An NBA basketball legend who enraged Cleveland Cavaliers’ fans when he left the club and signed a bid deal with another team.

-Les Boyd, John Dorathy and Ray Brown leaving Western Suburbs to play for their much-hated rival Manly Warringhah.

-Jamie Lyon packing up and leaving Parramatta in the middle of big contract.

-Kevin Pietersen, Jofra Archer.

-West Indies Rebel Cricket that went to South Africa during the height of apartheid.

-Ivan Cleary

-Kate Allen and Johanna Konta

-Eddie Jones

-Wendall Sailor

-Luke Ball and Max Hudghton

-Carlos Tevez

-Marion Hossa

-Glenn Lazarus

-Harry Redknapp

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia drops by to do our Quiz and Who Am I? We also have our Where Are They Now? segment and Glenn finishes up with another cracking joke.

Traitors and heartbreakers sources

1.The sportster.com ‘top 20 biggest traitors in sports history’, by TS staff, 2/11/2014.

2.bettingus.com ‘what were the worst betrayals in sport’, by lisa spencer, senior editor, 21/4/23.

3.bigfooty.com ‘roast, club traitors: the new list’, chief 7/4/2021.

4.herald.sun.com ‘rugby league legend glenn lazarus branded a traitor by NSW greats’, by tyson otto, 21/4/2016.

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

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Konta

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Bennett_(rugby_league)

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James#National_team_career

9.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo

10.IMDb.com ‘luis figo, biography’, n.d.

11.The figo affair, the transfer that changed football. Netflix film 2022.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jones_(rugby_union)

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Sailor

14.rugby.com.au ‘flashback friday: wendall sailor returns to suncorp stadium’, 2/7/2020.

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Ball

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hudghton

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

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

19.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_U-20_World_Cup

20.Fundacao luis figo, pass it on (luis figo foundation.com)

21.Wikipedia. A1grandprix.com

22.Luis figo.com/pages/the family

23.pitchbook.com ‘network 90 club’.

24.CNN Sports.com ‘Branded a Rebel: Cricket’s Forgotten Men’, by Samantha Bresnahan CNN, 8/3/2013.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another great episode. This week we will discuss some of the many great sporting autobiographies. Reading sporting autobiographies are great in getting into the mind of famous sportspeople who share their fascinating stories and journeys in life. Some of the sportspeople we will talk who share their journey include.

-A former Aussie female tennis player who despite years of physical, mental, and financial abuse by her monstrous father, has risen above the odds and become a true inspiration, especially through her book “Unbreakable”.

-A current motor racing champion who claimed the distinguished honour of being knighted during his brilliant career.

-Steve Waugh, Alan Border, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath.

-Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson

-Marcus Trescothick

-Western Division Rugby League team

-Gareth Thomas

-Andre Agassi

-Rob Burrow and Neale Daniher and their courageous battles with Motor Neurone Disease.

-Kurt Fearnley

-Cathy Freeman

-Lisa Curry

-Michelle Payne

Miss Olivia is back to conduct the Quiz and Who Am I? segments. She will also talk about her recent appearance in a musical production.

Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps for the week. We have our segment Where Are they Now? and Glenn finishes off the episode with another one of his cracking jokes.

Trigger Warning- Parts of this episode discusses the sensitive topic of mental health, suicide. If this content affects you, dial Lifeline 131114 and 988 in United States.

Great Sporting Autobiographies sources

1.slman.com ‘13 of the best sports biographies ever written’, culture, 13/4/2022.

2.What we reading.com ‘9 powerful sports autobiographies every fan should read’, james, 18/1/23.

3.mirror.co.uk ‘20 best sports books ever written: brian clough, muhammad ali and more’, by anthony clavane, 25/9/2012.

4.nswrl.com.au ‘the night the music died’, nicholas janzen nswrl media, 6/8/2014.

5.amp.triplem.com.au ‘here’s 10 aussie sports books to get you motivated again!’, by georgie marr 11/6/2020.

6.Unbreakable, Jelana Dokic, with jess halloran, published 29/10/2018.penquin books.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Dokic

8.Whispering gums.com ‘unbreakable:conversation with jelana dokic’, 1/12/2017.

9.bookey.app/book. ‘Unbreakable by jelana dokic summary’ jelana dokic,

10.booktopia.com ‘blindsided, a rugby great confronts his greatest challenge’, by michael lynagh, 1/8/2015.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton

13.Lewis hamilton. My story, by lewis hamilton, google books, 2007.

14.goodreads.com ‘Lewis Hamilton. The biography’, by frank worrall, published 1/1/2021.john blake publishing.

15.express.co.uk ‘lewis hamilton and the four other F1 stars knighted as christian horner takes step closer’, by sam smith, 1/1/24.

16.httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Currys

17.://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/jelena-dokic

18.booktopia.com ‘lisa: the inspiring #1 best selling memoir’, lisa curry as told to ellen whinnett, 2/5/2022.

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

20.Born to run by cathy freeman, 2007. Published by penguin group, australia.

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Freeman

22.Brotherhood books.org.au ‘cathy’, by cathy freeman and scott gullan.

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

24.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Davenport

25.Fox sports.com ‘jelana dokic targeted by disgusting online trolls during Aus open’, staff writers from news.com.au 20/1/23.

26.penguin.com.au ‘fearless, finding the power to thrive’ by jelana dokic. Published 12/9/23.

27.dailymail.co.uk ‘emotional moment retired tennis star jelana dokic bursts into tears on live TV following a simple comment from a french rival- after opening up about battle with fat-shaming trolls’, by kylie stevens from daily mail, australia. 24/1/2022.

28.independent.co.uk ‘jelana dokic: i haven’t spoken to my abusive father in 10 years- i sleep well at night’, by kieran jackson, 28/12/23.

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Paul is back for another action-packed episode. This week he will discuss some of the great clutch plays in sport, ie, sportspeople who have excelled under pressure at a particular moment to win a title or lead their team to an important victory. In this episode, some of what I will discuss include.

-An Australian rugby great who at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, authorised an important play that clinched victory when all seemed lost.

-The well-known play that took place in one of the greatest boxing bouts in history and was performed by the “greatest”.

-Tiger Woods memorable chip shot at the 2005 Masters.

-State of Origin moments eg, Ben Ikin, Darren Lockyear

-Mal Menninga’s ankle tap at 1989 Grand Final.

-Bubba Watson

-Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni

-Willie Mays

-Sam Jones

-Michael Jordan

-Sergio Ramos

-David Beckham

-Divock Origi

I will play some audio of some of these great clutch moments. I also have the Quiz and of course, we also have our segments What am I? and Where are they Now

Clutch Play sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lynagh

2.The sydney morning herald.com ‘dear wallabies, this is no time to panic, just ask noddy’, by peter fitzsimmons 20/9/23.

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#Fly-half

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Australia_rugby_union_tour_of_Britain_and_Ireland

5.Great australian sporting moments, the headlines, the record breakers, the triumphs and the magic moments by michael roberts, 2008, the miegunyah press, melbourne.

6.Hamilton rugby 1991 ‘gordon hamilton RWC try of the tournament’, 23/10/2011.

7.IMG ‘24 days to go. Michael lynagh breaks irish hearts’, 25/8/2015.

8.https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-points-in-a-rugby-union-international-career

9.The guardian.com ‘michael lynagh in stable condition after suffering stroke’, lenore taylor, associated press. 19/4/2012.

10.Financial review.com ‘rugby’s golden boy michael lynagh faces his biggest challenge’ by mark ludlow, 8/4/2015.

11.Off the ball.com ‘it will indelibly be part of my career. Michael lynagh on that 1991 try against ireland’, off the ball app, n.d.

12.https://golf.castigliondelbosco.com “member’s stories. Michael lynagh’, 6/3/2022.

13.Planet rugby.com ‘michael lynagh hails significant six nations win as sons shine in italy and australia to cap special day for the family’, by alex spink, 11/3/24.

1. Epsom college.org.uk ‘rugby international michael lynagh lecture’, 19/10/2018.

15.Off the ball. ‘Michael lynagh: my stroke experience and recovery’, 17/10/2019.

16.Wide world of sports. nine.com ‘laughing at us: michael lynagh’s fears for scarred wallabies after historic rugby world cup exit after pool stage’, by sam worthington 9/10/23.

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_(sports)

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Masters_Tournament

19.Simon bonelle ‘tiger woods chip shot 16th hole 2005 US Masters’, 13/7/2007.

20.one37pm.com ‘the 15 most iconic sports photos of all-time’, by justin cohen, 7/11/23.

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope-a-dope

22.lonsdalelondon.com.au. Ali 1942-2016. The greatest, a special tribute.published by bauer media pty ltd.

23.bbc.sport.com ‘david beckham: 20-year anniversary of iconic free-kick that sent england to 2002 world cup’.football. 6/10/2021.

24.Dinadangdong. ‘England vs greece 2001 (W/S Stereo)’ 23/7/2011

25.Melbourne cricket ground ‘steve waugh’s remarkable catch at the MCG’, 12/12/2019.

26.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Mays

27.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)

28.Bleacher report.com ‘the 100 most clutch moments in sports history’, asher chancey, 8/11/2010.

29.sportskeeda.com ‘6 most clutch players in football currently’, by shambhu ajith, 10/12/2021.

30.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shot

31.The matty johns podcast ‘great clutch players’, 27/8/2020.

Intro music- One Shot by Soundroll

Outro music- Can’t Give it Up by All Good Folks from Upbeat.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining, bumper episode. This week we will discuss some of the well-known Iconic Sporting photos taken over the years from a wide range of sports from different photographers. Some of what will be discussed include:

-A legendary American photographer who developed a passion for the camera from an early age and took what is without doubt the most famous sporting photo of all-time.

-A well-known photo taken at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the early 1970’s.

-A photo taken at the 1999 Women’s football World cup known as “the bra photo”.

-The “Hand of God”, photo.

-Well-known Australian sporting photos e.g., The Rugby League Gladiators, Cathy Freeman at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Gordan Tallis and Terry Hill face to face, Brett Lee and Andrew Flintoff Ashes photo.

-100m final at 1896 Olympics, Phar Lap’s last race

-Usain Bolt, The One-handed catch, the Black Power salute.

-The oldest sports photo ever taken.

-Bobby Orr’s famous dive and Roger Bannister breaking the 4-minute mile.

-Tiger Woods at the Masters

-Bobby Moore and Pele.

-Eddie Gaedel

-Famous Aussie Rules marks eg, Alex Jazalenko and Leo Barry.

-The Tied Test 1960,

-Nicky Winmar and his stand against racism.

-Ian Thorpe’s false start,

-Don Bradman,

We give our Claps and Slaps for the week, and have our regular Quiz segment, where are they Now? and this week it is a “What happens next?”. Glenn finishes off the show with a crackin joke.

Iconic Sporting Photos sources

1.Stadium talk.com ‘greatest sports photos of all time’ by ross kelly, 26/10/23.

2.one37pm.com ‘the 15 most iconic sports photos of all-time’, by justin cohen, 7/11/23.

3.The guardian.com ‘the joy of sic:iconic sports photos’, by barry glendenning, 23/10/2015.

4.The guardian.com ‘the joy of six:australian sport’s ;most memorable photographs’, by russell jackson, 12/3/2014.

5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Ashes_series

6.Australia versus England. An illustrated history of every test match since 1877. By David Firth, 2007. Viking/Penquin Books.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel

8.The culturetrip.org ‘10 most iconic sports photographs in history’, by michael LoRe, 16/10/2018.

9.Great australian sporting moments. Michael roberts. 2008. The miegunyah press.

10.Muhammad Ali. the eye-witness story of a boxing legend, by alan goldstein.2000, carlton books ltd.

11.Spirit of the ashes, by jack egan, 2006. Wilkinson publishing pty ltd.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norman

13.The olympics: athens to athens 1896-2004. Weidenfelf and nicholson. Produced by the Olympic Museum, Lausanne. The orion publishing group.

14.https://neilleifer.com/pages/biography

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Leifer

16.foxsports.com ‘when muhammad ali knocked out sonny liston: the story behind the most famous image in sport’, by chris rattue, NZ herald from news.com.au, 27/5/2020.

17.Google, arts and culture.com ‘the art of sports photography:from prints to images (1835-2017). By the olympic museum. Lausanne, switzerland.

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

19.https://aboutphotography.blog/photographer/neil-leifer

20.taschen.com ‘neil leifer. Boxing. 60 years of fights and fighters’, neil leifer, published january 2021.

21.photofocus.com ‘on photography:neil leifer, 1942-present’, by kevin ames, 18/9/2022.

22.Time ‘ali vs liston, behind neil leifer’s photograph/100 photos’, red border films.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed episode. This week we explore some of the most dangerous sports around today that range from fast-paced competition to rough physical contact and harsh weather conditions. They range in their levels of excitement, intensity and risk and provide exhilarating sensations and challenges that push competitors to their limits. Some of what we will discuss include.

-A sport that involves catching the world’s biggest and most powerful waves.

-A man who has been a pioneer of his sport, has revolutionized new water sports and inspired and educated many through his inventive training techniques and healthy nutrition.

-A popular female sport that featured in a popular film series and involves numerous routines and dangerous stunts.

-The dangers involved in well-known sports such as cricket, motor racing, horse racing, mixed martial arts, skiing.

-Rock climbing, mountaineering, abseiling and hang-gliding.

-Cliff diving and sport diving, free diving.

-Base jumping

-Bullfighting and bull riding

-Street luging

-Jai-lie.

We give our Claps and Slaps for the week and Glenn has a few crackin jokes. We also have our Quiz and What Am I? and Where Are they now? segments.

Dangerous sports sources

1.https://www.britannica.com/sports/extreme-sports

2.uniqgene.com ‘what is the most dangerous sport? Top 13 most dangerous sports in the world’.

3.runnersathletics.com ‘the 20 most dangerous sports in the world in 2023’.soph, 19/11/23.

4.gitnux.org gitnux market data report 2024 'statistics about the most dangerous sports in the world’, by jannik lindner, 7/2/24.

5.Cbc. sports.com ‘7 world class competitive skiers who died’, cbc news, 11/3/2012.

6.abyss.com abyss scuba diving ‘how deep can you dive’, Peter L, 19/5/2022.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_diving_(sport)

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping

9.finder.com.au ‘most dangerous sports in australia’, by nicola middlemiss and james martin, 21/8/23.

10.IMDb.com ‘bring it on’, michael rokeefe, 29/8/2001.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading

12.Cheer theory.com ‘cheerleading will not make its olympic debut in los angeles 2028’, 19/10/23.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_(film_series)

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

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_solo_climbing

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold

17.Duane, daniel ‘opinion. El capitan, my el capitan”, new york times 9/6/2017.

18.Unofficial networks.com ‘7 surprising facts about ski deaths and injuries’, 26/3/2017 researchers at john hopkins.

19.espn.in ‘study: MMA brain risk injury risk higher’, by associated press, 29/3/2014.

20.Human condition ‘the history of jal alai, america’s forgotten sport’, footage getty, benny bueno and leon shepard. 26/4/2018.

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_wave_surfing

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatalities_while_playing_cricket

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

24.Kenny loggins- ‘danger zone’, (official video, top gun), 25/3/2011.

25.https://lairdhamilton.com/

26.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Hamilton

27.Rapture supercamps.com ‘7 of the biggest waves in the world’, by gloria mathew.2024.

28.redbull.com ‘10 biggest waves ever surfed’, by esther hershlkovits, 17/11/23.

29.redbull.com ‘the right. Like you’ve never seen it before’, by mimi la montagne, 5/11/23.

30.https://www.xptlife.com/about

31.amazon.com ‘liferider: heart, body, soul, and life beyond the ocean’, by laird hamilton, 19/3/2019. Clarkson, potter/ten speed.

32.https://www.redbull.com/au-en/event-series/wsl-big-wave-surfing

33.redbull.com ‘lucas chumbo chianca goes big to win tudor nazare big wave challenge’, by chris binns, 25/1/24.

34.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eddie

35.The guardian.com ‘riding the giant:big wave surfing in nazare’, by tim lewis,

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Paul and Glenn are back for another enthralling episode. This week we have a special episode paying respect to the great Motor Racing driver Aryton Senna, whose death 30 years ago shocked the world. In this episode we celebrate his life and his achievements and the legacy he has left three decades on.

Will also discuss the events leading up to his fatal crash and how it led to improvements with safety in regard to motor racing, especially with Formula One.

Paul and Glenn will give their Claps and Slaps. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? and we have our segment Where Are They Now?

Aryton senna sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_Senna

2.https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Ayrton_Senna. Text by gerald donaldson.

3.sportshistoryweekly.com ‘aryton senna, anatomy of a crash’, 16/10/2022

4.Sports illustrated, Fan nation F1 briefings ‘aryton senna has been made a patron of brazilian sport after law change’, by lydia mee, 27/4/23.

5.Sports illustrated fan nation F1 briefings ‘motorsport world pays aryton senna tribute on anniversary of F1 icon’s death’, by lydia mee 1/5/23.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino_Grand_Prix

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Emilia_Romagna_Grand_Prix

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren

11.express.co.uk ‘roland ratzenberger:the forgotten F1 driver who died at the same race as aryton senna”. By harry smith, 21/1/24.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Formula_One_World_Championship

13.https://cars.mclaren.com/au-en/ultimate-series/mclaren-senna/the-legend

14.https://www.formula1.com/en/teams/McLaren.html

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-wheel_car

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Japanese_Grand_Prix

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Formula_One_World_Championship

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_European_Grand_Prix

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

20.Ayrton senn.net ‘professor sid watkins looks back on one of motor racing blackest weekends’ by a tribute to life network. 30/4/2012.

21.IMBd.com ‘senna. The next adventure’, mini series. 2024.

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Formula_One_World_Championship

23.The 81st Minute ‘A legendary footy show cross to dapto dogs’, 6/11/2019.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed fun episode. This week in our ANZAC Day special, we look at the Trans/Tasman rivalry between Australia and New Zealand in sport. We also pay our respects to the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have served in war and those who have lost their lives.

In this episode some of what we will discuss include.

-The close rivalry in netball between the two countries and the prestigious trophy they play for every year.

-The history of Rugby League between the two nations and the tough, brutal encounters.

-An infamous brawl that took place on the sidelines between two forwards in a Rugby League test in 1985 and the two culprits involved.

-The dominance of New Zealand rugby in the Bledisloe Cup. And in Super Rugby.

-New Zealand teams that play in some of Australia’s national sporting competitions eg, New Zealand Warriors, the Breakers.

-Australia and New Zealand at the Olympic Games.

-How Aussie Rules was the first time the two nations played sport against each other in 1868.

-The history of Cricket between the two nations in all three formats of the game.

-History of Soccer between the nations and appearances at the World Cup.

-New Zealand’s impressive performances in horse racing and motor racing.

-Some well-known New Zealand racehorses and V8 Supercar drivers.

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Glenn has a crackin joke. We also have our Quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are Now? segments.

Australia and New Zealand rivalry sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day

2.Sport and war. By Australian war memorial. Google, arts and culture.

3.NZ pocket guide.com ‘the new zealand/australia rivalry:what you need to know’, by Robin C, 2024.

4.The university of Queensland, australia. Sport, war and society in austalia and new zealand’, martin crotty and robert hess, routledge, 2016.

5.aph.gov.au ‘the anzac connection: trans-tasman ties in the century since beersheba’, by chris seed, parliament of australia, n.d.

6.foxsports.com ‘mad tuesday: 11 things you never wanted to know about the trans tasman sporting rivalry’, by trevor marshallsea, 3/5/2016.

7.The guardian.com ‘trans-tasman rivalry: off-the-pitch clashes between australia and new zealand’, by michael safi, 30/10/2015.

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93New_Zealand_sports_rivalries

9.The spinoff.co.nz ‘rating the best trans-tasman sporting rivalries’, by alex braae, 23/4/2021.

10.newshub.co.nz ‘five factors in the nz-australia sporting rivalry’, 29/10/2015.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_Cup

12.https://diamonds.netball.com.au/ConstellationCup2023

14.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_Olympics#:

16.Diamonds netball.com ‘australia netball team. Our history. The history of the australian diamonds is the history of netball’, n.d.

23.https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/38953/new-zealand-bred-melbourne-cup-winners

24.stuff.co.nz ‘kiwis conquer bathurst 1000: shane van gisbergen, richie stanaway record historic win’, by david long, 8/10/23.

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_van_Gisbergen

26.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Richards_(racing_driver

29.New zealand.com ‘maori haka’, 100% pure new zealand. N.d.

30.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_vs_New_Zealand_in_rugby_league

31.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Dowling

32.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Tamati

33.Nz herald.co.nz ‘league: tamati reveals racial abuse sparked infamous brawl’, by nzpa, 26/10/2008.

34.Carlaw park legends ‘kevin tamati/greg dowling dance’, cdl episode 4.22/4/2019.

35.A centenary of rugby league 1908-2008, the definitive story of the game in australia, ‘1985 mortimer magic’, by ian heads and david middleton, macmillan press,2008.

36.Daily telegraph.com ‘greg dowling stouch with kevin tamati defies trans-tasman test rivalry’, by robert craddock, 26/4/2015.

37.Inside aotearoa ‘fight: kevin tamati v greg dowling’, 16/4/2018.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This episode we will discuss some of the larger-than-life sportspeople from over the years ie, the tall and the large. Some of who will be discussed include:

-A Samoan Hawaiian who tried his luck at 18 years of age in the world of Sumo wrestling and became an international superstar.

-A Rugby Union great known for his great size, strength and speed and became the first big world superstar of the game in the new Professional World.

-The world’s tallest man Sultan Kosen

-Willie Foulke the biggest goalkeeper of all time.

-Ricardo Bias Jnr, the heaviest Olympian.

-Rahkeem Cornwall, the heaviest cricketer of all time.

-The “big ship”, Warwick Armstrong.

-Usain Bolt

-Tall cricketers e.g., Bruce Reid, Brendon Julien, Joel Garner.

-Ivo Karlovic

-Wilt Chamberlain, Yao Ming, Shaquelle O’Neil, Sun Ming, Manute Bol.

-Richard Medcalfe, Walid Maamry, Ben Tameifuna.

-Wiremu Greig

-Mason Cox, Aaron Sandilands

-Eric “Butterbean” Esch, Wladimir Klitschko

-Lisa Leslie, Holly Mangold, Sharran Alexander, the heaviest sportswoman in the world.

-Paul and Glenn give their Claps and slaps, Miss Olivia drops by to conduct the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where are they Now? and Glenn finishes off the show with a crackin joke.

Larger than life sportspeople sources

1.toptenz.net ‘top 10 (literally) larger than life athletes’, by fred hunt, 25/7/2012.

2.Topend sports.com ‘world’s tallest in sports’, robert wood, 2008.

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Taylor_(wrestler)

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Blas_Jr.

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

6.https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/warwick-armstrong-3982

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lomu

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Armstrong

9.sportsmonkie.com ‘top 10 tallest athletes of all time’, by sportsmanlike, 10/8/23.

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Karlovi%C4%87

11.The delite.com ‘30 of the biggest athletes of all time’, n.d.

12.tallestly.com ‘explore the top tallest female athletes in the world’, 2023.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogea_Mitu

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

15.amp.rugby365.com ‘top ten heaviest players in world rugby’, by online editors 1/8/2022.

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Metcalfe

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

18.https://www.richmondfc.com.au/players/4072/mate-colina

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

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Cox

21.topendsports.com ‘list of the tallest AFL players’, by rob wood and casper wood, october 2022.

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladimir_Klitschko

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

24.Bleacher report.com ‘the 35 most massive athletes in sports’, by amber lee, 23/9/2013.

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D

26.Edinburgh news.com ‘six nations 2020: how have players grown in size in the past 25 years-and who is the heaviest player in the tournament’. By ian leggat, 30/10/2020.

27.Japan guide.com ‘sumo’, 6/5/23.

28.https://www.usasumo.com/learn/rules-techniques/

29.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahifuji_Seiya

30.Web japan.org.kidzweb ‘winning a sumo bout’,

31.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Crora_Satoshi

32.The mainichi “pioneering sumo great konishiki marks 40 years in japan’, 23/6/2022.

33.LadBible.com ‘second heaviest ever sumo wrestler only ate two meals each day while training’, by tom wood, 27/3/2021.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we are going to discuss some of the weird and strange sporting injuries sportspeople have sustained over the years, mostly away from the sporting arena. Some of what will be discussed include:

• an NFL linebacker who suffered serious injuries from using fireworks and is using his experience to inspire those with disabilities and amputations.

• a well-known female tennis player who injured her ankle from dancing on the dancefloor at a cousin's wedding.

• Glenn Maxwell, Glenn McGrath, Chris Lewis, Johnny Bairstow.

• Robbie Kearns, David Gillespie, Tom Trbojevic, Greg Eastwood, Ben Czialoqaki.

• Bobby Cruickshank.

• Glenallen Hill, Brian Anderson, Trevor Bauer, Felix Pie.

• Lionel Simmons

• Bill Gramatica, Antonio Brown

• Paulo Diago, Darren Fletcher, Kirk Broadfoot, Alex Stepney.

We have our Quiz and Claps and Slaps. We also have our segments Who Am I? and Where are they Now? and Glenn has some crackin blonde jokes.

Weird sporting injury sources

1.Bleacher report.com ‘ranking the 25 weirdest sports injuries of all time’, kerry miller, 11/4/2017.

2.dailymail.co.uk ‘serena williams cutting her foot open on a beer bottle, darren fletcher’s toilet door knockout and kirk broadfoot being scolded by a POACHED EGG…….’ by max winters for mailonline, 9/5/2021.

3.Usa today.com ‘most bizarre injuries in sports history’, usa today, 25/1/2013.

4.foxsports.com.au ‘rugby league’s top eight freak off-field injuries to the stars of the game’, scott bailey, big league magazine from news ltd.21/3/2014.

5.espncricinfo.com ‘dogs, golf and avocados: cricket’s unusual injuries’, by andrew mcglashan, 23/10/23.

6.Cricket australia. ‘Maxwell out of england match after golf accident’, louis cameron, 1/11/23.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gillespie

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Clijsters

9.foxsports.com ‘he was fine when he was walking off: mystery man harry opens up on late night turbo race’, darcie mc donald,23/2/2021.

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gramatica

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Diogo

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Pierre-Paul

13.Sports illustrated.com ‘Exclusive: jason pierre-paul relives explosion that destroyed his hand’, by jason buckland, 12/4/2016.

14.Sports yahoo.com ‘jason pierre-paul overcomes fireworks accident:broken neck to make it back to super bowl’, by frank schwab, 5/12/2021.

15.https://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/players-roster/jason-pierre-paul/2023.

16.Abc news.go.com ‘jason pierre-paul stars in new safety psa: leave the fireworks to the professionals’, by abc news, 30/6/2016.

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

18.espn.com ‘ryan lochte tears knee ligament’ 6/11/13, espn.com news services.

19.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Pie

20.dazn.com.en ‘how does the pro bowl work?’ by tayibb abu, 27/1/24.

21.https://www.nfl.com/players/jason-pierre-paul/stats/

22.foxsports.com ‘former pro-bowler jason pierre-paul will reportedly sign with dolphins’, ian rapoport, 27/11/23.

23.The pivot podcast ‘JPP talks july 4th blow up, costing him his fingers and almost football and his NFL return’, 11/10/23.

24.Liverampup.com ‘Jason Pierre-Paul’s amazing journey through fatherhood and staggering net worth’. By Riya Karmacharya, 11/3/2022.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss some of the well-known mascots of the sporting world, ie, team mascots and major sporting event mascots. In this episode some of what will be discussed includes

-A Rugby League mascot that was sent from the field.

-The role mascots have in merchandising.

-Borobi the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mascot.

-Sydney 2000 Olympics mascots Syd, Millie and Ollie and other Olympic mascots.

-FIFA World Cup mascots

-A large and well-known mascot used for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games which now makes its home outside a Queensland service station.

-Mascots in American sports and the most popular ones.

-The first professional mascot and what’s involved in working as a mascot.

-Well-known AFL and NRL mascots.

-A well-known mascot used for the 1980 Olympics that was used in various forms, went into space and the man who created it.

Miss Olivia is back to do the Quiz and Who Am I? segments. We also have Where Are they Now? and Glenn wraps up the show with a crackin joke.

Mascot sources

1.topendsports.com ‘sports mascots’, 6/4/24.

2.topendsports.com ‘major sporting event mascots’, 5/3/2024.

3.The rugby league digest ‘stanley the steeler sent from the field’, 25/6/2020.

4.Dailymotion, stanley steeler…backs his team, ‘stanley the steeler gets sent off, may 2022-illawarra mercury.

5.Wikipedia ‘list of australian sporting mascots’,

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youppi!

7.Topendsports ‘football world cup mascots’, 5/3/24.

8.Topendsports ‘olympic games mascots’5/3/24.

9.sportmascots.com ‘major sport mascots MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL’,

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_(mascot)

11.topendsports.com “winter olympic games mascots”,10/4/24.

12.theringer.com ‘a definitive ranking of every olympic mascot’, by shaker samman, 9/2/2018.

13.Planet football.com ‘ranking every world cup mascot ever: la’eeb.footix, world cup willie…’, planet football, 6/11/2022.

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

15.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/mascot

16.abc.net.au ‘commonwealth games: matilda enjoys the quiet life after shining in spotlight as 1982 mascot’, by patrick williams, 4/4/2018.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony

19.The olympians from 1964-2020, ‘the moscow olympics. Mascot misha the bear part 2: the creator at odds with property rights in the soviet union”, by roy tomizawa, 21/11/2016.

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chizhikov

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics

22.https://letitiamorris.com/product/olympic-bear-misha-1980-original-vintage-poster/

23.linkedIn.com ‘where is the balloon mishka of the olympiada-2980 talisman been gotten the landing on’, by sergei bendin, 22/7/2020.

24.Dschinghis khan- moskau (ZDF Disco 17/9979) 1/11/23

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Outro music- Can't Give It Up by All Good Folks from Upbeat.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed episode. This week we explore the world of animal sports, some that are well-known and some little=known.

(Warning- some of our discussion will be on animal cruelty e.g., the greyhound live-baiting scandal).

Some of what we will discuss in this episode includes.

-Successful and famous racehorses overseas and in Australia e.g., Secretariat and Winx.

-Famous and successful greyhounds. E.g., Bally Regal Bob.

-Australia’s most successful racing greyhound, and her trainer and owner.

-Interesting facts about greyhounds.

-Well-known horse races around the world. E.g., Kentucky Derby.

-An annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held in Canada every year labelled as “The Greatest Show on Earth”.

-Bullfighting, dog shows and some funny animal sports e.g., toad racing.

-Some funny names of racehorses. E.g., Aaaaaarrrrrrrr.

-Controversial surrounding animal sports. Ethical concerns, Exploitation, and impact on wildlife conservation.

We have our Quiz and segments What Am I? and Where Are they Now? and Glenn is back with some crackin jokes.

Animal sports sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_sport

2.https://country.racing.com/jumps

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala_King

4.linkedin.com ‘the case against animal sports:a call for ethical treatment’, anuMeena care foundation, 18/102023.

5.TikTok @WHR ‘six funniest horse names in racing’, 22/9/23.

6.kruzey.com ‘funny horseracing names’, ben h, 14/10/2022.

7.oxford-stadium.co.uk ‘what is the most famous greyhound dog?’ oxford stadium ltd 2024.

8.bettingpro.com australia ‘top 10 harness racing horses of all time’, 16/2/23.

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

10.strawpoll.com ‘the most famous show jumping horse: ranking the esteemed equine champions’, by gregor krambs 8/3/24.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_(horse)

12.Modernwarfarecheats ‘ARRRRRR’ 7/3/2011

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Stampede

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

15.https://www.britannica.com/sports/dog-show

16.India today.in ‘weirdest animals sports from history you must not have known’, india today webdesk, 19/2/2016.

17.https://www.britannica.com/sports/Triple-Crown-American-thoroughbred-horse-racing

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankel_(horse)

19.Equestrian stylist.com ‘five of the best equestrian olympians of all time’, 23/2/2022.

20.https://cvm.msu.edu/annualreport/2016/in-pursuit-solving-the-mystery-of-shivers#

21.Camp greyhound.ccm ‘interesting greyhound facts’, n.d.

22.thisdaylive.com ‘the top australian greyhounds of all time’, life and amp, style, 2023.

23.https://www.thedogs.com.au/dogs/196736/she-s-a-pearl

24.https://www.thedogs.com.au/dogs/283392/wow-she-s-fast

25.https://www.grv.org.au/racing/hall-of-fame/greyhounds/fanta-bale/

26.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_Australia

27.https://www.thedogs.com.au/dogs/78629/fanta-bale

28.Australian racing greyhound.com ‘fanta bale’s fourth litter may have unearthed her best prodigy yet’, by kevin pitstock, 28/9/2023.

29.https://fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Form/-622536

30.https://www.thegreyhoundrecorder.com.au/greyhounds/fanta-bale/

31.Towcester racecourse.co.uk ‘who are the most famous greyhounds of all time?’,

32.Sandown Greyhounds ‘Fanta Bale’s group 1 wins’ 28/3/2018.

1. The 12th Man 'Wired World of Sports, Tappy and Kenny', by Billy Birmingham, 1987.

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Paul is back for another blockbusting episode. This time he is joined again by Miss Olivia to discuss some well-known sporting logos from over the years. Some of what will be discussed include.

-A well-known Canadien Ice Hockey team which has had numerous logo changes over its long and illustrious career.

-A well-known NFL team with a very recognisable logo that has stood the test of time.

-The change in Rugby League logo’s over the years from the Retro age to now.

-The world’s most recognisable sports logos e.g., the Olympic Rings, Nike, Addidas.

-FIFA World Cup logos over the years from 1930.

-The Parramatta Eel’s logo

-Tips on how to design an impressive sports logo.

-The most popular sporting logos

-Some sporting logos from some American Professional sporting teams.

-AFL logos today and Premier League logos.

Both Paul and Olivia discuss and rate some sports logos. Miss Olivia does the Quiz and What Am I? We also have our Where is it now? segment.

Logo sources

1.Creative bloq. Com ‘12 of the best sports logos of all time’, by tom may, 4/8/2023.

2.https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2023/10/17/a-new-era-for-the-sea-eagles/

3.Footy headlines.com ‘full fifa world cup log history from 1930 until 2022-where does qatar 2022 rank?’, by chris 5/9/2019.

4.Photoline.co.uk, ‘top 10 world cup logos of all time’, 2024.

5.The logo company.net ‘the best sports logos in america-top 10’, n.d.

6.Wdnicolson.com ‘ten best logos in rugby league history’, 29/9/2009.

7.The kennel.net.au, the lounge ‘NRL logos: the best and the worst’, by howard moon, kennel addict,17/1/2020.

8.The roar.com.au ‘the unofficial 2022 AFL team logo rankings-part 2’, by arroyo roar rookie, 29/5/2022.

9.90min.com ‘the 20 premier league badges ranked’, by sean walsh, 13/10/2023.

10.Sportslogos.net ‘montreal canadiens logos history’, n.d.

11.1000 logos ‘montreal canadiens logo’, 25/6/2022.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens

13.https://1000logos.net/parramatta-eels-logo/

14.Jersey watch.com ‘how to create a sports logo in 5 easy steps’, by tim gusweiler, n.d.

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_NHL_expansion

18.The hockeywriters.com ‘habs have the best fgan culture in the league’, by ben wagner, 11/9/23.

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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)

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This episode we are going to discuss some memorable performances by sportspeople from over the years who have come on substitutions. Some of who we will discuss include

• a struggling Rugby League forward who came onto the field in the final stages of the 1989 NSWRL Grand Final, scoring a memorable try and winning the premiership for the Canberra Raiders (first non-Sydney club to do so).

• a well-known current Aussie cricketer who replaced Steve Smith as a concussion super-sub in a test match.

• Ryan Giggs and Paul Crouch

• Tim Cahill, Andrew Redmayne and Josh Kennedy

• Craig Wing, Mark Coyne, Tonie Carroll

• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

• Gary Pratt

• Kevin Mealamu

• Brody Couch

• Robert Lewandowski

• Vince Carter

• David Trezquet

• Cliff Lyons

Paul talks about his recent visit to the Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame. We give our recent Claps and Slaps and have our Quiz. We also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Sports Super Subs sources

1.Quora.com ‘which substitute had the biggest impact on a football (soccer) game?’ xavi sala

2.Rugby league monthly.com ‘the NRL’s greatest utilities’, elliot richardson, 1/12/2020.

3.Ruck.co.uk ‘revealed: the 10 most used replacements in test rugby history’, 8/11/2017, steven.

4.Australian-football.sports.narkive.com ‘n.d.

5.Bleacher report.com ‘15 greatest super-subs in world football history’, thomas atzenhoffer, 30/11/2011.

6.Planetsport.com ‘top supe-subs in the premier league’, planet sports writer, 2023.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Cronin_(rugby_union)

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnus_Labuschagne

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

10.Fox cricket/kayo sports ‘super sub couch’s unbelievable juggling act’. 2022.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Couch

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keven_Mealamu

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lewandowski

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

15.NoDunks Inc. ‘NBA superstars who became super subs!’, #nba# shorts, n.d.

16.Cbssports.com ‘hawks’vince carter:complete effort off the bench’, by rotowire staff, 31/1/2020.

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

18.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_(rugby_league)

19.National Rugby League ‘Tigers v Raiders/Grand Final 1989/Full Match Replay/NRL’, 26/4/2020.

20.The sydney morning herald ‘raiders hero steve jackson seals it from the best seat in the house’, by david polkinghorne, 21/3/2019.

21.https://www.magpiesmackay.com.au/srl/

22.https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/

23.Daily mail australia.com.au ‘alcoholic footy grand final hero turned politician steve jackson reveals the shattering moment with his 12 year old son that made him stop drinking’, by shayne bugden for daily mail australia, 20/12/23.

24.The finals, 100 years of national rugby league finals. Steve haddan, presented by the gold coast bulletin.2008.

25.A centenary of rugby league 1908-2008. The definitive story of the game in australia, by ian heads and david middleton.pan macmillan australia pty ltd 2008.

26.The Who- Substitute. 23/1/2010.

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Paul is back for another entertaining episode, this time joined by Miss Olivia to discuss his favourite commentators from over the past 50 years. Some of who he will pay tribute to include.

-A legend in Australian sports broadcasting who has excelled in calling a wide range of sports, especially athletics and Aussie Rules and has earned the nickname “Mr Olympics”.

-Another legend of Australian sports broadcasting who has excelled in calling sport on both the radio and TV and his daughter who is following in her father’s footsteps.

-Ray Hadley and Ray Warren

-The former Channel Nine cricket commentary team e.g., Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Bill Lawry.

-Jim Maxwell, Henry Blofield, Ian Smith, and Jonathan Agnew.

-American commentators such as Jim Nantz and Howard Cosell.

-Martin Tyler, David Morrow, Gordan Bray.

-Rex Mossop, Darrel Eastlake, Drew Morphett

-Christopher Martin-Jenkins

-Norman May, Bob Sheridan, Murray Walker.

We also have our Quiz and Who am I? and Where are they Now? Segments and Paul will rank his top ten favourite sports commentators.

Favourite sporting commentators sources

1.Stadium talk.com ‘greatest sports announcers of all time’. By tony adams. 7/6/2023.

2.Careerhq.com.au ‘media/digital media ‘sports commentator’.n.d.

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Sheridan

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McAvaney

5.Goodylondon “bill lawry on fire with going nuts…super commentator”.6/3/2012.

6.Manchester in blue ‘agueroooooooooo…..’, 18/5/2018.

7.Norman may topic ‘gold, gold, gold’. Great moments in australian sport by the orchard enterprises. Gold, gold, gold. norman may.16/11/2014.

8.International rugby league classic ‘mal menninga. Australia vs great britain. 1990’, tim edison. 22/2/2023.

9.Ziptartar warrior ‘down goes frazier, down goes frazier, down goes frazier!!!’8/10/2011.

10.Dan janiszewski ‘george gregan jeff wilson tackle’, 9/5/2014.

11.The masters ‘great calls in masters history: adam scott-2013’, 7/4/2019.

12.Sportscaster91 ‘1997 ARL grand final darren albert’s try (ray hadley call), 27/1/2012.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hadley

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

15.Todd van steensel ‘queensland miracle try’, 28/4/2008.

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blofeld

17.The sydney morning herald and the age ‘glenn maxwell hits double-century in cricket world-cup’, 8/11/23.

18.Bob loblaw ‘jonathan agnew (aggers) and brian johnston- test match special legover outtake’, 11/3/2011.

19.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lane_(journalist)

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Media

21.Sportscaster91 ‘sydney 2000 women’s 400 metre final (abc call) cathy freeman’. 26/1/2012.

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_McGuire

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

24.Abc listen. Abc.net.au ‘samantha and tim lane:family, football and love’, 25/2/2018.

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Parkin

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. In this episode we continue on the topic of sporting quotes and look back at some of the funny and entertaining sporting quotes from over the years. Paul will talk about the master of funny quotes, the great Muhammed Ali and some of his masterpieces. We will also discuss.

-A retired Aussie sports broadcaster who was not only a brilliant Aussie Rules and Swimming commentator but was known for his tremendous one liners and great wit.

-English cricketer James Ormand classic reply to Mark Waugh in a test match.

-Rex Mossop and Jack Gibson

-Joe Mourinho

-W.G Grace

-Jai Taurima

-An Aussie golfing great who stated the very obvious.

-Conor McGregor

-Lee Trevino, Gary Player, and Bobby Jones

-Mick Malthouse

-Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry

-Megan Jones

-Bart Scott

-Chuck Nevitt

-Mike Ditka

-Ron Atkinson

-Duffy Daugherty and Joe Theisman

-Robin Williams

-Robinho

-Joan Benoit

-Frank Gifford

-Pete Rose

-George Best

Our claps and slaps return for the year and Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We also have our Where Are they Now segment?

Funny sporting quotes sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ormond

2.Why are you so fat? Cricket’s best ever sledges. By gershon prtnoi, simon and schuster UK Ltd. 2010. A CBS company.

3.Muhammad ali. The eye-witness story of a boxing legend. By Alan Goldstein. Forward by george foreman. Carlton books limited, london 2000.

4.Azquotes.com ‘funny sports quotes’, n.d.

5.Globalstarholidays.com.au ‘famous sportsmen’s famous quotes’, malcolm simpson.n.d.

6.Buzzfeed.com ‘37 hilarious sports quotes that are basically timeless’, by jeremy hayes, 31/5/2021.

7.Topendsports.com ‘aussie olympics quotes. Olympic games quotations.’ n.d.

8.Nzherald.co.nz ‘boxing legend muhammed ali’s most memorable, funniest and inspiring quotes’, news.com.au 4/6/2016.

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

10.https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Gibson

11.https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jose-mourinho-quotes

12.mirror.co.uk/sport/row “jose mourinho’s 13 funniest quotes, after he claims man united cannot walk from the bed to the toilet”, richard innes, 1/5/2017.

13.Cricket quotes ‘eric hollies on don bradman’, foto garias masa, 1/10/2013.

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

15.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Greg-Norman

16.Topendsports.com “famous australian olympic quotes”.22/11/23.

17.The sporting news.com “the best, the funniest, motivational quotes in sports”, by kevin L. burke. 10/10/2015.

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

19.The Irishpost.com “19 iconic george best quotes”, by jack beresford, 28/9/2021.

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cometti

21.The howie games podcast ‘dennis cometti’, 23/9/2016.

22.The guardian.com ‘dennis cometti: 15 classic commentary quotes fro the broadcasting veteran”. Guardian sport. 25/3/2016.

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

24.Heraldsun.com.au ‘dennis cometti commentary lines we will never forget’. By daniel fogarty, 10/9/2014.

25.Dennis cometti quotes on facebook group page. Facebook.com.

26.Apumone.com ‘dennis cometti net worth 2023, age, wife, children, height, parents, salary’,2023.

27.www.offtheball.com.au ‘Best of Dennis Cometti from AFL Evolution’, 8/5/2017.

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Paul is back for another action-packed episode. He is joined by Miss Olivia, and they will discuss some well-known inspirational sporting quotes by athletes and coaches from over the years. Some of what will be mentioned include.

• quotes from a man many consider to be the greatest coach in American football history and in all of American sports.

• an inspirational former Aussie swimmer who broke world records during his career and is now inspiring many through his guts and determination dealing with a rare, debilitating disease.

• the "smash em 'like guitars", quote from a former American swimmer and how the quote inspired a world record swim and the end of a long gold medal streak.

• the great Muhammed Ali and some of his many inspirational quotes.

• Jim Valvano and Herb Brooks

• Michael Jordan and Dennis Lillee

• Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus

• Pele

• Wayne Gretsky

• Arthur Ashe

• Bo Jackson

• Babe Ruth

• John Wooden and Phil Jackson

• Duncan Armstrong

• Jack Gibson

• Tommy Lasorda

We also discuss the importance of writing motivational quotes/affirmations. We have our Quiz and also our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Inspirational sporting quotes sources

1.Linktree.com ‘get inspired with our 30 best sports quotes’. By guest contributor, 2023.

2.The sporting news.com ‘the best-and funniest-motivational quotes in sports’, by kevin. L. burke, 10/10/2016.

3.Muhammed ali. The eye witness story of a boxing legend. By alan goldstein, carlton books, london, 2000.

4.Global star holidays australia ‘famous sportsmen’s famous quotes’, by malcolm simpson, n.d.

5.USA today.com ‘i inherited a cancer gene from my dad. He also lefgt me a game plan to live.’jamie valvano, 30/8/2023.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano

7.AZ quotes ‘funny inspirational sports quotes’, n.d.

8.Dennis lillee- cricket’s greatest. Roshan ariyaratnam, 9/6/2022.

9.Basketball mindset training.com ‘top 50 michael jordan quotes about basketball and life’, 22/10/23

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi

11.Goodreads.com ‘babe ruth quotes’, n.d.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooden

14.Quotes of famous people.com ‘jack gibson quotes’, n.d.

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Klim

17.https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/michael-klim/

18.Great australian sporting moments, by michael roberts with michael tormey, the miegunyah press, 2008.

19.https://www.azquotes.com/author/47204-Michael_Klim

20.Wide world of sports.nine.com.au ‘Exclusive: australian olympic hero michael klim’s debilitating symptoms have stabilised with the help of plasma donors’, by emily patterson, 2/10/2023.

21.The sunday project ‘Exclusive: australian swimming hero michael klim reveals major health battle with CIPD’, 10/7/2022.Network 10 the project tv.

22.Micebass ‘men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay sydney olympics 2000- www.wobblyblock.com’,7/2/2007.

23.Inside with brett hawke ‘smash them like guitars. Gary hall junior explains’, 2/12/2020.

1. Miracle-Coach Brooks Addresses Team Pre Game. by MurphyStar1. 12/6/2008.

2. ESPN Sports "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up!-Jimmy V. @espnthrowback.

3. Jim Valvano Three Things To Do in Life-by Kiersten Long. 2/5/2016.

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Paul is back for a fifth season of the Sport Shack. We kick off the year by looking back at some of the crazy excuses sportspeople and sporting teams have used over the years in regard to taking illegal substances or lack of performance. Paul is joined by Miss Olivia and some of what we will discuss in this episode include.

• a former professional cyclist who blamed a 'vanishing twin', however eventually confessed and informed the world of the wide-scale blood doping in the sport and the involvement of disgraced seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

• a Spanish professional cyclist who blamed contaminated meat he ate.

• Shane Warne and the banned diuretic given to him by his mother.

• Chicago Cubs and the 'Billy Goat curse'.

• Clothing excuses e.g., Alex Ferguson, Italian Football team, US speed skating team.

• Ronnie O'Sullivan and the streaker

• Some crazy excuses from swimmers to their coaches.

• North Korean women's football team being struck down by mother nature.

• Vinny Testaverde and his apparent color blindness

• David James and his addiction to play station games.

• Jarell 'Big Baby' Miller and sex pills

• Iker Casillas and his gorgeous girlfriend

• Mervyn King blaming the air conditioning

• Ukraine Football team blaming noisy frogs outside in 2006.

• Lighton Ndefwaul and his many, many excuses e.g., tight jockstraps and farting.

• Mariano Puerta and his wife's wine glass.

• Richard Gasquet kissing a cocaine stripper.

• Dennis Mitchell and the bottles of beer and birthday sex with his wife.

Paul and Olivia will talk about their Christmas together and how they spent New Year celebrations. We have our Quiz, and the Who Am I? and Where Are they Now segments too.

Crazy excuses in sport sources

1.Bleacher report.com ‘the dumbest excuses athletes have ever given’, by nick dimengo, 5/5/2014.

2.Sportscroll.com ‘35 excuses that made sports fans roll their eyes’, by darren 9/11/2020.

3.Swimmingworldmagazine.com ‘hilarious excuses swimmers have tried to pass off on their coaches’, by chandler brandes, 4/12/2022.

4.Casino.org ‘top 10 worst (and funniest) doping excuses in history’, by aaron shields, 25/6/2020.

5.Pledgesports.org ‘the 10 greatest excuses for losing a football match’,

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Contador

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gasquet

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Puerta

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

10.The guardian.com ‘lance armstrong’s doping denials-in quotes’, stephen mc millan, 19/1/2013.

11.webMd.com ‘what is chimerism?’, medically reviewed by poonam sachdev MD writtend by nicklya harris-ray 11/11/2022.

12.Bleacher report.com ‘the top 20 worst excuses in sports history’, by austin schindel, 3/6/2011.

13.Amazon.com ‘the secret race:inside the hidden world of the tour de france’, by tyler hamilton and daniel coyle, 7/5/2013.

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

15.Lantern rogue.com ‘how clean is cycling: analysing the anti-doping fight’, by raul banqueri, 26/3/23.

16.Montana public radio. A new angle. ‘Tyler hamilton on life after pro-cycling’, by justin angle, 14/7/2022.

17.Adventure audio podcast. ‘Tyler hamilton-cyclist and coach’, 4/10/23.

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In this episode, Paul will talk about Australia's First Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist. Fredrick Lane began a proud tradition of swimming for Australia at the Olympic Games, a sport which has gone on to be our nation's most successful. In this episode some of what Paul will talk about is

• the early life of Fred Lane and his life growing up swimming around the boats on Sydney Harbour.

• his swimming career and how the sport at the end of the 19th century was undergoing fundamental stroke changes.

• some events from the year 1900, the beginnings of a new century.

• the organizational chaos of the 1900 Paris Olympics, the second of the modern games and some of the strange and peculiar events on the program. Also, how the games were overshadowed by the Universal Exposition at the time.

• Fred Lane's gold medal swims in the 220 yards freestyle and the 220 yards obstacle race in the river Seine.

• some other notable achievements at the games e.g., Alvin Karaenzlein winning four individual gold medals on the athletics track.

• the first female Olympic gold medalist, Miss Charlotte Cooper

• Fred Lane's swimming achievements after the 1900 Olympics and his later life and legacy.

Paul finishes off the episode with a short Quiz.

WARNING- This episode does make mention of animal cruelty.

Frederick Lane sources

1.Great australian sporting moments by michael roberts, michael tormey, the miegunyah press, melbourne 2008.

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Ignatius%27_College,_Riverview

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lane

4.https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45233 ‘fred lane’.

5.Sport australia hall of fame ‘fred lane’, 2020.

6.https://www.openwaterpedia.com/wiki/Percy_Cavill

7.Olympians ‘fred lane, swimming’, harry gordon, AOC historian, https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/fred-lane/

8.The olympics: athens to athens 1896-2004. Weidenfeld and nicolson, the orion publishing group, london.2004.

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_at_the_Summer_Olympics

11.https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1900to1909.html

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_in_Australia#:

13.Topendsports.com ‘sporting highlights for 1900’, topend sports network.

14.Australian sport through time 2007. Random house australia, 2007

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Rowley

16.https://swimjim.com/blog/the-trudgen-swim-stroke/

17.Sport australia hall of fame ‘richmond dick cavill’, 2020.

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In this episode, the final one for 2023, Paul will pay tribute to a woman who began a proud tradition of female sport in Australia, especially in swimming and at the Olympics. Sarah 'Fanny' Durack has the proud honor of being the first female to win an Olympic gold medal and being the first female in Olympic history to win a swimming gold medal at the Olympics. She began a proud tradition of Australian female swimmers who have excelled at the Olympics such as Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould, Emma McKeon, Susie O'Neil. In this episode Paul will talk about

• The early life of Sarah 'Fanny' Durack and the challenges she and other women faced in regard to public swimming and competing in swimming championships.

• the close, life-long friendship she formed with fellow Aussie swimmer Mina Wylie and their determination to compete at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

• the year 1912 and other events that took place e.g., the sinking of the Titanic.

• the challenges Durack and Wylie faced and their lack of support, especially from the Australian Olympic Committee.

• 1912 Stockholm Olympics and the new innovations.

• the restrictions imposed on the female swimmers e.g., costumes.

• Durack's world record performance winning gold in the 100m freestyle.

• the promotional tours after the games which helped break down the barriers which prevented women from competing in elite competitions.

• the many Swimming records Durack held over her illustrious career and the impact of World War 1.

• Durack's unfortunate luck in the lead up to the 1920 Olympics which brought an early end to her career.

• Durack's later life and the legacy she has left and that too of Mina Wylie.

Fanny Durack Sources

1.Great australian sporting moments, the headlines, the record breakers, the triumphs and the magic moments, by michael roberts with michael tormey., the miegunyah press, 2008.

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Durack

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylie%27s_Baths

4.Australian dictionary of biography, ‘sarah ‘fanny’ durack (1889-1956). By Helen King. volume 8, melbourne university press, 1981.

5.https://www.factmonster.com/year/1912

6.Australian sport through time 2007, random house australia pty ltd, 2007.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Beaurepaire

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia_at_the_Olympics

9.https://www.olympics.com.au/games/stockholm-1912/

10.The olympics. Athens to athens 1896-2004. Weidenfeld and nicolson, 2004.

11.https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/sarah-fanny-durack/

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_swimwear

13.https://swimswam.com/anti-wave-starting-blocks-and-ledges/

14.Swimming science bulletin ‘a history of crawl stroke techniques to the 1960’s: an australian perspective: section III.’ by forbes carlisle 1963. Forbes carlile on swimming pp 126-188. London england: pelham..

15.National library of australia ‘fanny durack’, www.nla.gov.au/digital-classroom/year-6/documenting-federation/themes/fanny-durack

16.Google, arts and culture ‘sarah fanny durack: world champion australian swimmer’, state library of new south wales,

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. In our final episode for the year, we look back on the year in sport and the highlights and lowlights of 2023 and the big stories. Some of what we will discuss include.

-The Matilda’s at the Women’s World Cup

-Australian winning the Test World Championship and ODI World Cup.

-Collingwood winning the AFL premiership.

-The Ashes and the stumping controversy.

-Ange Postecoglou was appointed Tottenham Hotspurs coach.

-Penrith’s herculean comeback in the NRL Grand Final and the Nathan Cleary masterclass.

-Australia winning the Netball World Cup

-Eddie Jones and the Wallabies debacle.

-The shock of the PGA/LIV golf merger and player betrayal.

-The Victorian Government and their stuff up of the Commonwealth Games.

-Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s dominance in Formula One

-Australia’s excellent performance at the World Swimming Championships

-Arienne Titmus, Molly O’Callaghan, and Kaylee McEwan.

-Paul’s Melbourne Cup stuff up.

-Queensland winning another State of Origin series.

-Everton being deducted 10 points by the EPL for losing.

-South Africa winning another Rugby World Cup.

We also pay tribute to some well-known sporting names who passed away in 2023 e.g., John Sattler, Tina Turner. We also look back at some of the topics we covered during the year and Paul gives his top 5 claps and top 5 slaps for the year. We give some predictions for 2024 and Glenn finishes the show giving a cracking Johnny joke, his best yet.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, entertaining and educational episode. This episode we celebrate the Thai culture and talk about sport in Thailand. Some of what we will talk about in this episode include

-National Day in Thailand December 5th, the birthday of King Rama IX.

-Popular sports in Thailand and ones growing in popularity.

-The skill of the sport of Sepak Takraw

-Muay Thai, the national sport of Thailand.

-The 2018 rescue of the Thai football players drapped deep in the cave system in Chang Rai province.

-Paradorn Srichaphan

-Semart Payakaroon

-Udomporn polsak

-Khaosai Galaxy

-Kiatisuk Senamuang

-Bicabongse Bhanudej

-A former Thai kickboxer and amateur boxer who has the proud honour of winning Thailand’s first Olympic gold medal and is a Muay Thai legend.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps for the week. We have our Quiz, What Am I? and Where Are they Now? Segments and Glen finishes off the show with another cracking Johnny joke.

Thailand sport sources

1.Thai pbsworld.com ‘national day becomes thailand’s latest political dividing point’, 9/7/23. By thai pbs world.

2.Cpsctech.org ‘december 5 celebrated as thailand national day and father’s day’, colombo plan staff college,

3.Topend sports.com ‘sport in thailand’, 22/11/23. Encyclopedia of sports

4.Topend sports.com ‘sepak takraw’, robert wood, 12/2014.

5.en.Wikipedia.org ‘tham luang cave rescue’, n.d.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradorn_Srichaphan

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fenech

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udomporn_Polsak

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiatisuk_Senamuang

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchanok_Intanon

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birabongse_Bhanudej

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai

14.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Asian_Games

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand_at_the_Olympics

16.Culturalatlas.sbs.com.au ‘thai culture, thai in australia’, chara scroop, 2016

17.http://www.elite-boxing.com/kings-cup/info.php

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

19.Muaythaiguy.com ‘the slick style of somluck kamsing’, by isaac crichlow, 2023.

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajadamnern_Stadium

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Li

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prayer_Before_Dawn_(film)

23.Thaipbsworld.com ‘olympic boxing gold medalist somrak joins palang pracharath party’, 27/4/2022.April 27, 2022

1. https://www.celebsagewiki.com/somluck-kamsing

25.Superjeew official.’son of famous boxer, somrak kamsing. He has individual skill in football and talkative like his dad’. 29/5/2020.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another educational, funny, and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss split-second decisions by sportspeople over the years where they have made a decision in that one moment which either brought success or failure. Will also explore what goes into making a successful split-second decision in sport. Some of what we also discuss in this episode is.

-A talented, former South African cricketer whose decision to celebrate a catch prematurely, proves costly. A player who lived his life on the edge on and off the field.

-A cricketer nicknamed “Zulu”, known for his great exploits at the 1999 World Cup, however, is sadly remembered in regard to the drama of the 1999 World Cup semifinal tie against Australia.

-A former English football international known for his costly miss in a penalty shootout at the 1996 EURO cup and has gone on to be a successful Manager of the English national team today.

-Lucas Neil and the Socceroo’s in the game against Italy at the 2006 World Cup and the infamous penalty awarded.

-Split second decisions in baseball for a batter and all the decisions a batsman has to make in cricket,

-Michael Bevan, Pat Cummins

-Golfers such as Jean Van de Velde, Greg Norman, Bubba Watson, and Jack Nicklaus.

-Graham Arnold in the World Cup qualifier against Peru

-Benji Marshall’s flick pass in the 2005 NRL Grand Final and Andrew Johns going down the blind side in the last play of the 1997 Grand Final.

-Referees/Cricket Umpires.

-Muay Thai judges

-Eli Manning and Sean Payton

-Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy at the Ryder Cup

Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where are they Now? Segment and Glenn finishes off the show with another cracking Johnny joke.

Split Second Decisions Sources

1.Sport and the mind.com ‘split second decisions in sports:the wave’, copyright 2023.

2.Daily mail australia, daily mail.co.uk ‘john aloisi ended 32 years of heartache for australia with THAT winning penalty against uruguay in 2005… here’s how that unforgettable night changed the socceroos legend’s life forever’, by andrew prentice, 29/10/2022.

3.En-vision racing.com ‘what goes into a split-second decision?’ 9/6/2020.

4.The palm beach post ‘jack nicklaus says it was in the spirit of the ryder cup to concede putt to tony jacklin in 1969, d’angelo’. Tom d’angelo, 22/9/23.

5.Bleacher report.com ‘the 20 ballsiest decisions in sports’, john schoch, 30/1/2013.

6.Sportscroll.com ‘25 star athletes who were forced to apolizie for foolish words’, Darren, 10/6/2020.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_Watson

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

10.The guardian.com ‘under pressure: why athletes choke’, mark williams and tim wigmore, 5/11/2020.

11.Tennistalent.co.uk ‘how to make split-second decisions during a point’, by max figgett, 10/12/2016.

12.The roar.com.au ‘the split-second decision that sums up jarryd hayne’, by john macdonald, 30/8/2017.

13.The conversation.com ‘fair call? What sport can show us about high-speed decisions’. By keith lyons, 6/11/2014.

14.Soccerinteraction.com, sia academy ‘decision making in sport’,

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Manning

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschelle_Gibbs

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

18.https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/herschelle-gibbs-45224

19.News18. com.cricket next ‘on this day in 1999: herchelle gibbs dropped catch that cost south africa the cricket world cup’. 13/6/2022.

20.Great australian sporting moments, by michael roberts with michael tormay, 2008. The miegunyah press

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shpageeza_Cricket_League

22.Iol.co.za ‘herchelle gibbs pops the question to girlfriend dana nemeth’, venecia valentine, 19/6/23.

23.Dailyvoice.co.za ‘here’s to a long partnership:cricket legend to marry bombshell’, voice reporter, 20/6/23.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we explore the

world of white elephant sporting venues, ie, sporting stadiums/structures that are built at a

great financial cost and are barely used after being built. We also salute our Aussie

cricketers, especially Travis Head for their remarkable performance in winning the Cricket

World Cup against the odds. Some of the white elephants we discuss include

• Concord Oval

• Brisbane’s QEII stadium built for the Commonwealth Games.

• The many wasted stadiums that are built for World Cups and then go to waste eg

South Africa, Brazil.

• Soccer City stadium

• Narendra Modi Stadium

• Wasted venues built for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and then wasted eg,main

stadium and softball stadium.

• Wasted venues built for the Rio Olympics and then not used, especially the Aquatic

Centre.

• The iconic Maracana stadium

• Montreal Olympic stadium and why it is called “The Big Owe”.

• An Indian city who spent a fortune on venues for the Commonwealth Games and the

controversy leading up these games.

• A South Korean city whose stadium was built for no great purpose, and appears to

have no real future.

Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia drops by to conduct

the Quiz and What Am I? We also have our segment Where is it Now? And Glenn finishes

off the show with another cracking joke.

White elephant stadium Sources

1. McGill daily ‘sports white elephants’, by saylor catlin, 16/1/2023.

2. Aus stadiums.com ‘queensland sport and athletic centre’,

3. Abcnews, amp.abc.net.au ‘olympic cities can become multi-billion dollar graveyards

for white elephants after the games’. By jake sturmer, rebecca armitage and lucia

stein, 8/8/2021.

1. The guardian.com ‘abandoned athens olympic 2004 venues 10 years on-in pictures’,

by steven bloor, 14/8/2014.

1. News.com.au ‘italy’s dormant bobsleigh track ready for troubled 2026 winter

olympics’, 2/11/23.

1. Bleacher report.com ‘white elephants and wasted millions. A warning to the world

cup hopefuls’, by neal collins, 12/11/2010.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Commonwealth_Games

3. India today. ‘CWG has left a legacy of white elephants’, ghatam bhatia, 4/3/2011.

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_(Delhi)

5. Outlookindia.com ‘CWG or Olympic venues that became white elephants’, by tejas

rane, 19/11/23.

1. Newcivilengineer.com ‘recent olympics and world cups have left an unwanted legacy

of white elephants’, by rob horgan, 20/5/2021.

1. Sportanddev.org ‘the white elephant-what mega sporting events leave behind’ SAD

public, 7/7/2015.

1. Onlabor.org ‘legal levers: deterring labor abuses at mega-sporting events’ by alex

blutman, 28/9/2021.

1. Worldsoccer ‘hwaseong stadium: the mother of all white elephants’, by steve price

20/9/2015.

1. http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/kor/hwaseong_sports_complex_stadium

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwaseong_Sports_Town

3. The olympics. Athens to athens 1896-2004. Wiedenfield and nicholson publishing,

2004.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul

2. https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/hwaseong-fc/195174

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Paul and Glenn are back for another exciting and entertaining episode. This week we are going to talk about some brutal and tough sports. In this episode some of what will be discussed include

-The six attributes that determine the toughness of a sport.

-The brutality of the beginning of the Newtown vs Manly Minor Semi Final Rugby League match 1981.

-A medieval Italian sport that still exists today, is a mixture of soccer, rugby and mixed martial arts and is high in brutality with punching, kicking opponents, tripping, hacking, tackling, and wrestling opponents allowed.

-An Olympic water sport that is ranked by some as the toughest in the world and is known for the “Blood in the water” game.

-Muay Thai, UFC and Kickboxing

-Irish sports such as hurling and Gaelic football

-Bull riding.

-Medieval sports that still exist to an extent today e.g., armoured combat, jousting.

-Wheelchair rugby

-Motor cycle racing

-Boxing

-Horseback riding

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps for the week. We also have our Quiz and segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? And Glenn finishes off the show with a cracking joke.

Brutal sports references

1.The top tens.com ‘top 10 most dangerous sports’,

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match

3.The top tens.com ‘top 10 most violent sports’, decorulez97

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino

5.The guardian.com ‘the calcio storico, the most brutal sport on earth-in pictures’, by jim powell 27/6/2015.

6.Indiatimes.com ‘7 extremely brutal forms of sport which no longer exist and we could not be more thankful’, by basit aijaz, 4/2/23.

7.Bleacher report.com ‘what is the toughest sport in the world?’, by chris siddell, 14/9/2011.

8.Amp.marca.com ‘the brutal battle of ball game england’s wildest and most savage sport’, by marca english, 24/2/23.

9.Aftersports.com ‘top 5 most violent sports’, vansh, 15/8/23.

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_de%27_Bardi

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino

12.The guardian.com ‘the calcio storico, the most brutal sport on earth- in pictures’, by jim powell, 27/6/2015.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpastum

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

15.Top athletes, ‘the most dangerous sport- calcio storico’,

16.The Rules of Calcio Storico (Calcio Fiorentino)-EXPLAINED. As explained by Ninh Ly. 16/4/2017.

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In this episode, Paul pays a special tribute to a much-forgotten legend of Australian sport. Edwin Flack who competed at the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, was Australia's first Olympian and first Olympic Champion. Flack won gold medals in the 800m and 1500m on the track and his great athletic achievements, popularity and courage earned him the name from the locals as "The Lion of Athens". Edwin Flack put Australia on the world map and he began a tremendous legacy with Australia and the Olympic Games. In this episode Paul will talk about

• the early life of Edwin Flack and his family background.

• colonial life in Australia in the lead up to Federation.

• the lead up to the 1896 Olympics and those mainly responsible for its beginnings.

• Edwin Flack's preparations for the games.

• The performances of Edwin Flack at the 1896 Olympic Games and his Aussie "Have a go", spirit.

• the first Olympic marathon and Flack's bravery.

• life for Edwin Flack after the Athens' Games

• the tremendous legacy Edwin Flack has left many years later, not just in sport but also in accountancy.

Edwin flack sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Flack

3.Great australian sporting moments, by michael roberts, the miegunyah press, 2008.

4.https://www.athletics.com.au/hall-of-fame-directory/edwin-flack/

5.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/edwin-flack

6.The olympics- athens to athens 1896-2004, widenfeld and nicolson, the orion publishing group, london.2004.

7.Parliamentary education office.

https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/history-of-parliament/federation/the-federation-of-australia/

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Averoff

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair

13.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/olympic-medals

14.https://athletics.possumbility.com/awards/awards.htm

15.https://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/edwin-flack-awards.html

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This time we will explore more in regard to the relationship of music and sport and focus on Sportspeople/teams that have inspired musicians who have gone on to write songs about them. Some of who we will discuss include.

-A talented English footballer who had the football world at his feet only to give it all away in order to devote himself to his religion and the bible. English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg wrote a song about this former footballer and his struggle in balancing his sport and religion.

-A legend of Australian athletics who has had a distinguished career not just in her sport, however also in politics and sports administration.

-Songs about Sir Donald Bradman e.g., “Our Don Bradman”, by Jack O’Hagan.

-Songs about Muhammed Ali e.g., “Black Superman”, by Johnny Wakelin.

-Songs about Phar Lap e.g., “Big Red” by Russel Morris

-Michael Jordan “Be like Mike”, the Gatorade commercial.

-Art and Garfunkel’s famous lyrics in their song “Mrs Robinson” in regard to Joe DiMaggio.

-Dire Straits Mark Knopfler and his song about a famous former heavyweight boxer.

-The tragic death of former Aussie cricketer Phillip Hughes and how it inspired a song to him in tribute “Nambucca Boy”.

-The story behind New Zealand singer Lorde’s well-known worldwide hit “Royals” and its relation to George Brett and the Kansas City Royals.

-English singer/songwriter Morrissey and his sporting songs/albums e.g., “Billy Conn Boxers”, “Southpaw Grammar”.

-Lil Wayne and “Kobe Bryant”.

-Midnight Oil and “Jimmy Sharman’s boxer’s”

-Les Darcy, Victor Trumper,

-Racehorse Gunsynd and “the Goondiwindi Grey”.

-Yea-sayer and their song “Ambling Alp”, in regard to former Italian boxer Primo Carnera.

-The band Goldfinger and their ridiculous love and obsession with Wayne Gretsky.

Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We also have our Where are they Now segment? And Glenn finishes off the show with a cracking joke.

Ancient sports references

1.En.m.wikipedia.org ‘list of australian sports songs’, september 2023.

2.Bleacher report.com ‘the 25 best songs about athletes’, by david daniels 25/2/2011.

3.Nme.com ‘13 brilliant songs you didn’t know were inspired by sportys stars’, by emily barker, 30/1/2015.

4.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/marjorie-jackson

5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Jackson-Nelson

6.Booktopia.com.au ‘jimmy sharman’s boxers. Australia’s legendary travelling boxing troupe’, by stephen mcgrath30/8/23.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Trumper

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bragg

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer

12.The guardian.com ‘god’s footballer plays his last game’. Wolvehampton wanderers, 6/9/2008.

13.Songmeanings.com ‘god’s footballer’, by billy bragg,

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

15.Amazon.com.au ‘peter knowles, god’s footballer’, by steve gordos, 1/4/2014.

16.Sportskeeda ‘peter knowles. The star striker who gave it all up for religion’, by johnny keen, 22/7/2022.

17.https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/footballer/Knowles+Peter/2798

18.Express and star.com ‘wolves memory. A knock at the door changed peter knowles life’, 5/9/2019.

19.The guardian.com ‘billy bragg: the roaring forty review- four decades of flying the flag’, by alexis petridis. 26/10/23.

20.Song ‘God’s Footballer’, by Billy Bragg from the album Don’t Try This at Home. 1991.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This episode we go back thousands of years to explore some sports that took place during ancient times and discuss how some of the sports back then are still very popular today eg, archery, wrestling, boxing, martial arts.

In this episode some of what we discuss include

-The evolution of the Ancient Games in Greece and how it was resurrected into the Modern Olympic Games of today.

-The oldest sport in North America, that was first played by the Native American’s and is still a popular sport today.

-The Roman Coliseum, which still stands tall today and is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built.

-Milo from Croton, the master of the progressive overload training technique and the most successful athlete of the Ancient Games.

-Tsu Chu, Sumo Wrestling, and Nguni stick fighting.

-Mesoamerican ballgame

-Pato, the national sport of Argentina and Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan.

-Pankration, Fisherman’s Joust, Venatio, Camel jumping and Viking Skin pulling.

-The Olympic flame and memories of it travelling around Australia in the leadup to the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Paul and Glenn discuss their Claps and Slaps for the week. We have our Quiz and also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Ancient sports references

1.https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/colosseum/

2.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Milo-of-Croton

3.Linkedin.com ‘the evolution of sports: from ancient origins to modern day spectacles’, phillip lawyer alamo MSc 1/8/23.

4.Oldest.org ‘8 oldest sports in the world’, n.d

5.Discovermagazine.com ‘sports that people played in ancient history’, by jonathan shipley 13/7/2022.

6.Todayifoundout.com ‘12 crazy sports from the ancient world’, by authors at list25.com, 27/5/23.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse

8.https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities/venatio-fight-with-wild-animals/

9.100 years of tradition. Olympic world, the history of the olympic games. Nicola chandler, 2007. Murray books. Toots ‘think out of the square’.

10.The olympics, athens to athens 1896-2004,, weidenfield and nicholson,

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics

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In this episode Paul will discuss some well-known performance slumps in sport from over the years and great falls from grace. Paul will discuss some of the following

• what defines a performance slump in an individual athlete or a sporting team and some reasons for performance slumps such as physical, psychological, behavioral problems, environmental influences, techn8ical difficulties, problems with coach/athlete.

• tips on how to get out of a performance slum e.g., gain awareness, self-trust.

Some sportspeople that will Paul talk about include.

• an American golfer who once challenged the great Tiger Woods and reached number one in the world only to then be plagued by injury and illness resulting in a big drop in his world ranking.

• a nation who was a football force to be reckoned with from the 1930'-60's, however, have not made a World Cup in nearly 40 years.

• the Australian Rugby side (the Wallabies)

• West Indies cricket team

• Kenya cricket team

• Greg Chappell and his seven ducks in 1981/82

• Mark Taylor's big form slump in 1996/97

• Italy and Germany and the past two Football World Cups

• Parramatta and their premiership drought

• French Rugby League

• David Warner at the 2019 Ashes series

• Trevor Immelmann, Mike Weir and Ian Baker-Finch

• FC Kaiserslautern, Fassberg SIF, Deportivo la Coruna

• Portsmouth, Notts County, Bolton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest

Paul also has a Quiz and segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Sporting slumps references

1.Psychology of sport and exercise. ‘Performance slumps in sport: a systematic review.’, by joe stead, jamie poolton, david alder. Vol 61, july 2022.

2.Sports slump busting by alan s.goldberg 15/12/2016.

3.The roar.com ‘the decline and fall of kenyan cricket’, tigerbill44, 2/3/2018.

4.Cricket.com.au ‘remember when taylor ends his drought’, by adam burnett, 8/6/2014.

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

6.Foxsports.com ‘ashes 2019: david warner sets record low as aussies openers tour from hell comes to an ugly end’. By jacob kuriype, 15/9/2019.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Day

9.Bleacher report.com ‘lionel messi’s current form slump will benefit barcelona long term’. By aiden reynolds, 10/11/2013.

10.Topsoccerblog.com ‘11 football teams that fell from grace’, by collins nwokolo, 24/5/23.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_of_the_Century_(1953_England_v_Hungary_football_match)

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Immelman

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

15.Bleacher report.com ‘5 once popular golfers who fell off the map’, by ben alberstadt, 28/5/2015.

16.Sportingindex.com ‘the biggest falls from grace in football’, 29/11

17.Complete performance coaching.com ‘3 steps to get out of a slump in a sport you love’, 30/11/2021.

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

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

20.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn_Ferry_Tour

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Open_Championship

22.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo

23.Irish independent.com ‘the sad fall and fall of david duval’, liam kelly, 10/5/2004.

24.Jacksonville.com ‘gene frenette: maybe playing his old home course will ring spark to david duval’s game’, by gene frenette, florida times-union.5/10/2022.

25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_U.S._Open_(golf)

26.https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/tournaments/2022/constellation-furyk-friends/S2022044

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In this episode Paul will discuss some well known performance slumps in sport from over the years and some great falls from grace. Paul will discuss some of the following

• what defines a performance slump in an individual athlete or a sporting team and some reasons for performance slumps such as physical, psychological, behavioural problems. environmental influences, technical difficulties, problems with coach/athlete.

• tips on how to get out of a performance slump eg, gain awareness, building confidence, self-trust.

Some sportspeople and teams that Paul will talk about associated with slumps in performance include

• an American golfer who once challenged the great Tiger Woods and reached number one in the world only to then be plagued by injury and illness and saw his world ranking fall.

• a nation who was a football force to be reckoned with from the 1930's and 1960's, however have not made a World Cup in nearly 40 years.

• the Australian Rugby side (the Wallabies)

• West Indies Cricket team

• Kenya cricket

• Greg Chappell and his seven ducks in 1981/82.

• Mark Taylor's form slump 1996/97.

• Italy and Germany and the past two Football World Cups

• Parramatta in the NRL and their premiership drought

• French Rugby League

• David Warner 2019 Ashes series

• Trevor Immelmann, Mike Weir, Ian Baker-Finch

• FC Kaiserslautern, Fassberg SIF, Deportivo la Coruna.

• Portsmouth, Notts County, Bolton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest,

Paul also has the Quiz, and segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This week in the wake of Nathan Cleary’s heroics for the Penrith Panthers in the 2023 NRL Grand Final, we will discuss some courageous/herculean sporting performances from over the years. The main focus will be on sportspeople who put in a heroic and gutsy performance despite fighting through serious injury or illness. Some of who we will discuss include.

-A well-known former Aussie Rules football player who played a key role in Hawthorn’s dominance of the VFL during the 1980’s and played through considerable pain with broken ribs and a bruised kidney.

-A former American gymnast who displayed incredible courage and bravery at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, helping the USA with the team gold.

-Dean Jones memorable 210 in the horrific heat and humidity of Madras in the Tied Test in 1986.

-Brian Close taking blows to the body when facing up to Michael Holding.

-John Sattler and Sam Burgess

-Grant Hackett at the 2004 Olympics.

-Eddie Paynter during the 1932/33 Bodyline series.

-Ryan Harris

-Cooper Cronk at the 2018 NRL Grand Final

-Tiger Woods at the 2008 US Open

-Qld State of Origin team game 2, 1989.

-Malcolm Marshall vs England in 1984.

-Bert Trautmann

-Phillip Rivers,

-Michael Jordan

-Bobby Baun

-Shun Fujimoto

-Emmit Smith, Jack Youngblood, Joe Montanna

-Kurk Gibson, Curt Schilling

-Gillian Rolton

We give our Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? There is Where Are They Now? And Glenn finishes off with a joke.

Courage in sport references

1.Nine.com.au wide world of sports ‘exclusive:the distressing cost of dean jones’ greatest innings’, by brett graham. 2020.

2.Bleacherreport.com ‘true grit: top 10 gutsiest performances in sports history’, by ryan neiman, 25/1/2011.

3.Thesportster.com ‘top 20 heroic performances in sports history, by TS staff. 26/2/2015.

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermott_Brereton

5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_VFL_grand_final

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Rolton

7.Great australian sporting moments by michael roberts, the miegunyah press, 2008.

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Paynter

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

10.Indystar.com, notre dame ‘chicken soup, bitter cold and a notre dame miracle at the 1979 cotton bowl’, by mike berardino, 13/12/2018.

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_Seven_(gymnastics)

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Strug

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Akopyan

14.Gymnastics, gymnastics coaching by stksport, 2013-2022.

15.Understanding competitive gymnastics, a guide for parents, the sharp school.com.

16.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kerri-strug

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

18.USA Today ‘where is kerri strug now? A look at life and career of olympics gymnastics star since 1996 summer games’, by christian ortegal. 22/7/2021.

19.Gymnastics now.com ‘26 years later: would kerri strug’s famous vault have happened today?‘

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, entertaining and educational episode. This week we are joined by special guest Catherine Williams. October 3 each year is Germany Unity Day which is the German national day that commemorates the German reunification in 1990 when the former German Democratic Republic officially joined the Federal Republic of Germany. We will discuss some well-known German sporting stars from the past and today and Catherine will talk about what life was like for her growing up in Germany and will talk about the structure of German sport and German culture. Paul will also talk about his time in Germany in 1994. Some of the sporting stars that we will discuss in this episode include:

-A former female goalkeeper who revolutionised the position and was one of the greatest female goalkeepers of all time.

-A former German Formula One driver who won four drivers championships, all consecutively and was also the youngest Formula One champion.

-Boris Becker and Steffi Graf, Michael Stich, Angelique Kerber

-Dirk Nowitzki

-Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Nico Rosberg.

-German football triumph in World Cups and European Championships.

-Great German footballers such as Franz Beckenbauer, Jurgen Klinsmann, Oliver Khan, Michael Ballack, Mezut Ozil, Miroslav Klose, Gerd Muller, Fritz Walter, Manuel Neuer.

-Hike Drechsler, Lina Radke, Waldemar Cierpinski, Jurgen Schult, Armin Hary.

-Max Schmeling

-Bernhard Langer

-Magdalena Neuner.

Paul gives his Claps and Slaps for the week, we have our Quiz, Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? Paul is corrected numerous times with his German pronunciation and Glenn finishes off with a cracking joke.

German Unity day references

1.Berlin.de the official website of berlin ‘brandenburg gate’,

2.Berlin.de the official website of berlin ‘reichstag’.

3.Berlin. De the official website of berlin ‘day of german unity celebrations’.

4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest

5.Expatrio.com ‘german sport’, nd.

6.Blog.lingoda.com ‘the 6 best german athletes of all time’, by leona quigley, 9/8/23.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher

8.Discoverwalks.com famous people ‘top 15 german athletes’ by lilian, 30/5/23.

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel

11.Pantheon ‘the most famous athletes from germany’,

12.the famous people.com ‘famous german sportspersons’.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schmeling

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

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Women%27s_Euro_2013

17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup

18.https://www.timbers.com/players/nadine-angerer/

19.Fifatrainingcentre.com ‘meet the experts, nadine angerer’, 14/7/23

20.Fifa futbol mundial ‘angerer: women’s goalkeeping on the up”.2/4/2014.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining and action-packed episode. This week we will discuss the topic of weather and the great effect is has had on sporting events and venues over the years. From icy cold, wet conditions to the effects of high heat and humidity. We will also discuss some natural disasters and the impact it has had on some sports. In this episode, some of who we will discuss include.

-A well-known hurricane that greatly impacted the city and surrounding areas of New Orleans in 2005 and damaged the cities well known sporting venue.

-The impact of one of the biggest and most devastating natural disasters in recorded history and the impact it had on one of Sri Lanka’s well known cricket venues.

-The snow game at an NRL match at Canberra stadium in 2000.

-Playing cricket in the mist in the Upper Blue Mountains

-2015 ANZAC Rugby League test match in Brisbane

-Suncorp Stadium and the Brisbane floods

-1986 Tied Test in Madras and the deplorable conditions.

-Shark Park “Bermuda Triangle”.

-1995 Semifinal match in 1995 Rugby World Cup

-1988 NFL playoff game between Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles.

-The “Ice Bowl” game in a 1967 NFL Championship game

-2008 Champions League final

-The Bobby Riggs and Jack Kramer tennis match in 1947.

-1997 MLB world series game 4.

-New York Yankees 1996 home opener

-2006 Super Rugby final

-2016 Wimbledon

-2010 Ryder Cup

-Michelton Football club

-2020 Tokyo Olympics

-The Air conditioner game and Game 1 of the NBA finals.

-1979 NFL Monsoon game between Tampa Bay and Kansas City.

Paul and Glenn give some of their Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and What Am I? We have our Where is it now? Segment and Glenn finishes off the show with another cracking joke.

Terrible Weather and Sport references

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_Park

2.Zerotackle.com ‘the five greatest Bermuda triangle moments at shark park’, by mark goodyear. 9/9/2022.

3.Bleacher report.com ‘top 50 bad weather games in sports history’, by Ryan rudnansky, 11/2/2011.

4.Stack.com ‘beating the elements: the 6 worst weather games of all time’, by Brandon Hall, 28/1/2015.

5.The inner sanctum.com ‘uncertainty plagues sports as extreme weather changes rules of the game’. By Ashleigh matosevic 20/3/2022.

6.AccuWeather.com ‘the 10 most memorable weather-made sports moments of the decade’, by John Roach. 20/12/2019.

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_the_Louisiana_Superdome

9.https://www.neworleanssaints.com/video/flashback-saints-win-super-bowl-xliv-11400468

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Super_14_final

12.The guardian.com ‘Olympic athletes and volunteers in Tokyo tortured by the hottest games ever’, by Jonathon watts, 6/8/2021.

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galle_International_Stadium

14.Test cricket grounds- the complete guide by john woods. Sports books, 2003.

15.Espn.cricinfo ‘galle international stadium’, by Andrew miller, n.d.

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

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

18.https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Ocean-tsunami-of-2004

19.The national news.com N Sport, ‘the most beautiful cricket stadiums in the world-in pictures’, by Paul Radley, 2/2/2021.

20.Australian cricket tours.com ‘galle cricket ground’, by Luke Gillian, 19/8/2023.

21.UK Friends of Galle ‘Tsunami Devastation in Galle, Sri Lanka 26 Dec 2004’.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss the world of sport and modelling and talk about some well-known sportspeople from over the years who have gone in front of the camera and displayed their good looks.

Some of who we talk about in this episode include.

-A German figure skater who dominated her sport in the 1980’s and was called “the most beautiful face of socialism”.

-A former Russian tennis player who was admired by many men from all over the world and was more successful for her looks rather than her tennis.

-Lisa Curry-Kenny, Amanda Beard, Arienne Titmus, Natalie Coughlin

-Anna Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard

-Blair O’Neal, Michelle Wie

-Soon Yeon Lee

-Lo Lo Jones, Allyson Felix

-Torah Bright

-Jennie Finch

-Alex Morgan

-Skylar Diggins

-Lauren Eagle

-David Beckham

-Tom Brady and Tim Tebow

-Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, Pat Rafter

-Pat Cummins and the Tradie ads.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps, Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where Are they Now? Segment and Glenn finishes the show with some cracking jokes.

Sports and modelling

1.Ranker.com ‘17 male athletes who model’, people in sports 14/7/2020.

2.https://www.colehaan.com/

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Beard

4.The fashionball.com ‘30+ female athletes who have also worked as models’, by susie greene, 23/8/20.

5.En.espn.co.uk ‘from the court to the catwalk’, by jo carter, 17/12/2010.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Morgan

8.countrygirl management.com ‘olympians who are also models’,

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Witt

11.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katarina-Witt

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_school

13.https://www.usfigureskating.org/skate/ice-skating-disciplines

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

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_jump

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_figures

17.Vault.si.com ‘behold the shining star of the GDR”, by rick reilly, 20/1/1986.

18.Forbes.com. Sportsmoney ‘olympic skater and playboy beauty katarina witt talks money’, by joh clarke, 27/5/2012.

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

20.Yahoo.com yahoo life, best life, “ see figure skater katarina witt now 28 years after her last olympics’, by lia beck, 2/2/2022.‘

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss the world of sport and modelling and talk about some well-known sportspeople from over the years who have gone in front of the camera and displayed their good looks.

Some of who we talk about in this episode include.

-A German figure skater who dominated her sport in the 1980’s and was called “the most beautiful face of socialism”.

-A former Russian tennis player who was admired by many men from all over the world and was more successful for her looks rather than her tennis.

-Lisa Curry-Kenny, Amanda Beard, Arienne Titmus, Natalie Coughlin

-Anna Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard

-Blair O’Neal, Michelle Wie

-Soon Yeon Lee

-Lo Lo Jones, Allyson Felix

-Torah Bright

-Jennie Finch

-Alex Morgan

-Skylar Diggins

-Lauren Eagle

-David Beckham

-Tom Brady and Tim Tebow

-Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, Pat Rafter

-Pat Cummins and the Tradie ads.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps, Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where Are they Now? Segment and Glenn finishes the show with some cracking jokes.

Sports and modelling

1.Ranker.com ‘17 male athletes who model’, people in sports 14/7/2020.

2.https://www.colehaan.com/

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Beard

4.The fashionball.com ‘30+ female athletes who have also worked as models’, by susie greene, 23/8/20.

5.En.espn.co.uk ‘from the court to the catwalk’, by jo carter, 17/12/2010.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova

7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Morgan

8.countrygirl management.com ‘olympians who are also models’,

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

10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Witt

11.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katarina-Witt

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_school

13.https://www.usfigureskating.org/skate/ice-skating-disciplines

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

15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_jump

16.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_figures

17.Vault.si.com ‘behold the shining star of the GDR”, by rick reilly, 20/1/1986.

18.Forbes.com. Sportsmoney ‘olympic skater and playboy beauty katarina witt talks money’, by joh clarke, 27/5/2012.

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

20.Yahoo.com yahoo life, best life, “ see figure skater katarina witt now 28 years after her last olympics’, by lia beck, 2/2/2022.‘

21.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam

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Paul is back for another action packed and entertaining episode. This week I will discuss some of the well-known sporting scandals from over the years. I will discuss some of the scandals from previous episodes e.g., Sandpaper gate, Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, and will then go into more detail about some other well known sporting scandals, some that led to lifetime bans. Some of who I will discuss include.

-A Canadian sprinter who won the race of the century and a few days later was stripped of his Olympic Gold and went home in disgrace.

-New England Patriots and the Deflate gate and Spy gate scandals.

-Match fixing in cricket e.g., Hansie Cronje

-A basketball legend who was involved in an infamous sex scandal.

-Chicago White Sox (Black Sox) scandal in 1919.

-Doping in cycling e.g., Lance Armstrong and Lloyd Flandis.

-Maria Sharapova, Martina Hingis, Simona Halep, Andre Agassi.

-Randy Barnes and Justin Gaitlin.

-2000 Spanish Paralympic Basketball team.

-Israel Folau and his controversial comments and battle with Rugby Australia.

-The Stillnox Six

I also have the Quiz, and segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Sources

1 researchgate.net ‘defining scandal in sports: media and corporate sponsor perspectives’, January 2005, sport marketing quarterly 14(4), by Stephanie Hughes and matt shank.

1. Bleacherreport.com ‘the 20 biggest scandals in sports history’, by nell Malley, 27/9/2011.

2. Espn.com.au ‘the headlines that rocked Australian sport this decade’, 30/12/2019

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Barnes

4. Khelnow.com ‘top 10 high-profile international athletes banned for doping’, by Sourav Ganguly, 24/1/23.

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Hingis

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(Canadian_sprinter)

9. Edition.cnn.com ‘hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history’, by James montague.23/7/2012.

10. Mitogen ‘Johnson, Lewis and christie reflect on infamous race’. 8/7/2011.

12.the bleacher report.com ‘ben Johnson” is 1988 Olympics scandal the biggest of all time?’, by Tim Keeney, 10/10/2012.

1. The guardian.com ‘the dirtiest race in history. Olympic 100m final, 1988’, by Duncan Mackay. 18/4/2003.

2. CBC: ben Johnson. A hero disgraced-CBC rewind turns back clock to 1988 Seoul Olympics.

3. Everything zoomer.com “ben Johnson. Where is he now?” Judy Gerstel, 12/8/2016.

4. Qprmarsh ‘ben Johnson: lost Seoul’, 12/4/2019.

Intro Music- One Shot by Soundroll

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

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Paul is back for another action packed and entertaining episode. This week he will discuss some of the well-known sporting scandals from over the years. He will discuss some of the scandals from previous episodes e.g., Sandpaper gate, Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, and will then go into more detail about some other well known sporting scandals, some that led to lifetime bans. Some of who i will discuss include.

-A Canadian sprinter who won the race of the century and a few days later was stripped of his Olympic Gold and went home in disgrace.

-Chicago White Sox (Black Sox) scandal in 1919.

-Doping in cycling e.g., Lance Armstrong and Lloyd Flandis.

-Maria Sharapova, Martina Hingis, Simona Halep, Andre Agassi.

-Randy Barnes and Justin Gaitlin.

-2000 Spanish Paralympic Basketball team.

-Israel Folau and his controversial comments and battle with Rugby Australia.

-The Stillnox Six

Paul finishes with his top 5 sports scandals.

Sources

1 researchgate.net ‘defining scandal in sports: media and corporate sponsor perspectives’, January 2005, sport marketing quarterly 14(4), by Stephanie Hughes and matt shank.

1. Bleacherreport.com ‘the 20 biggest scandals in sports history’, by nell Malley, 27/9/2011.

2. Espn.com.au ‘the headlines that rocked Australian sport this decade’, 30/12/2019

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Barnes

4. Khelnow.com ‘top 10 high-profile international athletes banned for doping’, by Sourav Ganguly, 24/1/23.

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(Canadian_sprinter)

7. Edition.cnn.com ‘hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history’, by James montague.23/7/2012.

8. Mitogen ‘Johnson, Lewis and christie reflect on infamous race’. 8/7/2011.

10.the bleacher report.com ‘ben Johnson” is 1988 Olympics scandal the biggest of all time?’, by Tim Keeney, 10/10/2012.

1. The guardian.com ‘the dirtiest race in history. Olympic 100m final, 1988’, by Duncan Mackay. 18/4/2003.

2. CBC: ben Johnson. A hero disgraced-CBC rewind turns back clock to 1988 Seoul Olympics.

3. Everything zoomer.com “ben Johnson. Where is he now?” Judy Gerstel, 12/8/2016.

4. Qprmarsh ‘ben Johnson: lost Seoul’, 12/4/2019.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This week we will discuss and explore some of the unusual sporting venues around the world. Some of the venues that we will talk about include.

• A formula one racing event known for its tight corners, narrow streets, elevation changes and its glamourous location.

• A football ground on a floating platform in Singapore, a city known for its cleanliness and wide cultural diversity.

• Henson Park

• Cricket grounds such as Lords, the St Lawrence ground in Kent and City Oval in Pietermaritzburg. The Basin Reserve in Wellington.

• Photo shopped golfing calendars

• Tennis court in the sky in Dubai

• Fenway Park

• Svangaskard in the Faroe Islands

• St Moritz bizarre sporting events such as the International Horse Racing festival, and its snowcapped cricket ground.

• Tornio golf course and the floating green at C’oeup D’Alene resort.

• Ummmanna golf course in Greenland

• Cricket in the Cumbria slate mine and college basketball on the aircraft carrier USS Midway.

• The Rock Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez pradanos and Estadia heinando siles, the world’s highest football venue.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps. We have our quiz and segments Who Am I? and Where are they Now? We talk about some interesting facts and Glenn finishes off with some cracking jokes.

Sources

1. Weather.com ‘8 strange places for sports venues’, by stephanie valera, 10/9/2015.

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_slope

3. Bleacher report.com ‘10 boston red sox and fenway park facts you never knew about’, by dmitriy ioselevich’, 7/6/2011.

4. Itsonlycricket.com ‘the most weird and remarkable cricket grounds in the world’, by matt harris, 2023.

5. Medium.com ‘bucket list ideas. 10 most unusual sports venues you must visit’, evelina, published in somerton sporting club, 4/5/22.

6. Business insider.com ‘8 of the world’s most unusual sports venues’, by alan dawson, 10/12/2017.

7. Readersdigest.co.uk ‘the world’s ten weirdest stadiums’,, by anna walker, n.d.

8. Sportsmatik.com ‘the float at marina bay’, 9/4/2021.

9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Float_@_Marina_Bay

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakeboarding

11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Formula_One_crash_controversy#:~:text=The%20Renault%20Formula%20One%20crash,his%20Renault%20teammate%2C%20Fernando

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Square

2. https://woha.net/project/ns-square/

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, entertaining and educational episode. This week we will discuss medical conditions and some sportspeople from over the years who have displayed great resilience, strength and character and competed with different medical conditions. Some of who we discuss include.

-A former Australian Rugby player who is the only known person with cystic fibrosis to play a contact sport. He went on to achieve his dream playing professional Rugby and also is a great inspiration and raises great awareness of the disease.

-A former American figure skater who has overcome several times life threatening conditions and gone on to become a legend in his sport and do great things for charity.

-Sportspeople with type 1 Diabetes such as Wasim Akram, Gary Hall Jnr, Sir Steve Redgrave, Steve Renouf, Alexander Zverev, Jay Cutler, Sophie Devine.

-Muhammed Ali, Greg Louganis, Phil Mickelson, Tim Howard.

-Lou Gehrig, the former baseball great who had a disease named after him.

-Venus Williams, Carrie Johnson, Kayla Montgomery, Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

-Phil Dalhauser, Morgan Hoffman, Eric Berry, Paul Azinger.

-Simon O’Donnell and Jarad Lyle.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps for the week. We also have our Quiz and Who am I? and Where are they now? Segments and Glenn wraps it up with his joke of the week.

Sources

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease

2.Arthritis australia.com.au “michale slater’s greatest test’, n.d.

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Azinger

4.Healthcentral.com ‘athletes with chronic health conditions’, by diane domina, 9/8/2016.

5.Healthline.com ‘famous athletes who battled disease’, n.d.

6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Small

7.Wikipedia ‘list of sportspeople with diabetes’. June 2023.

8.Facty health ‘10 symptoms of crohn’s disease’, glenda taylor, 5/11/2021

9.Facty health ‘10 symptoms of multiple sclerosis’, by angela, facty staff, 18/6/2019.

10.https://trishmsresearch.org.au/ways-to-help/

11.Save a life NHCPS.com ‘you won’t believe these 10 olympic athletes with health issues’, by mackenzie, lifesaver, NHCPS, 17/8/2016.

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Berry

13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Charles

14.Australia’s toughest sportspeople ‘nathan charles, rugby union’, by mick colliss, affirm press, 2021.

15.https://www.cff.org/intro-cf/about-cystic-fibrosis

16.https://www.nathancharles.com.au/my-story

17.Sydney university football club ‘nathan charles appointed new executive general manager’, by sufc, 25/11/2022.

18.Australian Mens health ‘how wallaby nathan charles tackled cystic fibrosis to represent australia’, by men’s health staff 1/5/21.

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

20.https://www.cfwa.org.au/65roses2023/

21.The song ’65 roses’, by The Wolverines, 2008. Lepetide.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we pay our respects to those that served in the Vietnam War and commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day. We discuss some sportspeople who served in the Vietnam War or had some association with it. Some of who we discuss include.

• a great Aussie song about the Vietnam War

• A former Australian cricketer who is the only living cricketer to have seen active service and has gone on to do great things in raising the awareness and knowledge of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

• A former Aussie cricket larrikan with an impressive test record and who took up his heavy smoking habit when drafted for National Service for the Vietnam War.

• Muhammed Ali and his strong stance against the Vietnam War.

• Bob Fulton doing National Service and being a physical fitness instructor in the 1960’s on boats sailing between Australia and Vietnam.

• Woody Campbell, Rocky Bleier, Roger Staubach, and Bob Kalsu

• Leon Spinks, Jesse Ventura and Bill Bradley.

• Tom Seaver

• The 1968 World Series Baseball Game 5 when the crowd expressed their patriotism and displeasure with the National anthem and with Vietnam Veterans complaining.

• The Socceroo’s playing a tournament in Vietnam in 1967 during the height of the Vietnam War and the conditions they had to endure.

We also pay our respects to the passing of the great journalist, interviewer and cricket tragic Sir Michael Parkinson. We give our claps and slaps of the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? we have our Where are they now? Segment and Glenn wraps up the show with one of his cracking jokes.

Vietnam veterans day sources

1. https://pacificairshowaus.com/the-airshow

2. https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/commemoration/days/vietnam-veterans-day

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties

5. Anzacportal.dva.gov.au ‘sport and australian military life, n.d australian government

6. Aspeninstitute.org ‘what is agent orange?’, n.d.

7. US department of defence. Defence.gov “sports heroes who served:pro football player to vietnam soldier’, by david vergum 6/10/22.

8. Yardbarker.com ‘the greatest athletes to serve in the US armed forces’, by steve pelonero 12/7/2023.

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

10. Thecouriermail.com ‘cricket legends:doug walters reveals how he quit 50 cigarettes a day habit with the help of jack newton and lasers’, by ben dorries, 11/2/2015.

11. https://www.josefeliciano.com/biography#:~:text=Jos%C3%A9%20Feliciano%20is%20recognized%20as,in%20the%20American%20music%20industry.

12. Ussporthistory.com ‘review of 1968: a pivotal moment in american sports’, catarail, james c nicholson, 19/3/22.

13. Thefottballsack.com.au ‘football and war: australia and vietnam 1967-1972’, by dillon izon, 21/3/2021.

14. Wbur.org. ‘At height of vietnam war, australia tried soccer diplomacy’, by james parkinson, 23/2/2018.

15. Blue mountains gazette ‘giving thanks for service’, 9/8/2023.

16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dell

17. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tony-dell-4937

18. Podcast ‘once upon a time in the ashes, episode 9, tony dell’, 4/6/2021

19. One voice ‘tony dell lived experience 2021’, n.d.

20. Skysports.com ‘tony dell’s journey from ashes debutant to ptsd victim of vietnam war exported in new book’, by greg milam, 24/6/2021.

21. Twice shot ‘stand tall’, by tony dell founder of standtall4pts.org 17/10/2017.

22. The footyalmanac. Write from the heart. ‘Almanac life: tony dell-soldier in a baggy green finds peace at last’, by ron reed, 29/6/2021..

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining and fun episode. This week we will discuss the subjective topic of nepotism in sport where there has been debate over the years of some sportspeople appearing to be given preferential treatment or opportunities. Some of whom will be discussed in this episode include.

• a former Scottish footballer and manager who went on to become one of the greatest Managers of all time with enormous success, however, was at times considered to give preferential treatment to family members and fellow Scots.

• a Rugby League immortal who had a distinguished career as a player and coach and coached his two sons when they made their first-grade debuts.

• Brad Arthur and Jake Arthur, Ivan and Nathan Cleary, John and Martin Lang.

• Colin Cowdrey, Peter May and Chris Cowdrey.

• Geoff Marsh and sons Shaun and Mitchell

• NSW cricket players

• Shaquielle and Shareef O'Neill

• Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kalicharan and Mahendra Nagamootoo.

• Dell Curry and sons Steph and Seth

-Johan Cruyff and Jordi Cruyff

• J.R Smith and Chris Smith

• Zinedine Zidane and Enzo Fernandez

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps for the week. We have our Quiz, and Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? segments and Glenn finishes off with one of his crackin jokes.

Sources

1. Vulture.com ‘can there be nepotism in sports? Just look at the NBA.’ by Nicholas quah, 19/12/22.

2. The roar.com.au ‘nrl.dna. Famous father and son duos. By crow roar pro, 13/10/2020.

3. Edgetwinspires.com ‘the best father-son, player coach combos in sports history,’ by Ashley Anderson, 19/6/2021.

4. Sportskeeda.com ‘five footballers who were managed by their fathers,’ by Ahmed ashim, 2/5/2020.

5. Snl24.com ‘ten famous fathers who coached their sons,’ by Kurt buckerfield 2/5/2021.

6. Dailymail.co.uk ‘Ivan Cleary reveals the moment he hit rock bottom with penrith as the pressure and guilt of cochin his superstar son Nathan made him consider quitting.’ By Andrew prentice for daily mail Australia, 12/1/23.

7. Quora.com ‘what are examples of nepotism in cricket?’ by adithyan sivaraman. N.d.

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson

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

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cowdrey

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra_Nagamootoo

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fulton

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Fulton

14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Smith

15. https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/sir-alex-ferguson/

16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson

17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie%27s_Fledglings#The_1990s_Fledglings

18. Bleacherreport.com ‘David Moyes and the shameless nepotism of Sir Alex Ferguson,’ by sportswriter 21/4/2010.

19. Harris, Nick (6 September 2007). "Ferguson will never talk to The BBC again". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

20. The guardian.com ‘Ferguson’s son banned from united deals,’ by Daniel Taylor 27/5/2004.

21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Ancelotti

22. Dailymail.co.uk ‘Sir Alex Ferguson’s son recalls the terrifying moment he dialled 999 after the legendary boss suffered a brain haemorrhage… and how the Scot astounded doctors by sitting up and talking despite being so seriously ill”, by max Mathews for MailOnline, 17/5/2021.

23. Independent.co.uk ‘Manchester united news: Roy Keane accuses Sir Alex Ferguson of nepotism as 14-year feud reignites’, harry Latham Coyle, 6/9/2019.

24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Ferguson

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we celebrate the joint birthdays of both Glenn and Olivia and look at some well-known sportspeople born on August 3 and August 4. Some of who we discuss include.

• Jake Berkley, Henri Cornet, Maurice Richard, Gerry Cooney and Daniel Bautista.

• A former American track and field great and on August 4th, 1936, who formed a great friendship with a German competitor under the Nazi regime and goes down as one of the great acts of sportsmanship.

• A former female American track and field middle distance runner born on August 4 who broke numerous national and world records and who was involved in one of the most controversial races in Olympic History.

• Paul goes into the photo archives and looks at some sporting memories of Olivia over the years.

We have our Claps and Slaps, our Quiz and Who am I? and Where Are they Now segments? And finish off with a happy birthday cake and song.

References

1. Famous birthdays.com, ‘august 4 birthdays’

2. On this day.com ‘birthdays in sport on august 3’ ‘august 4’

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Foster_(hurdler)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Peterson

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

6. CBS news.com ‘silver medal won by luz long, german who befriended jesse owens at 1936 olympics sells at auction for record price’, 19/10/22.

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Decker

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartment_syndrome

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

10. https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/decker-mary

11. Runnersworld.com ‘the real story behind this iconic olympics photo” by david burnett 25/7/2020.

12. GQ magazine.co.uk ‘9 surprising facts about mary decker and zola budd’, 18/8/2020.

13. Tickets ‘zola budd and mary decker, the fall interview

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, entertaining and fun episode. This week we discuss some sportspeople from over the years who had Whiteline fever. They were friendly and nice away from their sporting arena however, once they went over that white line they suddenly changed and became fierce, determined competitors, sometimes breaking the rules and going too far. Some of who we discuss include

• a Rugby League player from the late 70's and early 80's who was a feared competitor and often spent more time off the field than on it due to his on-field issues.

• a former attacking Aussie batsman who played a key role in the team's era of dominance and had a nice guy image away from the field however was a fierce sledger on it.

• other former Aussie cricket greats such as Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Rodney Hogg, Steve Waugh.

• Dennis Rodman, Connor Macgregor, Luis Suarez.

• Petra Kvitova and Andy Murray

• PK Subban

-Shaquelle O'Neal

• Heather Watson

• JJ Watt

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and our Quiz. We also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Paul gives his top 5 sportspeople with White Line Fever and Glenn finishes up with some cracking jokes.

References

1. The new daily ‘white line fever? No, you're just out of control’, by tim doutre.11/6/2015.

2. The sportster ‘10 unfriendly athletes and 10 who are surprisingly friendly’, by saadiq samodien 23/3/2018.

3. www.quora.com/Is-Andy-Murray-the-most-boring-player-to-have-won-all-that-he-has

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hayden

5. The guardian.com ‘the truth behind white line fever’, by dileep premachandran 15/10/2007.

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Boyd

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyngan

8. https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/outback-nsw/cobar-area/nyngan

9. Fox league, ‘les boyd’s famous 81 blue with tommy raudoinikis’, 7/4/21.

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._K._Subban

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Watt

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(Australasian_company)

13. Daily mail australia, dailymail.co.uk ‘brad fittler recruits nsw enforcer les boyd………..” 24/5/23

14. Life in sport podcast ep 80 les boyd 8/9/2020.

15. https://www.cootatimes.com.au/news/les-boyd-reflects-on-first-term-on-council/ 13/4/2023.

16. Cootamundra herald ‘les boyd oval officially declared open’ 7/5/2014.

17. Sydney morning herald.com ‘les boyd laments league becoming an industry’, daniel lane, 5/4/2014.

18. Foxsports.com ‘you felt bulletproof: les boyd reveals origin of tommy raudonikis iconic slapping warm-up’, staff writers from fox sports 7/4/21.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, entertaining and fun episode. This week we discuss some sportspeople from over the years who had Whiteline fever. They were friendly and nice away from their sporting arena however, once they went over that white line they suddenly changed and became fierce, determined competitors, sometimes breaking the rules and going too far. Some of who we discuss include

• a Rugby League player from the late 70's and early 80's who was a feared competitor and often spent more time off the field than on it due to his on-field issues.

• a former attacking Aussie batsman who played a key role in the team's era of dominance and had a nice guy image away from the field however was a fierce sledger on it.

• other former Aussie cricket greats such as Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Rodney Hogg, Steve Waugh.

• Dennis Rodman, Connor Macgregor, Luis Suarez.

• Petra Kvitova and Andy Murray

• PK Subban

-Shaquelle O'Neal

• Heather Watson

• JJ Watt

We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and our Quiz. We also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

Paul gives his top 5 sportspeople with White Line Fever and Glenn finishes up with some cracking jokes.

References

1. The new daily ‘white line fever? No, you're just out of control’, by tim doutre.11/6/2015.

2. The sportster ‘10 unfriendly athletes and 10 who are surprisingly friendly’, by saadiq samodien 23/3/2018.

3. www.quora.com/Is-Andy-Murray-the-most-boring-player-to-have-won-all-that-he-has

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hayden

5. The guardian.com ‘the truth behind white line fever’, by dileep premachandran 15/10/2007.

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Boyd

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyngan

8. https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/outback-nsw/cobar-area/nyngan

9. Fox league, ‘les boyd’s famous 81 blue with tommy raudoinikis’, 7/4/21.

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._K._Subban

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Watt

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(Australasian_company)

13. Daily mail australia, dailymail.co.uk ‘brad fittler recruits nsw enforcer les boyd………..” 24/5/23

14. Life in sport podcast ep 80 les boyd 8/9/2020.

15. https://www.cootatimes.com.au/news/les-boyd-reflects-on-first-term-on-council/ 13/4/2023.

16. Cootamundra herald ‘les boyd oval officially declared open’ 7/5/2014.

17. Sydney morning herald.com ‘les boyd laments league becoming an industry’, daniel lane, 5/4/2014.

18. Foxsports.com ‘you felt bulletproof: les boyd reveals origin of tommy raudonikis iconic slapping warm-up’, staff writers from fox sports 7/4/21.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we focus on and discuss some well-known blows ups and misbehaviour from sporting spectators from over the years ranging from throwing objects, booing, violence even vomiting. Some of what we will discuss include

• an American city with a wide range of professional sporting teams who often take their passion and enthusiasm too far.

• a former Yugoslav/American female tennis player who was stabbed in the back by a crazed Steffi Graf fan.

• streakers, crowd chanting, lighting of flares and burning of effigies.

• State of Origin game 2 1988 and the beer cans

• the attack on Terry Alderman at the 1982 Ashes by a drunken English supporter.

• the 2004 Athens Olympic Marathon and how Vanderlai de Lima was robbed of victory after being attacked by a defrocked Irish priest.

• Mike Milbury and the spectator shoe

• 2002 Tri Nations Rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand and the tackle on the referee by a crazed Springbok supporter.

• LA Dodgers big mistake at a 1995 MLB match.

• Wally Joyner and the hunting knife.

• Eric Cantona and the karate kick

• the death threat by a female on golfer Hubert Green

• Inzuman ul Haq and his reaction when called a "potato".

• Scottish football violence at Celtic vs Rangers matches, eg, 1909 Cup Final and 1999 FA Cup final.

• 1924 Olympic Rugby Union Final

• 1976 NBA finals

• Kurt Bevacqua and the beer mug

• 1974 ten cent beer night and the 1979 Disco Game

• 2011 Vancouver Riots

• 1879 NSW vs England cricket match and the 1971 seventh Ashes test

• 1967 Tasmanian Aussie Rules Grand Final

Paul and Glenn give their Pats and Slaps of the week and more Ashes misery for Paul. Miss Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who am I? We have our Where are they Now? segment. We wrap it all up with Paul's Top 5 and Glenn gives another cracking joke.

References

1. Bleacherreport.com ‘the top 20 drunken fan incidents ever (with video)’, by Geremy graham 10/8/2010.

2. History.com ‘this day in history, Brazilian marathon assaulted at olympics, august 29’, by history.com editors, 16/11/2009.

3. Bleacherreport.com ‘the 30 absolute worst fans in sports history’, by ed novelo, 24/8/2011.

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Seles

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia

7. Bleacherreport.com ‘philadelphia sports fans voted worst in america by GQ Magazine’, by james stewart-meudt, 18/3/2011.

8. Crossingboard.com ‘matthew clemmens, the phillies fan who puked on a little girl in 2010, has apparently died’ by kyle scott. N.d.

9. Bleacherreport.com ‘what makes philadelphia eagles fans most notorious in all of nfl?’ by ron pasceri, 28/3/2012.

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan_McNabb

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers

14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers

15. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds Podcast 'Sports Fans of Philadelphia', 8/3/2015.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we continue our theme of underrated sportspeople with a focus on the men and talk about some well known sportsmen who often did not get the credit they deserved despite their achievements in the sporting arena. Some of who we discuss include

• An Aussie hockey player who brought an end with his golden goal at the 2004 Olympics to break one the great hoodoos in Australian sport.

• An IndyCar driver who won two IndyCar championships and the prestigious Indy500, however not many Aussies would have heard of him.

• Alexander Volkanovski

• Scottie Pippen and Luc Longley

• Andy Bichel

• NRL players eg, Hazem El Masri, Alex Johnson, Shaun Timmins, Alan Tongue

• Nathan Hindmarsh and Luke Burt

• Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka

• Golfers David Graham Zac Johnson and Gene Saracen

• Rubens Barrichello and Nico Rosberg

• Joe Rokococko

• Thomas Muller, Ji Sun Park

• Ryan Lochte

• Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish

• Joe Calzaghe

Paul and Glenn give the Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do Who Am I? and the Quiz. We also have Where Are They Now? And Paul wraps it up with his top 5.

References

1.givemesport.com, ‘Beckham, murray, osaka: ranking the 50 most underrated athletes of all time’. By olly roberts 14/10/2022.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Johnson

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Sarazen

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Ji-sung

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Lochte

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey

7. https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/jamie-dwyer/

8. https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/mens-hockey-team-kookaburras-hockey-2004/

9. The howie games podcast “jamie dwyer”, june 2023.

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar_Series

11. The sydney morning herald ‘will power’s toughest race yet’, by konrad marshall https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2016/will-power/

12. The roar.com.au ‘the three most underrated aussie sportsmen’ by adrian musolino 19/4/2009.

13. https://fantasy.afl.com.au/classic/help/official-rules

14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_football_(Australian_rules)

15. https://www.topendsports.com/athletes/field-hockey/dwyer-jamie.htm

16. https://jdhsports.com/

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

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action-packed episode. This week we discuss some well known sportswomen who have not earned the recognition they deserved and are often overshadowed by some of their competitors. Some of who we discuss include.

• a South African born New Zealand netball star with pinpoint accuracy and was an icon in her sport and is now inspiring a new generation of netballers.

• a Swedish golfer who dominated her sport and was good enough to play and compete with the men.

• Venus williams

• Belinda clark

• Christine Sinclair and Caroline Graham-Hansen

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Alysson Felix

• Karrie Webb

• Naomi Osaka

• Olga Korbut

• Rochelle Hawkes and Layne Beachley

• Stephanie Taylor

• Maggi Alphonso and Maya Moore

Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia returns to do the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where are they Now? segment and Paul ranks his top 5.

References

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Female underrated references

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Clark

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka

3. Givemesport.com ‘Beckham, murray, osaka, ranking the 50 most underrated athletes of all time’, by olly roberts 14/10/2022.

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyson_Felix

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_S%C3%B6renstam

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Sinclair

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafanie_Taylor

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

10. https://www.wnba.com/player/202632/maya-moore

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_van_Dyk

12. Topendsports.com “irene van dyk: netball” november 2015.

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball

14. Silverferns.co.nz ‘centurions. A tribute to our centurions, irene van dyk nee viljoen’n.d. Netball new zealand.

15. Stuff.co.nz, ‘the rare reason netball legend irene van dyk rejected australia to move to new zealand’, by simon bridges, 17/5/23.

16. Newsroom.co.uk lockerroom ‘irene van dyk gives rangatahi a voice’, by suzanne mcfadden, 11/6/2022.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we will discuss The Gold Coast Marathon for this year and then focus on the topic of loyalty in sport by paying tribute to the loyal players, coaches and spectators. Some of who we will discuss include

• A dedicated and loyal basketball coach who has spent most of his adult life playing and coaching for his university and recently retired after coaching the university team after 47 years.

• A Chelsea football legend who spent 19 years at the club winning multiple trophies.

• Aussie Rules legends Bruce Doull, Michael Tuck, Kevin Bartlett and Kade Simpson.

• Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy and Storm legends Cameron Smith and Billy Slater.

• North Sydney bears and St Kilda supporters.

• English fans and Green Bay Packer and Golden State Warrior fans

• MS Dhoni

• Player loyalty during the Super League/ARL war, World Series Cricket/ACB war and the recent LIV Golf and PGA war.

• Jarrod Crocker, Ryan Giggs, Kobe Bryant and Steve Gerard.

• Pat Summit, Paolo Maldini, Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski.

• Loyal Aussie cricket fan Luke ‘Sparrow’ Gillian.

• Kitty Thorne the 100 year old Bristol Rovers supporter.

Paul and Glenn also have their Claps and Slaps for the week and Glenn has a few more crackin jokes to share. We also have our Quiz and Who am I? and Where are they now? Segments.

Loyalty in sport references

1. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/446142-loyalty-in-sports

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Dhoni#:~:text=He%20is%20the%20captain%20of,times%2C%20in%202010%20and%202014.

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club

7. Sporskeeda.com ‘nba history: ‘5 most loyal players of all time’ by punit pathak 8/11/22.

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

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

10. Bleacher report.com ‘25 of the most influential women in sports’, by amber lee, 4/4/2014.

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maldini

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Robinson

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski

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

15. Psychology today ‘how do sports teams develop such loyal fans?’ by nir eyal, 15/7/21.

16. Oldschool gamers ‘what sport has the most loyal fans?’,

17. Topend sports.com ‘most popular sports in australia’, 2023.

18. https://wegrynenterprises.com/2022/05/09/the-most-supportive-fans-a-look-at-which-fanbase-has-the-highest-fan-attendance-per-game/

19. Cricket.com.au ‘from lillee to the longroom:sparrow’s solo flight’, by andrew ramsey, 16/8/2019.

20. https://www.maturetimes.co.uk/britains-oldest-female-football-fan-rewarded-loyalty-aged-100/

21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boeheim

22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference

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

24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament

25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ewing

26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match-up_zone_defense

27. https://www.ncaa.com/

28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony

29. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaches_vs._Cancer_Classic

30. Bleacherreport.com ‘the greatest one club players of all time XI, maldini, scholes, giggs and more’, by ed wyman, 15/8/2011.

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Glenn returns to the Sportshack to join Paul and both will discuss some well-known sporting couples who married. Some of the couples they will discuss include

• Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf

• A female legend in the sport of beach volleyball who married a fellow beach volleyball player who calls their partner "my six feet of sunshine".

• two Aussie cricket players who have gone on to have prestigious careers and first met at ten years of age.

• Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner

• Laura and Jason Kenny

• Tamsyn Lewis and Graham Manou

• David Lee and Caroline Wozniacki

• Curtis Conway and Laila Ali

• Andrew East and Shawn Johnson

• Bastian Schweinsteiger and Ana Ivanovic

• Aaron Ross and Sanya Richards-Ross

• Luke Sullivan and Craig Burns

• Gavin Badger and Kasey Badger

• Gerek Meinhardt and Lee Kiefer

Paul and Glenn give their recent pats and slaps. They also have the Quiz and the segments Who Am I and Where Are they Now? Paul then wraps it up with his top five sporting couples.

References

1. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Norman⁠

2. Ranker.com. “20 athlete couples who tied the knot”. By ranker sports. 15/4/2022.

3. Talla lakritz insider.com “9 olympic couples competing together at the tokyo olympics’,27/7/2021.

4. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Starc⁠

5. ⁠https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alyssa-healy-275486⁠

6. Thesportsrush.com ‘alyssa healy and mitchell starc love story: how did mitch starc and allyssa healy meet?’ by rishikesh sharma, 27/3/23.

7. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Ivanovic⁠

8. Oursports.com ‘gay australian athlete couple among first to marry as same-sex marriage becomes legal’, by jim buzinski 9/1/2018.

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

10. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasey_Badger⁠

11. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Walsh_Jennings⁠

12. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jennings⁠

13. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cook⁠

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

15. ⁠https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kerri-walsh⁠

16. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswoman_of_the_Year_Award⁠

17. Thelist.com ‘the truth about kerry walsh-jennings marriage to casey jennings’, by sam ramsden, 9/7/21.

18. Nickswift.com, ‘inside kerry walsh jennings’s marriage to casey jennings”, by treva bowdoin, 14/7/21.

19. Southbay golden state ‘three time olympic gold medalist kerry walsh-jennings and volleyball star casey jennings build their dream home’. By eliza krpoyan, 2023.

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Paul is back for another episode. This episode is Part 2 of looking back over the years at some of the great Sporting Role Models who have inspired on and off the sporting arena. In this episode Paul will talks about Wayne Pearce, a great Rugby League player from the 80's who was clean cut, played fair and inspired many in a tough sport. Paul will talk about how Wayne Pearce is doing great things now, especially through his motivational speaking where he speaks to many and inspires them to do their very best, overcome adversity, teamwork, leadership and creating a high performing culture. Paul will also talk about some other sportspeople who have been role models such as former Rugby Union player Nathan Charles who despite having Cystic Fibrosis, went on to play at representative level and play for his country. He is now doing great things to promote Cystic Fibrosis awareness.

In this episode Where Are They Now? Paul will talk about the great John Maclean, an Australian triathlete, rower and motivational speaker who despite being hit by a truck and becoming an Incomplete Paraplegic when his sporting career was beginning to take off, has never given up, has shown incredible courage and determination. Maclean has achieved remarkable feats such as finishing the Hawaiin Ironman (the most grueling one day sporting event), swimming the English Channel, claiming medals at the Paralympics in different disciplines. He does amazing things helping others through his foundation e.g., enabling children to purchase wheelchairs and is a much sought after public speaker who inspires through sharing his story, his extraordinary achievements and philosophies on life.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Pearce

2. https://www.waynepearce.com.au/ “wayne pearce advantage ‘australia’s peak performance facilitator’.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maclean_(sportsperson)

4. Flint rehab ‘incomplete paraplegia: frequently asked questions’ by courtney maher, 5/1/2021.

5. John mclean ‘how far can you go?” https://johnmaclean.com.au/

6. Change a constant challenge, john maclean, TEDxDesignTechHS, 26/6/2021.

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman_(endurance_challenge)

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Ross_(rower)

9. Research gate. ‘Introducing a Novel (very effective) Therapy for Programming and

Reprogramming the Central Nervous System; “Ware K Tremor” Therapy – A

Health Trigger Process

1. https://jmf.com.au/about-us/ ‘john maclean foundation’

2. Standing eight podcast “Featuring the inspirational John Maclean”, 2/8/2020.

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n this episode Paul will talk about some sportspeople who have been great sporting models in their chosen sport and away from the sporting arena, especially through their charity work and some who have overcome some tremendous odds. Paul will talk about some sporting role models from previous episodes eg, Glen McGrath, Pat Rafter, Nico Hynes, Wilma Rudolf, Pat Tillman and Curtis McGrath. Other sporting role models that Paul will talk about include

• Christiano Ronaldo

• Lebron James

• Ronda Rousey

• Dylan Alcott

• Indigenous sporting people such as Cathy Freeman, Adam Goodes and Michael O'Laughlin, Evonne Goologong-Cawley

• Danny Green

• Roger Federer

• Pete Sampras

Role model references

Role model references

1. Clearinghouse for sport, ‘role models in sport’’, australian sport information network 4/7/22.

2. Pickstar.pro ‘australia’s most charitable athletes’ 2023.

3. https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/patrick-rafter

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Norman

5. Picstar.pro ‘the world’s most charitable athletes’.2023

6. The sydney morning herald ‘one of the games toughest declares hynes ready to deal with maroons at cauldron’, by christian nicolussi, 10/6/23.

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Alcott

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Green_(boxer)

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

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Manning

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Payton

12. Bleacherreport.com ‘top 25 sports role models of last 25 years’, by james riggio, 20/2/2012.

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Fanning

14. https://www.mickfanning.com.au/profile

15. https://www.starlight.org.au/about-us/our-stories/starlight-ambassador-mick-fanning

16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layne_Beachley

17. 9now, a current affair ‘former footy player mark hughes calls for more support a decade after brain cancer diagnosis’, 10/6/23.by a current affair staff.

18. World expeditions.com ‘4 reasons why the kokoda trail should be on your bucket list’, world expeditions travel group, 2023.

19. http://kurtfearnley.com, 2022.

20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thorpe

21. Wikipedia.org, ‘list of charities established by australian athletes’, march 2023.

22. Stadium talk ‘best sports role models of all time’ by ron donoho 14/12/2020.

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

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In this episode Paul will talk about some sportspeople who have been great sporting models in their chosen sport and away from the sporting arena, especially through their charity work and some who have overcome some tremendous odds. Paul will talk about some sporting role models from previous episodes eg, Glen McGrath, Pat Rafter, Nico Hynes, Wilma Rudolf, Pat Tillman and Curtis McGrath. Other sporting role models that Paul will talk about include

• Christiano Ronaldo

• Lebron James

• Ronda Rousey

• Dylan Alcott

• Indigenous sporting people such as Cathy Freeman, Adam Goodes and Michael O'Laughlin, Evonne Goologong-Cawley

• Danny Green

• Roger Federer

• Pete Sampras

• Eli and Peyton Manning

• Walter Payton

• Mick Fanning and Layne Beachley

• Mark Hughes

• Kurt Fearnley and Dylan Alcott

• Ian Thorpe

• Jim Abbott

• Michael Oher

• Simone Biles

• Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski

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In this episode Paul will talk about the remarkable career of Mariano Rivera a former Panamanian American baseball pitcher who went from a poor background growing up in Panama to be recruited by the New York Yankees out of nowhere and go onto be a Yankees legend and an all-time great of the sport. Paul will talk about how he excelled in the MLB and thrived under the intense pressure, especially in postseason games and played a major role in five World Series Titles with the New York Yankees. Paul will also talk about how Rivera was the most dominant closer in baseball and the many records Rivera broke in his illustrious career such as the greatest number of saves and games finished, the best ERA (average earned runs), 13 time All-Star. Paul will also talk about the tremendous work Rivera does with his own foundation helping the disadvantaged around the world, building of churches and his ambition to get a professional baseball league set up in India, Pakistan and the Middle East and give those from poor backgrounds the same opportunities he had coming from Panama.

Paul will also talk about some well-known football players in recent years who have performed well under pressure in matches. eg, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Christiano Rinaldo, Tim Cahill, Mohammed Salah, Harry Kane, David Beckham, Diego Maradona.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rivera

3. Pinstripesnation.com “Mariano rivera: MLB’s greatest closer”. By inna zeygar 24/5/23.

4. The stadiumreviews.com, ‘what is a cutter pitch?’ by admin, 17/6/21.

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

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Four

7. https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Canyon_of_Heroes

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outstanding_American_by_Choice

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

10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Sports,_Fitness,_and_Nutrition

11. Nydailynews.com ‘mariano rivera hopes to revolutionize baseball with first professional league serving india, pakistan and the middle east’. By peter sblendorio. New york daily news, 25/7/22.

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

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

15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Boot

16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylian_Mbapp%C3%A9

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

18. Sportskeeda.com ‘5 players who always deliver under pressure’, by shambhu ajith, 30/9/21.

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

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In this episode Paul will talk about some well known sportspeople from today and from the past 50 years who have thrived under the pressure of competition and are known for grabbing those crunch moments to go on and win. Some of the famous sportspeople and teams Paul will talk about include

• tennis players such as Bjorn Borg, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic.

• Muhammed Ali

• Queensland State of Origin team eg, Wally Lewis,

• Rugby League players such as Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater, Cameron Munster, Jonathon Thurston.

• Basketball players eg, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird

• NFL eg, Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Joe Montanna

• Phil Taylor

• Golfers such as Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Phil Michealson, Jack Nicklaus.

• Cricket players such as Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Michael Bevan, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Viv Richards.

• Rugby Union players such as John Eales, Jonah Lomu, Dan Carter, Johnny Wilkinson.

• Usain Bolt, Sebastian Coe, Cathy Freeman

• Horse Racing eg, Damien Oliver, Makybe Diva, Black Caviar.

• Greg Louganis

• Swimmers such as Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieran Perkins

Paul will also rank his all time top 10.

References

1. History.com, ‘1986 red sox first baseman bill bucknor lets ground ball roll through his legs’, history.com editors, 16/11/2009.

2. Bleacherreport.com ‘professional athletes ‘success under pressure defines champions’, by jed hughes, 18/4/2012.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Fox

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Masters_Tournament

5. The age.com.au, ‘from the archives, 1970 carlton’s miracle vfl grand final win’by percy beames and doug wade, 19/4/2020.

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rivera

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_pitcher

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_(baseball)

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

10. Everythingrugbyleague.com ‘top 5 games featuring cameron smith’,by oliver kelner dunk, 12/3/21.

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Lewis#:~:text=He%20played%2031%20Origin%20games,to%20future%20generations%20of%20footballers.

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Masters_Tournament

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods

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

15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seve_Ballesteros

16. NBA Larry bird 75 stories, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6f-pN39AA

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

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

19. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sachin-tendulkar-35320

20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virat_Kohli

21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Waugh

22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clarke_(cricketer)

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

24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Hackett

25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps

26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Taylor_(darts_player)

27. Radio times.com ‘best rugby players of all time ranked’, by nicola austin, 23/2/23.

28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ponting

29. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Montana

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Outro Music- Smack That by Matrika courtesy of Uppbeat.

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Paul and Glenn are back for an entertaining and educational episode. This week we celebrate Italy’s national day and talk about Italian sport and some well known Italian sportspeople from over the years. We also discuss italian culture and paul will reminisce about some of his experiences travelling around italy. In this episode we will also discuss

• Great italian footballers such as gianluigi buffon, alessandro del piero, francesco totti and roberto baggio.
• Athletes such as current olympic 100m champion lamont macell jacobs and pietro mennea.galindo bordin.
• Eugenie monti
• The story of long distance runner durando pietri and the drama at the finish of the marathon at the 1908 olympics.
• Danilo gallinari
• Federica pellegrini
• Vincenzo nibali
• Italy at the world cup (the azzuri)
• Tennis players such as matteo berretini and sara errani.
• The world’s second most famous cycle race and the big lead up event to the tour de france.
• A champion downhill skier, known for his movie star looks, playboy lifestyle who achieved great success and olympic gold.
• Paul and glenn give their claps and slaps of the week and miss olivia drops by to do the quiz and who am I? We also have our where are they now segment and paul will wrap up the show with his top 5.

Italian sport references

• Topendsports.com. ‘Sport in italy’ 4/5/2023
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomites
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
• Thefamouspeople.com. ‘Famous italian sportspersons’
• Learnamo.com ‘the most loved italian athletes of the last years’,n.d.
• The olympics, athens to athens 1896-2004. Weidenfeld and nicolson. The orion publishing group. 2004.
• Pantheon.world. “The most famous athletes from italy’. N.d.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slalom_skiing
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-G
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_slalom
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Tomba
• Britannica.com, alberto tomba, italian skier.
• Understandingitaly.com, ‘alberto tomba’ 2010.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_Cin%C3%A9ma_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Sportifs
• World ov volley.com. ‘Where is alberto tomba now?” 26/2/2013.
• Olympics.com, ‘when alberto tomba burst onto the scene 32 years ago’, 31/3/2021.
• Omega. ‘Got a minute? With alberto tomba’.2010.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, entertaining episode. This week we will discuss some sportspeople from over the years who have gone on to have a go at acting with some going on to be a success at Hollywood. Some of who we will discuss include

• One of the biggest action actors in film today who was once an elite diver and was once ranked 12th in the world.
• A swimming great who set numerous world records and gained olympic gold medals who went on to star as Tarzan and was a comic strip adventurer in “Jungle Jim”.
• Professional wrestlers such as Dwayne ‘the rock’ johnson, john cena, dave bautista.
• Former rugby league players matt nable and ian roberts.
• Brett lee and is short stint in bollywood.
• OJ Simpson in the “naked gun’.
• Rhonda rousey, bruce lee, jean claude van-dam, jackie chan.
• Snowy baker
• Jim brown and john david washington.
• Neymar, ernie dingo and shaquelle o’neil
• Esther williams and annetter kellerman
• Vinnie jones
• Murray rose, desert gold and ron harrick
• Sonja henie

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps for the week. Olivia drops by to do the Quiz and Who am I? And we have our segment Where are they now? Paul and Glenn will also talk about their favourite actors and some great sporting movies.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Jones
• AARP.org ‘who is the best athlete-actor of all time?’ by nicholas derenzo 28/7/2021.
• Augustman.com ‘7 former athletes who became actors and never looked back’, by richard augustin 30/12/2021.
• Filmlink.com.au ‘good sports: australian athletes who act’, by stephen vagg 9/5/2021.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Haddrick
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Weissmuller
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Statham
• Head, Steve (6 June 2003). "An Interview with Jason Statham". IGN. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
• Martin, Reed (28 April 2009). The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need to Know About Making an Independent Film. Macmillan. ISBN 9780571211036.
• Jones, Emma (3 May 2012). "Jason Statham: Billion dollar man". BBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
• White, Armond. "Transcendent Thrill Drive". Nypress.com. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
• Dargis, Manohla (2011). "Jason Statham in 'The Mechanic' - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
• Robey, Tim (2011). "The Mechanic, review". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
• Gal Gadot, Jason Statham, Wix kick butt in Super Bowl ad race". CNET. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUPekONni8M jason statham, kit kat commercial 2003.
• Miller, Julie (19 November 2013). "Jason Statham Says Stuntmen Deserve Oscars If "Poncy" Actors Faking It Get Them". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
• Mirror.co.uk. “Jason statham’s surprising diving career and embarrassing mistake at the commonwealth games”, by kylie o’sullivan. 26/7/2021.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Huntington-Whiteley
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxH5n93CzM “jason statham competed in diving at the 1990 commonwealth games”, athena media
• Mirror.co.uk “rosie huntington-whitely and jason statham quit america and snap up 7.5 m pounds london pad”. By Lucy Needham 6/1/2021.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we are going to discuss some well known sportspeople whose careers have unfortunately been affected by regular injuries. Some of who we discuss include

• A former american baseball pitcher who was a one-time top prospect and stormed onto the MLB scene only to succumb to regular injuries.
• An argentine tennis player who defeated the great roger federer to win a US Open title and then had his career severely halted by injuries.
• Cricket players such as bruce reid, james pattinson, will puckoski, brett shultz, pat cummins,
• Nick kyrgios and jason day
• Afl players such as alex johnson and scott gumbleton
• Harry kewell, tony romo, greg oden, micky mantle
• Rugby league players such as david woods, eric grothe snr and jnr, paul mares, brent tate, boyd cordner.

Paul and Glenn give their claps and slaps, we have our quiz and our segments who am I and where are they now?

References

• Hubgeneplanet.com “being injury prone: what does it mean and what can you do about it?”17/1/2023.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Cummins
• "BREAKING: Roosters skipper Boyd Cordner forced to retire due to concussion at 29". Fox Sports. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
• Bleacher report.com “greg oden and the 50 most injury prone athletes of all time” by adam lazarus, 21/11/2010.
• ATP Staff (14 September 2009). "Del Potro stuns Federer to win title". ATP World Tour. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_del_Potro
• "Emotional Juan Martin del Potro announces retirement from tennis". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
• "Del Potro to resume training with US Open on mind". 26 March 2023.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Prior
• "Mark Prior Stats". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
• Habib, Daniel G. (July 7, 2003). "Double Whammy". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
• Skolnick, Ethan J. (October 8, 2003). "Head of the Class". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average
• Matthews, Will (April 14, 2007). "Price Sets All-Time VU Mark for Strikeouts". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
• "Hawpe, Hodges Lead Tigers Into CWS Driver's Seat". Louisiana State University. June 11, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
• "Prior wins Golden Spikes Award". The Beaver County Times. December 11, 2001. p. B7. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
• Witz, Billy (August 30, 2010). "High Expectations Met With Similar Misfortune". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
• "Prior leaves game with strained hamstring". ESPN. August 31, 2002. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
• Sportscasting.com. “What happened to former chicago cubs phenom mark prior?” by luke norris 20/5/2020.
• Skolnick, Ethan J. (October 8, 2003). "Head of the Class". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
• Fagan, Ryan (May 25, 2019). "What if? With Mark Prior and Kerry Wood, Cubs fans still wonder what might have been". The Sporting News. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
• Downey, Mike (November 15, 2003). "3rd place is money in the bank for Prior". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August
• Muskat, Carrie (May 14, 2004). "Notes: Prior gets business degree". MLB.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
• The cold wire. “What happened to mark prior? The complete story.” by tyler wells. 23/1/21.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This episode we are acknowledging Mother’s Day and paying respect to all mothers. We will discuss some well known sporting mothers from over the years who have excelled in their chosen sport even after giving birth and we will talk about some sportspeople who have followed in their mother’s footsteps and gone on to have a sporting career. Some of who we discuss include

• A Jamaican sprinter who is part of the golden generation of Jamaican sprinters, is an all time great and has even had success in motherhood.
• A former afro-american basketball player who helped revolutionise the sport for women and now has two children who are professional basketball players in the NBA and WNBA.
• Evonne goologong-cawley, serena williams and kim clisters.
• Lisa curry, sonya curry,
• Myriam fox and liz mc colgan
• Judy murray and beverly waugh
• Michael jordan’s mother dolores.

Miss Olivia drops by to do our quiz and who am I? And we have our Where Are they now segment?

References

• https://mccrindle.com.au/article/happy-mothers-day-from-mccrindle/#:~:text=The%20first%20Mother's%20Day%20in,the%20second%20Sunday%20of%20May.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Waugh
• Yardbarker.com “famous moms from the sports world” by seth trachtman, 7/5/2020.
• Givemesport.com “womens sport: famous athletes and their mums who coached them”. By hannah mendel sohn. 22/3/2020.
• "Mother's Day: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Allyson Felix win historic golds at world champs". NBC Sports. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Mike Digiovanna (April 20, 1985). "Pam and Paula McGee : Double figures: Basketball-Playing Twins Still Together; Not Such a Far Cry From Olympics". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
• "Ninth Pan American Games -- 1983". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
• "Ninth World Championship For Women -- 1983". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
• https://olympics.com/en/athletes/pamela-denise-mcgee
• https://www.wbhof.com/famers/pamela-mcgee/
• "Warriors' JaVale McGee hosts 4th annual charity softball game with teammates, celebrities". KTVU FOX 2. June 22, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
• "JUGLIFE: How JaVale McGee Is Saving Lives Through His Foundation". SLAM. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
• Like Mother, Like Son, The Ringer, Katie Baker, June 7, 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
• Imasportsphile III, olympics 1984 los angeles
• Greatest basketball family of all-time? Pamela and javale mcgee,2022.
• Lundblad, Jeremy (May 16, 2008). "Mother-son legacy a first for WNBA/NBA". ESPN.com.
• Highkin, Sean (December 23, 2013). "JaVale McGee is starring in a reality show with his mom". USA Today Sports. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
• Nededog, Jethro (January 17, 2014). "OWN's 'Mom's Got Game': House Training Isn't Just for the Dogs". The Wrap. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
• Today.com “olympic gold winning mom of gold medalist son reveals her parenting secret” by rachael paula abrahamson, 12/8/2021

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed and entertaining episode. This week with it being Labour Day we thought we will talk about some well known sports people over the years who have protested or gone on strike. It may be race related, gender related or a constant struggle for justice. Some of who will discuss include

• An american basketball team who went on strike with other professional sporting teams following suit.
• An american runner, author and television commentator who created a social revolution by empowering women around the world through running.
• Muhammad Ali refused and took a stand when drafted to go to vietnam.
• Latrell mitchell
• Le bron james and kyrie irving
• The black power salute
• Ongoing pay disputes and cricket australia.
• Taking the knee and racial inequality and police brutality
• Crowd riots e.g., cricket supertest 1979 in guyana.
• Protests and demonstrations in regards to South Africa's apartheid policy.
• Arthur ashe
• 1980 boycott of moscow olympics by USA and other western countries.
• Major league baseball strike 1994/95.
• The Matilda's.

Paul and Glenn give their pats and slaps of the week. Miss Olivia drops by to do the quiz and who am I? We also have our where are they now?segment.

References

• Qld teachers union of employees, labour day 2023. www.qtu.asn.au
• Hauser, Thomas. "The Importance of Muhammad Ali". Gilder Lehrman Institute.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_knee
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Major_League_Baseball_strike
• Francis awaritefe, “matildas player strike:what are the key pay demands and disputes ahead”? The guardian, 11/11/2015.
• Steve wulf “athletes and activism: the long, defiant history of sports protests”. landscape.com30/1/2019.
• www.theertia.com, “tom carroll on boycotting south africa’s asp events during apartheid:i just wanted to step up”, 12/7/2018.
• Boston university BU Today. “Nba players strike for social justice. What comes next? Mark chalufour. 31/8/2020.
• Lorge Butler, Sarah (April 12, 2012). "How Kathrine Switzer paved the way". ESPN. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
• Switzer, Kathrine (April 4, 2017). Marathon Woman (4th ed.). Da Capo Press Inc. ISBN 978-0306825651. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020. We checked the rule book and entry form; there was nothing about gender in the marathon. I filled in my AAU number, plunked down $3 cash as entry fee, signed as I always sign my name, 'K.V. Switzer,' and went to the university infirmary to get a fitness certificate.
• "Lady With Desire to Run Crashed Marathon" (PDF). The New York Times. April 23, 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
• King, Jennifer (August 22, 2015). "First women graduate from US Army Ranger School as gender barriers continue to fall". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015.
• https://kathrineswitzer.com/1967-boston-marathon-the-real-story/
• https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon
• https://youtu.be/lBasZWjd92k
• Skysports.com “kathrine switzer. First woman to officially run boston marathon on the iconic moment she w
• Lodge, Denise (April 16, 2012). "Kathrine Switzer: Empowerment through Running". Impowerage Magazine. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
• "Boston, 1967: When marathons were just for men". BBC News. April 16, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
• "Boston, 1967: When marathons were just for men". BBC News. April 16, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
• Kathrine Switzer Launches Global Non-Profit 261 Fearless, Inc. with an Ambassador Program, Club Training System and Events". Running USA. October 20, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
• https://www.261fearless.org/
• Switzer, Kathrine (2007). Marathon Woman. New York: Carroll & Graf. pp. 132–33, 203–04, 382–83. ISBN 978-0-7867-1967-9.
• Katherine switzer: first woman to enter the boston marathon. Makers.com,2013.

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In this episode we celebrate Paul’s 52nd birthday and Glenn asks Paul about his time growing up playing sport in the blue mountains. Paul and glenn also reminisce life growing up in the 80’s and Paul talks about some of his personal birthday memories. Paul will also give a bit of a geography and history lesson of the blue mountains and how it received it’s name.

Paul will also talk about some well known sporting people who celebrate their birthday on April 16 such as

• Reginal Foster
• Frank williams
• Kareem abdul-jabbar
• Bill belichick
• John bowe
• Salim malik
• Conchita martinez
• Peter jackson

References

• Rugby league project.org, 2023
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Malik
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowe_(racing_driver)
• Onthisday.com, “April 16, birthdays in sport on April 16”.
• "Forever tainted". ESPN Cricinfo. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
• Australia v England, 1st Test, 1903/04". Cricketarchive.com. 17 December 1903.
• Retrieved 12 August 2011.
• "Australia v England, 5th Test, 1903/04". Cricketarchive.com. 8 March 1904. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
• RE (Reginald Erskine) Foster. TheFA.com. Retrieved on 17 May 2018.
• England Players – Tip Foster. Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved on 17 May 2018.
• Forever tainted". ESPN Cricinfo. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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In this episode we celebrate Paul’s 52nd birthday and Glenn asks Paul about his time growing up playing sport in the blue mountains. Paul and glenn also reminisce life growing up in the 80’s and Paul talks about some of his personal birthday memories. Paul will also give a bit of a geography and history lesson of the blue mountains and how it received it’s name.

Paul will also talk about some well known sporting people who celebrate their birthday on April 16 such as

• Reginal Foster
• Frank williams
• Kareem abdul-jabbar
• Bill belichick
• John bowe
• Salim malik
• Conchita martinez
• Peter jackson

References

• Rugby league project.org, 2023
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Malik
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowe_(racing_driver)
• Onthisday.com, “April 16, birthdays in sport on April 16”.
• "Forever tainted". ESPN Cricinfo. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
• Australia v England, 1st Test, 1903/04". Cricketarchive.com. 17 December 1903.
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• "Australia v England, 5th Test, 1903/04". Cricketarchive.com. 8 March 1904. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
• RE (Reginald Erskine) Foster. TheFA.com. Retrieved on 17 May 2018.
• England Players – Tip Foster. Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved on 17 May 2018.
• Forever tainted". ESPN Cricinfo. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed and educational episode. This week we commemorate ANZAC Day with a special episode devoted to sportspeople who served in war. We also pay respect to the all the soldiers who have served in wars past and present. Some of what we will discuss in this episode include

• ANZAC day tradition eg, game of two up, marches.
• Paul talks about his personal visits to gallipoli and the western front.
• ANZAC day nrl and afl matches
• Patt tisdale, keith miller, tony dell.
• A mexican/american golfing legend known for his great smile and humour who served in the war as a machine gunner.
• An inspirational australian paracanoist and former soldier who is now a legend in his sport and has inspired many through his triumph over tragedy and is a legend in his sport.Paul will also talk about some interesting war stories and sport and talk about cecil healey, vfl footballers who served in war such as william henry orchard. Also talk about cricket being played on the beaches of gallipoli and along the nile river, tibby “terror” cotter, former wallaby william tasker, aussie runner gerald ian dacres, david powell lindsay and jack jones.

Paul and Glenn give their pats and slaps of the week. Olivia is back to do the quiz, and who am I? And we have our where are they now? segment.

References * "ANZAC Day". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013. * Yardbarker.com “the greatest athletes to serve in the us armed forces”, by steve pelonero, 2023. * Commonwealth war graves “remembering the fallen athletes from both world wars”.29/7/22 * "Lee Trevino profile". Golf Legends. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. * News.com.au “australian war stories: aussie sports greats that fought in ww1”, by charles miranda, 2022. * Athletes in the defence forces, quaycentre.com.au, n.d. * Curtis McGrath". Australian Canoeing website. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * McMurran, Alistair (25 September 2013). "Paralympics: McGrath maintains positive approach". Otago Daily News. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * Sygall, David (12 September 2015). "I looked down and saw my legs were gone: Rio-bound kayaker Curtis McGrath". The Age. Retrieved 13 September 2015. * Sygall, David (12 September 2015). "I looked down and saw my legs were gone: Rio-bound kayaker Curtis McGrath". The Age. Retrieved 13 September 2015. * Foxsports (7 August 2014). "Curtis McGrath is Australia's most inspiring world champion". Courier Mail. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * https://curtismcgrath.com.au/#about * McMurran, Alistair (25 September 2013). "Paralympics: McGrath maintains positive approach". Otago Daily News. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * Atfield, Cameron (9 November 2013). "Wounded war veterans kayak from Sydney to Brisbane". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 6 September 2018. * "Australia Finishes Success World Champs With More Tickets To Tokyo". Paddle Australia website. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019. * McGrath Makes It Eight World Championship Titles". Paddle Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018. * "REynolds wins Australia's first gold at World Championships". Australian Canoeing News, 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015. * "2014 Australian Canoeing award winners". Australian Canoeing website. Retrieved 24 August 2015. * McGrath wins World Paddle top gong". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 20 February 2017. * "Paralympic Team Lunch, Sydney Olympic Park". Malcolm Turnbull MP website. Retrieved 21 June 2016. * Greenwood, Emma (12 May 2014). "Former soldier and Gold Coast Paralympian Curtis McGrath determined to win gold in Rio after losing legs in Afghanistan". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * "Curtis McGrath". Australian Canoeing website. Retrieved 22 August 2014. * https://44bars.com/who-is-curtis-mcgrath-wife-rachel-mcgrath-meet-the-para-canoeist-on-instagram/ * You little rippa podcast 26/3/23, hosted by kyle fearnley and ryley batt.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed and educational episode. This week we are going to talk about some of the well-known and interesting sporting trophies from over the years. Some of what we will discuss include

• The oldest existing championship trophy in north american professional sport.
• A small old terracotta urn that originated in 1882 and now represents the greatest and most long-standing test cricket series to this day.
• NRL and AFL trophies and the Clive Churchill medal and Norm Smith medals.
• Webb ellis trophy
• The open championship “claret jug”. And the Masters “Green jacket”.
• Football trophies such as the FIFa world cup, UEFA champions trophy and Fa cup.
• Wimbledon men’s and ladies singles trophies.
• America’s cup
• Olympic medals
• Larry o’brien championship trophy
• The carlisle bell, the world’s trophy dating back to 1599.
• The kolkana trophy, the biggest trophy ever made and the borg-warner trophy.
• World;s smallest trophy the lyonesse cup at 9mm tall.
• Paul talk’s about some personal trophies that bring back fond memories.

Paul and Glenn give their pats and slaps of the week. Olivia is back to do the quiz, and we have our who am I and where are they now? segments.

References

• Welovequizzes.com, 27 famous sporting trophies quiz questions and answers:champion, 2022
• 10 most famous sports trophies and the stories behind them all. Olympia.com.au by magneto seo. n.d
• The world’s most famous trophies, and edco’s equivalents. Edco.com n.d
• B onlinesports. The most prestigious sports trophies around the world. Sports.borgataonline.com. N.d
• Spirit of the ashes, the mystique. The decisive matches. And the men who won them. by jack egan. Wilkinson publishing 2006
• Podnieks, Andrew (March 25, 2008). "Triple Gold Goalies... not". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
• "Lord Stanley (of Preston)". Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
• https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/top/1515659-richest-football-club-world-top-10-wealthiest-teams/ the 12 most expensive football trophies and their worth by jacqluin wangare, 2023.
• https://www.canterbury.com/blog/sports/top-10-most-expensive-sporting-trophies/ 2021.
• https://www.espressomedia.co.uk/lyonesse-cup/#:~:text=World's%20Smallest%20Football%20Trophy&text=It's%206mm%20tall.,the%20world's%20smallest%20football%20trophy.2023
• "The Ashes History". Lords. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
• https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-ashes
• Google, arts and culture. The history of the ashes, by cricket australia.
• "T Rice: Romantic veil tale brings new twist to Ashes saga (6 May 1998)".
• Melbourne Cricket Club, 2006 “In Affectionate Remembrance: The Story of the Mythical Ashes”. page 75.
• Good Stuff. "Cobham Hall (Including Kitchen and Stable Court), Cobham, Kent". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
• Geraldton Guardian 15 February 1921, page 1. Online reference http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66512851?searchTerm="cobham hall" urn&searchLimits=l-decade=192
• Melbourne Cricket Club, 2006 "In Affectionate Remembrance: The Story of the Mythical Ashes". page 82.
• News.com.au, “dates and venues for 2023 ashes series finally revealed”, nic savage, 21/9/22.
• https://www.ashesbail.com.au/history the history of the ashes bail, 2019.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we will look back at some of the Nearlies, ie, sportspeople who have gone very close to winning a big sporting event, however have just ended up short and never claimed the prize. In this episode we will discuss some of the following

• Golfers such as Greg norman, lee westwood.
• Tennis players such as jo-wilfred tsonga, david ferrer, tim henman.
• Brian smith
• Rugby league players such as steve rogers, ben elias, paul sironen, nathan hindmarsh
• Frankie dettori
• Basketballer players such as karl malone, patrick ewing, charles barkley
• Barry bonds
• Michelle kwan
• Sir donald bradman just falling short of the magical 100 average.
• An aussie middle distance runner who lit the olympic flame at the melbourne olympics, broke numerous world records however fell just short in the search for olympic gold.
• An aussie sporting legend and tennis great who excelled over three decades in the amateur, professional and open eras and just fell short of a wimbledon title.

Paul and Glenn give their pats and slaps of the week. We have our quiz, who am I and where are they now? segments.

• "Frankie Dettori hits his magic 500". mirror.co.uk. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
• "The day Dettori's Magnificent Seven left the bookies in tears". The Independent. London. 23 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.
• Yardbarker.com, “the greatest athletes who never won a championship”, matt whitener 2023
• "Ron Clarke". Sports Reference – Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
• Nichols, Peter (19 June 2015). "Ron Clarke obituary". The Guardian.

• Gold Coast City Council. "Mayor Cr Ron Clarke MBE". Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

• Smart, Nick (17 June 2015). "Suns, says former AFL boss Andrew Demetriou". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

• Kimmorley, Sarah (17 June 2015). "Legendary Australian athlete and former Gold Coast Mayor, Ron Clarke has died aged 78". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
• 2017 Junior Ron Rathbone Local History Prize Ken Rosewall St George’s Tennis Star by Vicky Yan.
• International tennis hall of fame-lew hoad https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/lew-hoad
• International tennis hall of fame-ken rosewall https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/ken-rosewall
• Love Game: A history of tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon, Elizabeth Wilson (2016), p. 158
• Love Game: A history of tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon, Elizabeth Wilson (2016), p. 159
• Tennis companion, joe crim “open era in tennis, 1968”
• Jon Henderson (7 January 2007). "Connors blows away graceful Rosewall". The Observer.
• "Connors Tops Rosewall For Wimbledon Crown". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. 7 July 1974. p. 1C.
• https://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/ken-rosewall
• "Ken Rosewall 1977 Player activity". atptour.com.
• "Ken Rosewall 1978 Player activity". atptour.com.
• "Ken Rosewall 1980 Player activity". atptour.com.
• Fox sport, from staff writers adelaidenow, 2011.
• https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2023/01/15/ken-rosewall-honoured-on-the-australian-open-2023-coin

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This episode we will discuss some well known sportspeople who have received the hook (dismissed), sacked during a match or during the season. Some of who we will talk about include

• Some well football coaches who got the boot eg, mickey arthur, rafael beneitez, alen stajcic, alan shearer.
• Cricketers such as the late andrew symonds, richard gabriel, ashton agar.
• A former rugby league player known for his swan dives when scoring a try and an infamous semi final where he was given the hook after 16 minutes and watched the remainder of the match in a nearby pub with some of his mates.

We give our pats and slaps, Livvy drops by to do he quiz and Who Am I? And we have our Where are they now? Segment.

• Adrian proszenko, “firing line:maguire, tigers take unwanted place in the history of nrl coaching, sydney morning herald, 2022.
• Khelnow, premier league 2022-23 mangers who were sacked this season. Sagar paul.
• Sir viv richards on t&t gabriel story, nbc radio, 2020
• Sean cole, fourfourtwo.com 2018
• Dave fraser “fallen idols”, the sun, 2020
• “Shearer and henry inducted into hall of fame”, Premier League. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
• "Griffin becomes new Panthers coach". National Rugby League. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
• Rugari, Vince (9 February 2021). "Football Australia director Heather Reid facing push to oust her from board". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
• "Steve Mavin - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
• "NSWRL 1987 - Round 1 - Rugby League Project".
• "Steve Mavin Scores 2 Tries for South Sydney in 1987". YouTube.
• Souths vs canberra minor semi final, network ten, you tube.
• "NSWRL 1992 - Round 1 - Rugby League Project".
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevedore
• https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/rabbitohs-where-are-they-now/news-story/99555cbd914ac4a6dd8b8bc63a42e35c[bare URL]
• https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/rabbitohs-where-are-they-now/news-story/99555cbd914ac4a6dd8b8bc63a42e35c[bare URL]
• From then to now podcast- steve mavin. Sporting news podcast, 2019.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This time we celebrate St Patrick’s day in style and talk about some well known Irish sportspeople from over the years. Some of what we discuss include

• The origin of St Patricks. ancestry.
• Paul talks about his time travelling around Ireland in 1999.
• The rise of irish cricket eg, paul stirling, andrew balbirnie and world cup upsets.
• Gaelic sports such as hurling, gaelic football.
• A former track and field star who set middle distance records.
• Rory mclroy, padraig harrington, katie taylor, barry mcguigan.
• George best and roy keane.
• A national hunt horse jockey who clocked up over 4000 wins and is considered by many to be the greatest jockey of all time and a legend of the sport.

Livvy drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? And we have our Where are they now? Segment.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day

https://publicholidays.com.au/saint-patricks-day/#:~:text=Saint%20Patrick's%20Day%20is%20observed,holiday%2C%20but%20is%20popular%20nevertheless.

https://www.connollycove.com/successful-irish-athletes/

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/top-5-greatest-irish-sporting-achievements/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_McIlroy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_O%27Sullivan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_jump_racing_Champion_Jockey

https://sites.google.com/site/jockeypedia/mccoy-tony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National

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Brough scott, 2010 the sunday times. London, uk.

"Tony McCoy wins second Cheltenham Gold Cup on Synchronised". The Guardian. London, UK. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

"Synchronised and According to Pete die in Grand National". BBC Sport. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

https://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/jumps-racing-campaign

• "Racing legend Tony McCoy reaches amazing landmark with 4,000th winner". Irish Independent. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

"AP McCoy claims historic 4,000th career winner". BBC Sport. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

"Tony McCoy celebrates 4,000th winner at Towcester on Mountain Tunes". Guardian UK. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

Hayward, Paul (7 November 2013). "AP McCoy's 4,000 wins is a sporting achievement that is unsurpassable". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

"New Year's Honours 2016 list" (PDF). GOV.UK. 30 December 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

"Champion AP McCoy signs off with third-place finish". Rte Sport. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/legendary-ex-jockey-tony-mccoy, michael mchugh, 2017.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/horseracing/15642833/jockey-ap-mccoy-lifestyle-mansion-car/, sam morgan, 2022.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/equestrian-relief-coronavirus-ap-mccoy-nhs-charities-a9466446.html

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. See previous episode notes for details on this particular podcast episode.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we discuss and explore the relationship between sport and advertising. In this episode some of what we discuss includes

• a American rock start who helped promote Rugby League in Australia and around the world and was "Simply the Best".

• betting agencies being advertised on TV and rise of online gambling in sport.

• the fading out of cigarette and alcohol advertising/sponsorship in sport

• the cost of advertising in sport eg, 2.25 million dollars for a 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl.

• sponsorship on sporting jerseys and how it has increased over the years to not just one sponsor but many.

• advertising and promoting or sporting teams and events.

• famous TV commercials featuring well known sporting identities eg, C'mon Aussie C'mon, Tooheys Beer, The AFL'S "I'd like to see that".

• an Aussie advertising agency responsible for some of the nations most memorable campaigns.

• Nike's "Just Do it" campaign.

• Air Jordan

• Under Armours "Rule Yourself" campaign.

• Pepsi "Change the Games"

Paul teaches Livvy some well known sporting songs that were famous on TV many years ago. Paul and Glenn give their Pats and Slaps, we have our Quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we are going to discuss Sportspeople who over the years have had a go at a musical career, some with success and some without success. So of the sportspeople we will discuss include

• John mc enroe
• Brett and Shane lee and their band six and out with some other famous cricketers.
• An american professional snowboarder and skateboarder who is a five time olympian and also plays in an electronic rock band.
• An Aussie rules larrikin from the 80’s who was a one hit wonder with “i’m an individual”, and sold energizer batteries to the world “Oi”.
• Carl lewis
• The Bryan brothers, Mike and bob.
• Alexi lalas
• Deion sanders
• Manny pacquiao
• Shaquille o’neill
• Roy jones jnr
• Oscar de la hoya
• Bernie williams
• Tim flannery
• 1985 Chicago Bears
• Wayman tisdale
• Mike reid.

Glenn gives his slap of the week and we also have our Quiz and our segments Who am I and Where are they now?

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Paul is back for another bumper episode. This time he is joined by Miss Olivia to discuss sporting uniforms from years past and some of the ones today. In this episode we discuss

• some of Paul's favorite sporting outfits that he has had for many years and ones that still take a place in his bedroom today.

• a former American professional golfer who was well known for his distinctive clothing and sadly died too young.

• a countries cricket outfit that started beige and brown, well away from their true national color and how it has changed over the years.

• some of the ugly sporting outfits eg, John Daly's pants, team Canada ice hockey outfit.

• the most iconic sporting outfits eg, Argentina football team and New York Yankees.

• the origin of colored clothing in World Series Cricket in the late 70's.

• the Australian ODI cricket outfit and how it has changed over the years

• the Australian rugby union outfit and how it has changed over the years.

• NRL and AFL jerseys and how it has evolved with different jerseys worn throughout the season eg, indigenous round, heritage rounds.

We have our Who Am I and Where are they Now? segments as well as our quiz and Paul and Olivia rate their favorite sporting uniforms of all time.

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Paul is back for a belated Australia Day special. In this episode he will talk about his sporting memories from an early age. Paul will talk about his number one Aussie sportspeople from a wide range of sports and will also will then discuss many great Aussie sporting memories over the past 50 years. Paul will also give his top 5 sporting memories and top 5 Aussie sporting teams.

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Paul and Glenn are back for their first action packed episode for 2023. To kick off the year we begin our two episode special on music and sport. In our first segment this week we will discuss some of the well known musicians and their interest and passion for sport. Some of who we discuss include

• Some well known sporting anthems
• Grand final and superbowl performances eg, meatloaf, malrobe malfunction in 2004, jessica maulboy.
• A well known british rock and pop singer who excelled in football early on, however went on to become one of the best selling music artists of all time.
• An energetic heavy metal singer with a great passion/skill with the sword.
• Chelcee grimes
• Jack johnson
• Vanessa mae
• Julio iglesias
• Alice cooper
• Bruce hornsby
• Elton john
• Robert smith and the cure
• Bob marley
• Snoop dogg
• Kenny chesney
• Nelly
• Usher
• Garth brooks
• Sheryl crow
• Jewel
• Jon bon jovi
• Justin timberlake
• Huey lewis
• John fogerty
• Nickelback
• John ondrasik

We also discuss our slaps of the week and our winners and losers. We also have our quiz and segments Who am I? And Where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back, this time to do a wrap of the year in sport and discuss some of the memorable and not so memorable moments. Some of what we discuss include

• Some little known who became well known Where are they nowers.
• Ash barty
• Winter olympics
• Commonwealth games
• Ashes triumph
• Socceroos inspirational performance at the world cup
• Cameron smith and his open championship triumph
• Nrl and the afl
• Nick kyrgios, good and bad.
• Pga vs liv golf war
• Ban on russian sportspeople and teams
• Manly pride jersey saga
• Need brockmann
• Retirement of roger federer and serena williams
• The sudden deaths of shane warne, rod marsh and andrew symonds.
• The shane warne memorial at the mcg and a great tribute to an aussie icon.
• Also talk about some of the other well known sports people we have lost in 2022.

We also discuss our slaps of the week and our winners and losers. Paul also gives his top five sporting stories of the year.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we talk about some one hit wonders in sport over the years, those sportspeople or teams who made a surprise big impact, however only to disappear off the scene. We also discuss some of our favourite one hit wonders in music.

In this episode some of who we discuss include

• An unknown former Filipino boxer who knocked out one of the all time greats.
• A former american tennis star who stunned the world winning the french open at just 17 years of age.
• Western division rugby league team in 1974
• Buster douglas, leon spinks
• Cricket one test wonders eg, stuart law, mick malone, matthew nicholson, james faulkner.
• Jason kreyza
• Rugby league players such as ewan mc grady, tim smith, shane perry.
• Jeremy lin
• Shane spencer
• Brady anderson, derek anderson
• Jimmy glass
• Thomas johansson
• Tim tebow
• Golfers such as jack fleck, rich beem, steve jones, ben curtis, todd hamilton, shaun micheel.

We also discuss our slaps of the week, winners and losers and have our weekly quiz. We also have our segments Who am I and Where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and educational episode. This week we have a world cup special and talk about the world’s biggest sporting event and some of its history. In this episode we also discuss

• The top 5 wealthiest players in the game today.
• The top 10 players of all time
• Years of heartache for the socceroos
• An english footballer who scored a hatrick of goals in a world cup final.
• The 2006 Socceroos and how they united a nation.
• 1974 socceroos who became the first aussie football team to qualify for the world cup and ‘captain socceroo’, the late great johnny warren,
• Paul ranks his top 5 socceroos as the world cup.

We have our quiz and also have our Who am I and Where are they Now segments?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. In this extra episode Paul talks about the sporting decisions from over the years that he would like to see reversed in the wake of former aussie boxing champ jeff fenech being rightly awarded his fourth world title 31 years after he was robbed. we also welcome back miss olivia for a chat to see how life is going and school. in this episode we also discuss

• an aussie kayacker who won olympic gold and then had it taken off him, however showed great sportsmanship.

• socceroos world cup matches eg, iran 1997, croatia and italy at 2006 world cup.

• captains who enforced the follow on and lost the unlosable eg, kim hughes 1981 and steve waugh 2001.

• headingly ashes test 2019

• cricket world cup final 2019 and the 'bat of god'.

• state of origin game one 1994 and game three 2006.

• greg norman and the 1987 masters

• raelene boyle and the munich olympics

• awarding qatar the world cup

• pat cash 1984 us open

• australia vs west indies adelaide test 1992/93

• 2005 edgbaston ashes test

• shane warne being dismissed for 99 against new zealand in 2001 off a no ball.

• wallabies vs all blacks bledisloe cup match 2022 and david campese's wayward pass vs british lions in 1989.

• greg inglis

• former sprinter darren clarke.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode of the Sport Shack. This week we are going to talk about sports people and teams who were able to gain sweet revenge over their opponents. Some of what we will discuss in this episode include

• An Australian rules football team who copped a thrashing in a premiership decider and turned the tables on their opponent in the best possible way.
• Two great tennis players who had a great wimbledon rivalry and gained revenge on each other however both had great respect.
• New zealand getting revenge on australia in T20 cricket
• John mcenroe winning wimbledon in 1981 over bjorn borg
• Manly sea eagles over melbourne storm in 200
• Parramatta over canterbury in 1986
• Mitchell johnson over england and the barmy army in 2013/14
• Cleveland cavaliers over golden state warriors in 2016
• Joe montana
• Muhammed ali
• Andy murray finally getting revenge over roger federer and novak djokovic
• Deion sanders
• Steve smith in cricket and NFL
• Brett and Glenn Stewart over David Gallop and the NRL
• Terry francona
• Dennis conner
• Brock lensar over frank mir
• Atlanta falcons over philadelphia eagles
• Manly over western suburbs in 1978 winning the battle of the fibros vs silvertails
• Wayne gretsky over the edmonton oilers
• La Lakers over the Boston celtics.
• West coast eagles over sydney swans

We discuss our winners and losers for the week and our slaps. We have our weekly quiz and have our Who am i and Where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another interesting and bumper episode. This week we talk about some interesting training methods used by sportspeople from ancient times to the now technological age. In this episode some of what we discuss include

• Lynne swan and harry garside using ballet to keep nimble on their feet.
• Boot camps
• The midlands soccer team in zimbabwe and their swim in the zambezi river.
• A famous swimmer who swims with a milk carton on her head.
• A great female skier who is great on the eye and her use of virtual technology when training.
• A legendary middle distance runner who broke world records, claimed olympic gold and his eccentric and inspiring coach.
• Training for the ancient olympics and a man called milo
• Training during COVID
• Jerry rice and his brick catching
• Rickson gracie
• Johnny manziel
• Troy polamalu and isokinetic training
• Le bron jame and his use of cryotherapy
• Frank shamrock
• Michael phelps and his altitude chamber
• Chelsea fc and japan national football team and their interesting training drills
• Manny pacquioa being beaten by sticks
• Conor macgregor
• Michael Jordan, Stephen Curry and their use of strobe light glasses.
• Peyton hillis
• Tim tszyu and his 4 coin trick
• Quinton “rampage” jackson
• Adelaide crows and the collective minds group

Paul and Glenn give their slaps of the week. We have our winners and losers for the week in sport and have our weekly quiz. We also have our Who am I and Where are they now segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we have fun and talk about some of the bizarre moments in sport from over the years that had us in disbelief. Some of what we discuss include

• something that took place at a famous world title boxing bout that no one saw coming and out of the sky.

• a legendary American baseball pitcher who is known by many for his involvement in a most bizarre moment rather than his brilliant career.

• animals making their way onto sporting arenas during play eg, birds, snakes, bats.

• a slap from one cricketer to another that made one of them burst out in tears.

• a very strange goal celebration in football that went too far.

• eddie gaedel

• rodney mccray

• neil horan

• imbeciles running onto football fields and onto race courses during a race.

• one limbed cricket

• kieron pollard

• bees at the cricket

• inzamam ul haq and eric cantona

• a massage therapist who was called to duty on the field and gained a baggy green.

• 1904 olympics and the bizarre and farcical marathon race.

• the 1904 tour de ‘shame’ france

• philip hindes

• an unbelievable number of own goals in a football match in madagascar.

• kim clijsters lucky shot

• tennis players stripping off on court

• monkey testicle doping scandal

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, glenn and paul give their slaps of the week too. We have our quiz and our who am i and where are they now? Segments. Paul will also give his top 5.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we have a punt on the Melbourne cup, discuss our selections and talk about some of the bad habits of some sportspeople from over the years. Some of who we discuss include

• An afl bad boy whose bad habits eventually caught up with him, however eventually turned his life around to focus on what matters most in life.
• A golfer nicknamed the “wild thing”, and his gambling and alcohol addiction.
• Denis rodman, michael jordan and mike tyson
• Cricketers such as Shane Warne, Doug Walters, Michael slater.
• Jimmy greaves
• Sportspeople whose addictions to numb their pain from trauma in their early life sadly became too difficult to overcome.
• Art schlichter
• Wayne rooney
• Tiger woods
• Christian ronaldo
• Robinho de souza
• James lovett
• Ryan giggs
• Derek jeter
• Nrl bad boys such as todd carney, ben barba, matt lodge, josh dugan, corey norman.
• George best
• Wilt chamberlain and his extraordinary sex addiction
• Andre agassi

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, glenn and paul give their slaps of the week too. We have our quiz and our who am i and where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we are going to focus on some of the successful decisions in sports over the years. This may include a team signing a player who would go on and produce the goods, a crucial decision by a coach at a crucial time during a game that paid off. Some of what we discuss include

• An english legend in professional darts who took a punt and sponsored a future legend of the game
• An inspirational former cricket game who changed the way his team played and managed to bring many countries and cultures together as one.
• Successful rugby league signings eg, jonathan thurston, billy slater, greg inglis, glenn lazarus.
• Successful football signings eg, eric cantona, ange postecoglou, arsene wenger.
• Teams who appointed coaches who brought instant success eg, wayne bennet, jack gibson.
• Barcelona FC signed Lionel Messi as an 11 year old.
• Football coaches who made brave decisions during a match that brought victory eg, alex ferguson, graeme arnold, rafa benitez.
• Muhammed ali and rope a dope
• Jimmy hill
• Jack johnson standing up to racism
• Tennis introducing hawkeye
• Earl woods introducing a two year old tiger woods to golf
• Sachin Tendulkar's father introduced him to cricket.
• Sportspeople who appointed coaches that brought success eg, mo farah, andy murray.
• Frank williams and nigel mansell
• Eddie hill and michael schumacher
• Stirling Moss not following his father’s advice.
• Alan Border and the Australian selectors taking a punt on a young Shane warne.
• Ms dhoni and the 2011 world cup.
• Ecb and twenty/20 cricket
• Nelson mandela putting on a springbok jersey

We have our winners and losers for the week in sport. Glenn gives his weekly slap and there is our quiz. We also have our segments: who am i and where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we will discuss some of the sporting decisions made by athletes, coaches, signings that have had negative consequences and have come back to bite, either on the field, court, globally, career wise. Some of what we discuss include

• football teams signing players on big money contracts and the players not performing or become injury plagued.

• a spanish cyclist who lost much respect by not paying respect to the tradition of the yellow jersey.

• a former english goalkeeper who became a promising sportsreporter, however through it all away to spread lunacy and conspiracy theories around the world and state he is the son of god.

• coaches making decisions at crucial times that resulted in a loss, eg, warren ryan 1989 grand final, soviet union ice hockey coach at 1980 winter olympics.

• portland trailblaizers trading sam bowie instead of the great michael jordan

• atlanta falcons letting go of nfl great brett favre to the green bay packers

• cricket captains who decided to enforce the follow on and go on and lose then go on and lose the series eg, kim hughes, steve waugh.

• the cut to heidi add at a crucial time in a 1968 nfl game.

• everett sanchez deciding to put his balls (testicles) in a ball washer with terrible results

• former aussie cricket captain when involved in a sexting scandal and his unbelievable review that handed england a test win.

• jarrad hayne deciding to leave the nrl in 2014 to chase his nfl dream

• french golfer jean van de velde deciding to use the driver on the 18th hole at the 1999 open championship

• the corrupt judges who robbed boxer roy jones jnr of gold

• the charlotte hornets letting kobe bryant go.

• oj simpsons prosecution team deciding to go for the glove

• real madrid letting go of manager vincent del bosque

• clive palmer and gold coast united

• tiger woods and his infidelity

• john mcnamara and his decision to leave on bill bucknor

• ryan lochte and his porky pies (lies) at the 2016 rio olympics

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, Glenn gives his slap of the week. we also have our quiz and our who am I and where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. This week we remember the 20th anniversary of the Bali Bombing attacks that killed 202 people including 88 Australians and pay our respects. We will also be discussing the impact of depression in sport and talk about a little known Danish footballer who at a young age showed tremendous courage to speak about his experience with depression and making the public and the media aware of the pressures young footballers face in Europe to succeed.

We will also talk about some very embarrassing moments for sportspeople over the years, whether it happened on live tv or in a photo. Some of who we discuss include

• a former aussie sprinter whose lycra outfit received headlines in more ways than one.

• brian meeker/rick disnek the american gymnast

• max mannix

• sportspeople getting their pants pulled down eg, Nathan Hindmarsh, Tyson Jackson, Olly Lawrence and Rob Gronkowski

• Camilo Villegas the spiderman or scuttling creature.

• Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake at the 2004 Superbowl and other clothing malfunctions eg, American 2012 rowing team and Bobsleigh team.

• Noel Crusher Cleal

• Gillian Cook

• Tom Brady

• Garth de Felice

• Don McKinnon and Justine Kish not being able to wait

• Peter Sterling getting tangled in the banner in a State of Origin match.

-Tv reporters getting hit in the head while on air

• adrian and cheikou kouyate

• Bobby Petrino

• Rafael Nadal and his wandering eyes.

• Rio Ferdinand and Carlos Fevez

• Raheem Sterling

• Maroyane Fellaini

• Mike Ditka and Ricky Williams

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport and have our quiz. We also have our segments Who am I and Where are they Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss some of the sporting villains from over the years, those we love to see get beat, those we love to boo, those that rub us up the wrong way. some of who we discuss include

• a rugby league great known as 'the king' and 'the emperor of lang park'.

• a well known american boxing promoter who was known for his criminal past and corruption.

• john hopoate and other former rugby league players such as jamie lyon, anthony mundine

• brisbane broncos, new england patriots, indian cricket team, collingwood and its supporters.

• cricketers such as virat kohli, david warner, douglas jardine, stuart broad, richard hadlee, greg chappell

• floyd mayweather jnr, 

• luis suarez

• sun yang and chinese swimmers

• sebestastian vettel

• patrick read

• denis rodman

• lance armstrong

• nick darcy

• jason ackermanis

• villains in sporting movies eg, shooter mc gavin.

we have our where are they now and who am i? segments, also our winners and losers for the week and glenn introduces us to bella he's new pet dog.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we talk about some of the sportspeople who have had a golden end to their career, either being part of a premiership team, winning a grand slam event, winning a gold medal or simply retiring after an illustrious career. in this episode some of who discuss include

• a German tennis player who many consider the greatest female player of all time and achieved a Golden Slam.

• a legendary British rower who overcame the odds to win five gold medals at five olympics.

• bill russell

• former cricketers such as shane warne, glenn mcgrath, greg chappell, dennis lillee and imran khan.

• former rugby league players such as mal menninga, cameron smith, ray price and mick cronin, michael ennis and royce simmonds.

• raelene boyle

• pete sampras

• john eales

• brian o'discoll

• frankel

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• matt le tissier

Paul talks about Parramatta making the NRL grand final and their courageous win against the odds to get there. we have our winners and losers for the week, have our quiz and our segments who am I and where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn celebrate a great achievement bringing up the 100th episode. we talk about some of our favourite moments from the all the episodes we have done and discuss our milestone. we then discuss some of the great sporting milestones from over the years, and which many thought was unachieveable. some of which include

• a romanian gymnast who was a perfect 10 in many ways.

• roger bannister and the 4 minute mile

• an african/american baseballer who broke the race barrier 

• tony lockett

• brian lara and his 400 runs in an innings in test cricket and 500 in first class.

• dennis lillee breaking the world record number of wickets in famous boxing day test 1981.

• rickey henderson

• usain bolt

• jim hynes, the first man to go under 10sec in the 100m

• wayne gretsky and 200 points in a season more than once

• wilt chamberlain

• pete sampras

• ed moses

• rod laver the grand slam tennis king

• bobby jones

• jack johnson

• mike powell

• cameron smith, the first man to 400 first grade nrl games.

• st george and its 11 consecutive premierships

We discuss our winners and losers, we have our quiz and have our milestone episode who am i and where are they now? and of course celebrate with candles and cake.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we go to the darkside and discuss crime in sport and those sportspeople over the years who have spent time behind bars. Paul discusses the recent conviction of former Newtown jet rugby league player Chris Dawson who after 40 years has been found guilty of murdering his wife lynette in january 1982. in this episode we also discuss

• other newtown jets players from their 1975 team who have been involved in crime eg, paul hayward.

• a former aussie rules footballer who achieved great success especially for the west coast eagles, however had his career destroyed by drug use.

• spot fixing in cricket 

• a famous south african athlete nicknamed the 'blade runner', and his crime that shocked the world and destroyed his career.

• aaron hernandez

• kelli lane

• former rugby league players such as jarryd hayne, craig field, john elias, manu vatevei

• marion jones

• oj. simpson

• pete rose

• boris becker

• sonny liston

• floyd mayweather junior and senior

• terry jenner

• nathan bagely

• crime in horse racing eg, fine cotton affair

• mark rogowski

• roscoe tanner

we also discuss issues such as capital punishment and the one-punch rule and no body no parole law.

We have our winners and losers for the week, our quiz and who am I and where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back after a short break for another fun and action packed episode. This week we pay our respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her passing. We will this week talk about some of the famous, well-known sporting feuds from over the years. Some of what we discuss include

• a fiesty female martial artists who pulled no punches

• two former aussie rules who were best mates and shared kangaroo glory and how it was destroyed by a secreative affair.

• muhammed ali and joe frazier

• ian botham and ian chappell

• ian chappell and don bradman

• mark carroll vs paul harragon

• floyd mayweather vs manny pacquiao 

• michael jordan vs scottie pippen

• jose mourinho vs arsene wenger

• robbie slater vs craig foster

We discuss our winners and losers and Glenn has his Slap of the week. Our segments Who Am I and Where are they now? return as does our Quiz.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss the ever changing world of sport and technology and how it has evolved over time and how it is becoming more and more advanced. Some of what we discuss include

• a man who took sport, particularly cricket to another level around the world and revolutionised sports broadcasting.

• microphones on players and officials

• slow motion video

• the rise of esports

• sporting equipment  such as tennis racquets, golf clubs and how they have advanced over time.

• stadium design and roofs on stadiums

-tracking race times and photo finishes.

• clothing and swimsuit design

• neuroscience

• video technology and fan/pundit technology

• data tracking

• virtual reality and virtual imaging

• stump cam and dive cam

• radar guns

• disadvantages of technology in sport.

Paul pays tribute to the sudden and tragic death of rugby league legend Paul Green and Paul and Glenn discuss mental health and the importance of talking and asking for help.

We also talk about our winners and losers for the week, some sports news from around the world and our quiz. We also have our segments who am I and Where Are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we pay special tribute to another Aussie icon Olivia Newton John who passed away after a long battle with cancer. We then focus on talking about sportspeople who over the years have put in a dominant performance. Some of who we will discuss include Wilt chamberlain, rafael nadal, tiger woods, don bradman, wayne gretsky, katie ledecky, michael phelps, usain bolt. we also talk about some well known dominant horses one that won by over 30 lengths. we also will talk about a football great who many regard as the greatest of all time. we also have out winners and losers for the week in sport and discuss some sports news from around the world. we have our quiz and as always we have our who am i and where are they now segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back with a special guest for a birthday episode on the sport shack. In this episode we will discuss some of the great birthday performances from sportspeople over the years. Some of who we discuss include

• an aussie cricketer who became a vegan and celebrated his birthday with a birthday hatrick.

• shaquille o'neal

• dominque wilkins

• michael jordan

• brett favre

• randy johnson

• other cricketers such as david warner, ross taylor, jason gillespie, sachin tendulkar.

• barry bonds

• alex rodriquez

• nomar garciaparra

We also have a Commonwealth Games Quiz and discuss our winners, losers for the week. We also have our segments Who am I and Where are they now?

We also sing Glenn a Happy Birthday and enjoy some birthday cake.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed and fun episode. This week we are going to discuss some of the well known sports teams and athletes who despite often finishing as the bridesmaid and not getting the win they for so long strive for, they finally break through and achieve victory. ie, they got the monkey off their back. Some of who we discuss include

• a middle distance great from Morocco who after much heartbreak went on to create a double triumph on the track.

• a well known speed skater who after much heartache and despair never gave up and finally won gold.

• cathy freeman

• sports teams such as chicago cubs, boston red sox, cronulla sharks, western bulldogs, collingwood magpies, sydney swans.

• golfers such as sergio garcia, phil mickhaelson, adam scott, min-jee lee and mark o'meara.

• tennis stars such as simone halep, ivan lendl, goran ivanisevic.

• france and spain in football world cups

• steve young

• oscar figueroa

• katerina neumannova

• nick skelton

• steve waugh

We discuss a controversial week in sport and talk about some of the sports news from here in australia and around the world. We have our quiz and also have our segments Who Am I and Where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. this week we are going to look back and discuss some of the well-known scapegoats in sport from over the years. some of who we will discuss include

• a disgraced canadian spirnter who went from hero to zero

• a former parramatta rugby league winger who is unfortunately remembered for a dropped pass instead of his great charity work.

• graeme langlands and other rugby league players such as ben hunt, paul carige.

• steve smith 

• damyn martyn

• steve bartman

• david beckham

• andres escobar

• fred merkle

• harry frazee

• nick anderson

• bill bucknor

• scott norwood

• sally robbins

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport also talk about some sport news from around the globe. we have our quiz and who am  i and where are they now segments?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going french and celebrating the french national day, bastille day and discussing things french and french sportspeople. some of what we talk about in this episode include

• popular sports in france.

• a former footballer and current coach of one of the world's great sides.

• the worlds greatest female cyclist who is still competing strongly well into her 60's

• marie jose-perec

• famous rugby players such as serge blanco and phillipe sella

• tony parker

• alain prost and sebastian loeb

--famous tennis players such as mary pierce, rene lacoste, amelie mauresmo, yannick noah, henri leconte

• famous footballers such as michael platini, kylian mbappe, paul progba, thierry henry, fabian barthez.

• asene wenger

• european handballer nikola karabatic

• martin fourcade

• geo andre

-andre the giant

• laure manaudou

We also discuss some of the great aboriginal/indigenous athletes from australia over the years and paul rates them from 10-1.

We discuss the winners and losers for the week in sport. we also have our quiz and our who am i and where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. this week we will discuss some of the famous sportspeople from over the years who have had careers in more than one sport. some more successful than others. some of who we discuss include

• a famous female aussie sportstar who excelled in football and cricket and is a major role model for female sport.

• a rugby league star from the 70's early 80's who also had a distinguished career in cricket.

• deion sanders jnr

• bob hayes

• jonty rhodes

• scott draper

• jim brown

• michael jordan

• ian chappell

• jim thorpe

• reginald snowy baker

• jeff wilson

• lo lo jones

• john elway jnr

-anthony mundine

• cb fry

• rick charlesworth

• warren ryan

we discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport and talk about some sports news from around the globe. we also have our quiz to test your minds and have our segments who am I and where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. this week with independence day fourth of july celebrations, we are paying a special tribute to and will discuss some of the great american sportspeople from the past 50 years. some of who we will discuss include

• a professional athlete who excelled in both baseball and football and excelled in the world of marketing.

• a brilliant female swimmer who continues to win gold medals and break records today.

• great tennis players such as chris evert, serena williams, pete sampras, john mcenroe, jimmy connors

• great golfers such as jack nicklaus, tiger woods, tom watson, phil michaelson.

• great swimmers such as michael phelps, mark spitz, janet evans.

• greg louganis

• great boxers such as floyd meyweather, muhammed ali, mike tyson, evander holyfield.

• great basketballers such as michael jordan, kobe bryant, lebron james

• tom brady, joe montana.

• great athletes such as carl lewis, michael johnson, jackie joyner-kersee

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, discuss some sports from around the globe and we have our quiz to test your minds. we also have our who am i and where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. this week we will discuss some of the great sporting comebacks in a performance over the years. some of the great comebacks we will talk about are

• an aussie cricketer who excelled in the one day format of the game and was known as the finisher

• an well known aussie yacht and its crew who won the heart of a nation and broke the longest winning streak in world sport.

• paul lawrie

• baseball comebacks such as boston red sox and the cleveland indians

• oracle team usa in the americas cup

• great comebacks in tennis eg, ivan lendl 1984 french open, lleyton hewitt 2003 davis cup.

• pat cash 1986 davis cup final

• liverpool 2005 champions league final

• brisbane roar 2011 a league final

• great cricket comebacks eg, ashes 1981, 2019, india's great comeback in 2001

• south africa's many great comebacks to defeat australia in test cricket.

• state of origin and queensland's never say die attitude to ocmeback and win at the death.

we have our who am i and where are they now? segments. we also discuss our winners and losers for the week, we have our quiz and discuss some sports news from around the world.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we look at some sportspeople and teams over the years who have seized the moment and have benefited from a competitors misfortune. Some of who we discuss are

• stephen bradbury

• and english golfing great who pounced on a shark's collapse

• a little aussie battler and his story from tragedy and heartache to truimph and commonwealth gold.

• the english cricket team at the 1992 and 2019 world cups.

• lindsay jacobellis and her unfortunate fall.

• the iranian football team and how they benefited from a serial pest to get to the world cup.

we have our segments who am i and where are they now? there is also our quiz and we discuss our winners and losers for the week.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. this week we will discuss sportspeople who seized the moment and who benefited from a competitors misfortune. some of the examples that we will discuss include

• stephen bradbury at the 2002 winter olympics

• a great english golfer who pounced on the collapse of the shark at the 1996 masters.

• a little aussie battler who overcame great tragedy and heartache to reign supreme at the 1990 commonwealth games.

• allan wells

• azumbah nelson

-the england cricket team at the 1992 and 2019 world cups

• iran football team in 1997

• danny willett at the 2016 masters

• tania frieden and lindsey jacobellis' dramatic fall at the 2006 winter olympics

• sportspeople who celebrate too early such as cyclist adam toupalik.

• mary decker's fall in the 3000m at the 1984 Olympics and maricica puica's truimph.

• the big easy's win ernie els at the 2012 british open who snatched victory from adam scott.

also we have our segments who am I and where are they now? we discuss our winners and losers for the week, there is sports news from around the globe and we also test your minds with our quiz.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we will discuss some to the unlikely sportspeople who suddenly came famous and those that became cult figures. Some of who we discuss include

• Zoe Goss

• Steven Bradbury

• Jamaican Bobsleigh team in 1988 Winter Olympics

• A 61 year old potato famer who stole the hearts of Australians and his famous shuffle to victory

-- Crickets such as Gary Pratt, Pavel Florin, Dwayne Leverock, David Steele

• A swimmer who nearly drowned at the Olympics in 2000, however inspired many through his great determination.

• Michael Eddie the Eagle Edwards

• Torquay FC and their help from man's best friend.

• Elizabeth Swaney and the incredible way she made her way into the Olympics

• William The Fridge Perry

• Oscar The Blade Runner Pistorius

• Dart players such as Andy Fordham and Tony David

• Trevor the Tortoise Misipeka

• Roger Milla

• Alaá Hikmat

We discuss our latest winners and losers for the week in sport, and discuss some sports news from around the world. We have our quiz and also our Who Am I and Where Are They Now segments?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we will discuss some of the sportspeople over the years who have defied great odds in their lives and overcome setbacks to succeed. Some of the sportspeople we discuss include

• a female tennis star who was sensationally stabbed in the back and who returned to win a Grand Slam title.

• a young female who survived a shark attack and then went on to inspire many by facing her fears and showing great determination.

• Paralympians such as Kurt Fearnley, Louise Savage and Scott Rigsby.

• Former Rugby League players such as John Faragher and Alex McKinnon who became quadriplegics however went on to excel in other areas.

• Rulon Gardner

• Wilma Rudolph

• Michael Jordan

• Michael Phelps

• Tom Brady

• Steve Ella

• Nathan Charles

• Jason McCartney

• Jackie Robinson

• Michael Oher

• Magic Johnson

• Sandeep Singh

• Kieran Behan

• Nikki Lauda

• Manchester United and Matt Busby

We also discuss our winners and losers in the week of sport as well as some sport news from around the world. We have our quiz as well as our segments Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss some of the great sporting upsets over the years. Some of these include

• an english premier league side who went from battling underdogs to upstaging the rich and famous.

• an motivated and inconsistant boxer who stunned the world when he knocked out the great mike tyson.

• parramatta defeating the brisbane broncos in 1993

• cricket upsets such as zimbabwe defeating australia at the 1983 world cup and ireland defeating pakistan in 2007.

• denmark and greece's suprise euro cup wins.

• peter doohan defeating boris becker at wimbledon in 1987.

• western division winning the Amco Cup rugby league in 1974.

• iceland defeating england at euro 2016.

• miracle on ice 1980 at lake placid

• wotan winning the melbourne cup in 1936.

• japan defeating south africa at 2015 world cup

• tennis upsets such as mark edmonson winning the 1976 australian open and sergey stakhovsky defeating roger federer at 2013 wimbledon.

• ye yang winning 2009 uspga and todd hamilton winning the 2004 british open.

• india defeating west indies in 1983 cricket world cup final.

• emma radacanu winning 2021 us open tennis

• senegal defeating france at 2002 world cup

• rulon gardner defeating wrestling big russian bear.

We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, sport from around the globe and Olivia joins us to do the quiz and who am I? we also have our where are they now? segment.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This week we will discuss some of the well-known sporting blow ups/rants that have taken place on air, during interviews, on radio and tv. Some of the blow ups include

• Ron Casey

• Rex Mossop

• Craig Foster and Ange Postegoclou

• super leagues John Ribot and getting ambushed on The Footy Show

• Ali and Fraser's coming to blows on a talk show.

• Geoff Toovey "That's ridiculous".

• a well known Channel Nine media personality and Aussie Rules heavyweight.

• a former Aussie rules man, well-known fisherman and his blow up on air at a smoker.

• Mark Bosnich and the VRA

• Joanna Griggs fury with the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games organisers.

• Andrew Johns

• John Singleton

• Taylor Twellman

• Dan Marino

• Phil Gus Gould and his displeasure with NRL boss.

• Anthony Mundine and Jeff Fenech

• Jim Rome and Jim Everett

• Michael Johnson and Ray Martin

We discuss our winners and losers for the week, and have our Quiz. We also have our Who am I and Where are they now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. We pay special tribute to former Australian cricketing great Andrew Symonds who has sadly passed away at just 46 years of age. We discuss some of our fondest memories of Roy such as

• brilliant athleticism in the field, hard hitting batsmen and versatile bowler.

• his larrikanism and love of fishing and the outdoors

• his loyalty to his teammates and fierce determination to win.

• taking out streakers who crossed his path on the field.

• brilliant One Day hundreds such as the one against Pakistan 2003 World Cup.

• Boxing Day test hundred against England 2006/07

• Hundred against India in the controversial Monkey gate test match in 2007/08

Thanks for the many wonderful memories Roy. RIP.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we will discuss some of the interesting careers by sportspeople in retirement and what they decide to pursue once they end their sporting careers. Some of who we discuss include

• A former University footballer who later became President.

• A former Professional Wrestler who is now a household name in the world of acting.

• A former heavyweight world champion boxer who stunned the world coming out of retirement to win a world title at 45 years of age and is now a mega success in many ways, especially promoting healthy eating.

• Former NRL players such as Ian Roberts, Brad Mackay

• Zali Steggall

• Andrea Jaegar

• Joe Montana

• Shaquille O'Neil

• Mike Tyson

• Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham

• Imran Khan

• Danica Patrick

• Manny Pacquio

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

• Cricketers such as Henry Olonga, Curtly Ambrose, Andrew Flintoff, Nathan Astle, Mike Brearly, Ewan Chatfield.

We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week in sport and also have our weekly quiz. And also our Who Am I and Where Are They Now Segments?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. These week we are going to discuss some of the sportspeople who have retired early either through health and injury or their own personal choice to explore other ventures. Some of the Sportspeople we discuss include

• a brilliant Indigenous Rugby star who excelled during the 1984 famous Grand Slam tour.

• a former Aussie Golfer who lost his game however went on to excel in other areas such as commentary.

• Casey Stoner

• Cricketers such as James Taylor, Henry Olonga, Aaqib Javed

• Swimmers such as Mark Spitz, Shane Gould, Ian Thorpe.

• Rugby League players such as Adam Ritson, Jharal Yow Yea, Alex McKinnon. Nathan Brown.

• Tennis players such as Ash Barty, Bjorn Borg, Andrea Jaeger, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Pat Rafter, Justine Henin, Tracy Austin, Gabriella Sabatini.

• Yao Ming

• Andrew Luck

• Lorena Ochoa

• Michael Jordan

• Eric Cantona

We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week, some Sports News from around the globe and we have our Quiz. We also have Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This week we will talk about the sports that do not get much of a mention and some of the weird and whacky sports and pastimes that are played around the world. Some of the ones we will discuss include

• darts and snooker

• bocce

• disc sports

• boomerang throwing

• Pidgeon racing

• woodchopping

• croquet

• different types of golf eg, foot golf, frisbee golf, long driving, chip and putt, mini/crazy golf.

-muay Thai

• European Handball

• Seprak takraw

• wife carrying

-bocce

• bog snorkelling

• arm wrestling

• paddle wrestling

• zorbing

We discuss Winners and Losers for the week, we have our Quiz and also our Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. This week we pay tribute to Glenn's late father Terry and his wonderful life and he was an inspiration to so many. A proud Glenn talks fondly of his father and gives some wise words for all of us. 

We then discuss some of the great Redemption stories in sport over the years such as 

• Tiger Woods and his 2019 Masters victory.

• Steve Smith and David Warner after Sandpaper gate.

• Michael Vick

• Russell Packer

• a young female tennis player from the 90's and 2000's who was a star at 14 years of age, however had many ups and downs.

• Lester Piggott

• Tony Adams

• Michell Johnson

• Mitchell Marsh

• Eric Cantona

• Tony Higgins

• Shane Warne

• Herchelle Gibbs

• A British boxer who lost a heap of weight and became a world champ again.

We also discuss the controversy at the moment in regards to Transgender and sport, we have our Winners and Losers, Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments as well as our Quiz.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This week we talk about some of the great acts of sportsmanship. We also pay further tribute to the great Shane Warne and what made him a knockabout larrikan who was much loved and will be greatly missed.

Some of the acts of sportsmanship discussed in this episode include

• A famous cricketer who believed in walking.

• a British Motor Racing legend who picked up his main rival.

• a controversial Footballer who redeemed himself with a kind, memorable act on the field.

• Lutz Long

• Pete Goss

• Andrew Flintoff

• Dereck Redmond and his dad Jim

• David Purely

• Virat Kohli

• Jonathon Thurston

• Derek Jeter and The Boston Red Sox

• Shawn Crawford

• Grigor Dimitrov and Jack Sock

We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week and talk about some sports news from around the globe. There is also our Quiz and our Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. This week we will discuss some of the famous Sportspeople over the years who display great Charisma and have an aura about them such as Shane Warne whos sudden passing has left the sporting world in shock. We will also pay tribute to Aussie cricketing great Rod Marsh who passed away aged 74 and share some of our memories. Some of what we will discuss include

• our personal experiences of being in the presence of famous sport stars eg, Glenn McGrath, Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Steve Waugh.

• a famous bodybuilder, actor who later became a Governor.

• An Aussie swimming legend and a lovable larrikan.

• sport stars known for their charisma from a wide variety of sports such as Muhammed Ali, Michael Jordan, Richie Benaud, Sir Donal Bradman, Usain Bolt, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Tiger Woods, David Beckham, Steffi Graf.

• a funny Imran Khan story.

We also have our Winners and Losers for the week, some sport news from around the globe, our Quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

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In this episode Paul and Glenn pay tribute to the wonderful, much loved and brilliant cricketer Shane Warne who passed away suddenly. We will share some of our memories of the great cricketer who brought so much enjoyment to many and changed the world of cricketer. He inspired generations with his magical spin bowling and was a true sporting great who will live with us forever. Some favorite memories include

• being picked out of nowhere to play Test Cricket for Australia in 1992.

• 7 for 52 against the West Indies at the Boxing Day test 1992.

• The ball of the century to Mike Gatting, Ashes 1993.

• some of his memorable wickets and the way he had batsmen bemused.

• his heroics during the 1999 World Cup and 2005 Ashes series.

• the Adelaide miracle Ashes 2006/07.

• his aura and great charisma and generosity. 

Rest In Peace Great Man. You will live in our hearts forever.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we will discuss some sporting countries/teams/sportspeople who have punched above their weight and excelled well above expectation over the years. Some of what we will discuss include

• some nations with small populations who rise to the top such as New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, Norway and more.

• a few small island nations in the Caribbean who have produced some of the greatest cricketers in history, one known as The Master Blaster.

• Ireland and their success in Rugby, Horse Racing, Golf

• the top 10 nations who punched above their weight at the Tokyo Olympics.

• Iceland's remarkable performance at the 2016 Euro Cup.

• Samoa and their production of NFL players.

• Cuba and their brilliance in boxing and baseball.

• a swimmer from Suriname

• Jamaica and its production line of great sprinters.

• Leicester City's incredible EPL triumph.

We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week, some sports news from around the globe. We also have our quiz and Where Are They Now? and Who Am I? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we take a look at sporting venues here and abroad, big and small. Some of what we discuss in this episode include

• a famous baseball stadium with great tradition.

• a well known London stadium and the home of football as considered by many.

• Stadiums that we have attended here and overseas and the good old traditional Rugby League grounds from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

• the biggest stadiums in the world today and you will be surprised what is number one.

• the biggest sporting stadiums in Australia

• the best stadiums/venues in the World and Australia today 

• the largest ever attendances and the human cost of the stadiums being built for the Football World Cup in Qatar.

• local sporting stadiums/venues and a white elephant.

• what features make a great sporting stadium/venue.

• Paul's top 5 sporting venues and his bucket list.

• stadium anthems.

We also talk about some sporting topics of the week, eg,, The Superbowl, concussions, and Winners and Losers. We have our quiz and Who Am I? with Olivia and Where Are They Now? too.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss sporting spectators and some of the colorful fans from over the years. In this episode we will talk about

• RIP Johnny Raper and the Galloping Garbo and gentle giant Olsen Fillipana.

• a larrikan spectator from long ago who is now embroiled in bronze

• a baseball fan who was made scapegoat

• Balmain's one and only Laurie Nichols

• Day/night cricket matches and the Mexican waves

• Karl Power the master spectating prankster.

• the Barmy Army and their songs, humor and great passion.

• Collingwood supporters

• Parramatta's Blue and Gold Army and their years of torture.

• Streakers

• The Fanatics and the Ritchie's

• Hooliganism

• South Sydney's dedicated and loyal fans.

We also have our winners and losers for the week, some sport news from around the globe, we have our quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we talk about some of the curious sporting superstitions from over the years. Some of the sporting personalities we discuss include

• The Socceroo's  and the curse of the Witchdoctor from Mozambique.

• A Ice Cool Swedish tennis superstar and his Wimbledon superstition

• David Shephard and Nelson 111

• Cricketers Neil McKenzie, Steve Smith and Sanath Jayasuriya

• a Brazilian UFC fighter who likes to drink his own urine.

• Baseball and Basketball superstitions

• Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's water bottles.

• Wayne Gretsky and baby powder.

• a Zimbabwean football team and its bizarre plan to rid the team of bad spirits.

We also talk about coaches and how some players are becoming too precious. We also salute our wonderful Ash Barty on her Australian Open win, Rafael Nadal's herculean performance and we talk about our Winners and Losers for the week.

We talk about some of the sport news from around the World, and we have our segments Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we finish off our rolling back the years episodes and go back to the year 2007. We discuss some main sporting moments from the year and discuss some news, music and film. Some of the sporting moment we will discuss are

• a Rugby League star called Billy the kid.

• a champion fast bowler with a tremendous cause.

• some cricket legends retire and an Ashes clean sweep.

• Adam Gilchrist's great World cup innings and the squash ball in the glove.

• the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer

• South Africa's win in 2007 Rugby World cup.

-Geelong's crushing AFL win

• Casey Stoner rules the motorcycle world

We talk about some of our own memories of 2007 and will also discuss some of the latest happenings in the Australian open. we have a new segment, our quiz and our segments Who am i and Where are they now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode and this time John Dawson our great mate enters the Sports Shack. In this episode we go back to the year 2004. We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week and our memories from the year such as the Boxing Day Tsunami, locust plagues other news events, music and film/tv from 2004. Some of the sporting topics we discuss include

• a Russian boxer who emigrated to Australia with his family and became a household name.

• a courageous and versatile track and field athlete who defied the odds however was still not loved by the public.

• tall poppy syndrome

• an Aussie cricket great retires after a brilliant career

• the tragic death of a former Aussie cricketer and media personality.

• the Aussie cricket team conquer their final frontier

• the Athens Olympics and a great sacrifice by an Aussie Swimmer

• the death of a few sporting legends who left us with great memories.

• a young Russian tennis star emerges and Phil Michaelson finally wins his first Major.

We also talk about some Motor sport from the year, we have our quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This week we continue our two part series on moments on the Howlers and focus this time on the Sportspeople who have had moments to forget in their careers. In this episode some of what we will discuss include

• Paul's personal Howler moments

• Don Fox

• a rower who couldn't go the distance

• an embarrassing and painful moment for a gymnast

• a diving great who had a moment to forget, however put it behind him to show his true greatness

• a French Golfer who blew the chance of a lifetime however has a brilliant outlook on life

• Graeme Langlands and his white boots

• State of Origin blunders

• Steve Mavin

• an Aussie left arm quick who had a moment to forget with bat and ball

• David Campese's wayward pass against the British and Irish Lions

• South Africa's Cricket World Cup meltdowns

• Brazil and their 2014 World Cup exit

• Greg Norman and the 1996 Masters disaster.

• Steve Harmison's wide at the GABBA and a few Aussie bowler's who lost their radar.

• Jana Novotna at the 1993 Wimbledon final and her inspiring comeback to win 5 years later.

• Parramatta, take your pick eg, Neville Glover, Preliminary Final exits, 2001 Grand Final.

We have the quiz and our segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back for their first episode of 2022. In this episode we talk about our Christmas break and some winners and losers for the past few weeks. We then start a two part series on The Howlers and start by taking a look back at some of the sporting officials, eg, referees and umpires who have made howler decisions and had an impact on the game. Some of the officials we will talk about include

• a controversial Rugby League referee in the 70s and and 80s nicknamed Hollywood.

• A referee who a coach wanted to run over with a cement truck.

• Pakistani umpires

• the Hand of God from 86.

• annoying Rugby Union referees.

• a kiwi umpire and his finger of doom

• the controversy surrounding the 2019 NRL Grand Final

• and English referee and his shocker in 2006 World Cup

• the Monkeygate match and Steve Bucknor's shocker.

• Geoff Toovey's 2014 blow up at officials

• the controversy surrounding the 1972 USA vs USSR basketball Olympic final

We have our quiz questions to test your mind and our Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments are back and ready to roll for 2022.

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Paul and Glenn are back for their final episode of the year and what a ripper it is. This week talk about our Winners and Losers for 2021 and Glenn gives his Slap of the year award. We will then go waaaaaaaay back to the year 1979 where we will discuss our memories of the year, major sporting moments and news, film and music. Some of what we will discuss include

• An Aussie squash great

• an inspirational Bulldog nicknamed Turvey and the sport of the Shuffleboard.

• Media tycoon Kerry Packer winning the TV and sponsorship rights for cricket.

• Australia finally win the Bledisloe Cup after many years.

• An Ice Hockey great and an extremely expensive player card.

• An aluminium cricket bat used by one of the greats.

Glenn talks motor sport from 1979 and we give our predictions for 2022. We also have our Quiz questions and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments.

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Pau T and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we go back to the Year 1995 and discuss some of the main sporting and news events from the year and film and music. Some of what we discuss include

• An All Black giant stuns the Rugby World and South Africa are reunited by sport.

• A controversial Sri Lankan spin bowler

• Australia finally conquer the West Indies in cricket

= Queensland at long last win the Sheffield Shield

• The Super League War rocks Rugby League and the battle is on between two media empires.

• Fatty's Neville's cause a State Of Origin boil over

• Australia's America's Cup dreams sink 

• The Wild Thing wins a dramatic British Open.

Glenn takes us back to some of what took place in motor sport from 1995, and we have our quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. We discuss our Winners and Losers for the past week then go back three years to discuss sport, news and film from the year 2018. It was a year of much anticipation and excitement with the Commonwealth Games coming to the Gold Coast. Other topics from the year that we will discuss are

• An American Gridiron legend who is still playing strong at 44 years of age.

• A Scottish Marathon runner who didn't quiet make it.

• The infamous Sandpapergate scandal that rocked Australian Cricket

• The incredible rescue of a Thai boys soccer team from a cave.

• The World Cup in Russia

• NSW finally win a State of Origin series

• An infamous basketball brawl

• a courageous Rooster

Glenn talks motor sport from the Year and we have our quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now Segments?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we will discuss some of the famous sportspeople from our city Gold Coast such as

• Our many great surfers such as Stephanie Gilmour

• Mick Doohan

• Surf live saving stars such as Trevor Hendy, Shannon Eckstein

• Samantha Stosur

• Sally Pearson

• Adam Scott

• Craig McDermott

• Andrew Symonds

• Grant Hackett

• Casey Stoner

• Allysa Healey

• Curtis McGrath

• Matt Belcher

• Ben Ikin

• Darius Boyd

We also discuss our Winners and Losers for the week in sport and we have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed and fun episode. This week we are going a long way back, 49 years to the Year 1972. Some of what we will discuss from this year is

• a tennis great who was a pioneer for equality and justice.

• a teenage Aussie swimming sensation.

• the Munich Olympics and the death of 11 Israeli athletes at the hands of Palestinian terrorists.

• the great Mark Spitz and his 7 gold medals

• Massie's match. Bob Massie, the Aussie swing bowler and his 16 wickets at Lords.

• Aussie tennis legend Ken Rosewall

We also talk about our Winners and Losers for the week in sport, Glenn talks Motor Sport and our segments Where Are They Now? and Who Am I? are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we are going back to the year 1998 to talk about some of the major sport, news, music tv and film from that year. Some of what we discuss include

• An English Football star is sent off at the World Cup

• France's World Cup victory.

• An inspirational Rugby coach

• The World Swimming Championship and the emergence of a young Aussie superstar.

• Parramatta losing the unlosable game against the Bulldogs

• Mark Taylor's 334 not out and selfless act

• Queensland steal another origin 

• Lleyton Hewitt, the Aussie battler wins his first ATP tour aged 16.

• The Sydney to Hobart yacht race disaster

• motor sport 

Our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? are back and Paul and Glenn share their personal memories.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss Sportspeople over the years who have gone on to have illustrious careers behind the microphone as well known commentators. We will discuss our sporting weeks and the passing this week of some well known cricketers and a television legend. We also have our segments Who Am I and Where Are they Now? Some of the famous commentators we will discuss include

• an Aussie Netball legend

• an inspirational West Indian cricketer with a message for the World.

• Jonathon Agnew and the members of the BBC Test Match Special team.

• Alan McGillivray and Frank Hyde and their well known commentating methods. (How times change).

• The Channel Nine Cricket team who were part of our household over the summer months and the Twelve Man.

• The great Richie Benaud

• Paul Fatty Vautin and Peter Sterling and the Footy Show

• Phil Gus Gould

• The Decibal Duo on radio. Zorba and Hollywood and how they paved the way for turning Radio Rugby League commentary fun and exciting. 

• Kerry Skull O'Keefe and his famous laugh

• Some good old sporting yarns and some commentators from other sports.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we pay our respects to the one and only legendary commentator Rex Mossop and the sportspeople over the years that have left us flabbergasted by their actions. We will talk about our sporting week, a controversial 80s AFL star and we have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? Some of the sportspeople we will discuss in this episode

• John McEnroe

• Mike Tyson

• Tonya Harding

• Jeff Tarango

• John Hopoate

• John Daly

• Todd Carney

• Tiger Woods

• Luis Suarez

• Lance Armstrong

• OJ Simpson

• Nick Kyrgious and Bernard Tomic

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. We talk about the week that was and the latest happenings in sport then we go back to the year 1996 and discuss the major events in the news, music, film, and sport. We also have our segments Who Am I? Where Are They Now? and a short quiz to test your memory of this year. In this episode we will discuss

• Some great performances from the Atlanta Olympics and a couple of American Track and Field superstars and a Canadian called Bailey.

• Kieran Perkins mighty win in the 1500m freestyle and the race that stopped a nation.

• The Atlanta Games bombing and other chaos.

• An Aussie basketballer who was a pioneer for the sport in Australia and paved the way for many of our Aussies playing in the NBA.

• The Rugby League Super League War

• The Sydney Swans finally make there name in Sydney.

• Sri Lanka's win the Cricket World Cup

- Greg Norman's agony at the Masters

• Michael Bevan's mighty boundary of the last ball in ODI

• Glenn talks Motor Sport

• Mass shootings, Port Arthur and the change to gun laws in Australia and UK.

• The end of a Royal Marriage and a Mad Cow Disease

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Paul and Glenn are back, this week we go back to the nineties and focus on the year 1997. In this episode some of what we discuss  are

• The week in sport and the birth of a new NRL team in Brisbane (finally).

• Glenn talks about his son and his many gifts.

• The year of two rugby league competitions and the end of the Super League War.

• A classic Grand Final and Newcastle rejoices.

• Taylor's triumph and the Ashes are retained.

• A basketball and sporting great.

• Socceroo's agony

We also discuss some of the major news events of 1997 such as Princess Dianna's shock death and the Thredbo Landslide. We also chat about some of the memorable films and songs from the year.

We have our segments Who Am I and Where Are Now? Glenn talks motor sport and how could we not forget the Quiz.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This time we discuss the events of 2005. Some of the sporting events we talk about are 

• England finally regain the Ashes

• an inspirational English captain

• a champion horse who captures a nation

• Wests Tigers NRL win and Benji's flick pass

• a memorable AFL Grand Final as the Swans come of age.

• Leyton Hewitt's courageous Australian Open run

• Liverpool come back from the dead to win the Champions League

• Socceroo's break through to finally qualify for World Cup

We discuss the NRL Grand Final and a new NRL team in Brisbane. Glenn talks motor sport and we have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? 

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we are going way back to the year 1982. A year of great music, great sport, war in the Falklands and the Chamberlains. Some of what we will discuss are

• the man who was the Emperor of Lang Park

• a Parramatta legend who is sadly ignored many years later

• Border and Thommos epic last stand

• The Brisbane Commonwealth Games

• a Pakistani has the Aussies in a spin

• the Invincible Aussie Rugby League side

• the mighty Kingston Town

Glenn will talk about motor sport from 1982 and we also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? Paul and Glenn will discuss both the AFL and NRL Grand Finals.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we are going way back to the year 1982. A year of great music, great sport, war in the Falklands and the Chamberlains. Some of what we will discuss are

• the man who was the Emperor of Lang Park

• a Parramatta legend who is sadly ignored many years later

• Border and Thommos epic last stand

• The Brisbane Commonwealth Games

• a Pakistani has the Aussies in a spin

• the Invincible Aussie Rugby League side

• the mighty Kingston Town

Glenn will talk about motor sport from 1982 and we also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? Paul and Glenn will discuss both the AFL and NRL Grand Finals.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This time we are going right back to the year 1976 and will discuss some of the political, entertainment and sporting events from this year. Some of this includes

• A famous Pakistani cricketer

• A famous decathlete who transforms in interesting ways.

• The Montreal Olympic debacle and the huge cost blowout.

• Aussies crash out at the Olympics with no Gold.

• Thommo and Lillee rip through the West Indies.

• Tony Greig makes an unforgettable comment which comes back to bite. West Indies go on to destroy England and begin an era of a barrage of pace.

• Parramatta's first Grand Final and that infamous dropped pass (Neville's Corner)

• events in Motor Sport and the incredible Nikki Lauda

We also discuss the latest happenings in the NRL and AFL and the segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode of the Sport Shack. This week we go way back in time to the year 1977 a time of disco music and flared pants. We will discuss some sporting events from that year and what was taking place in the news, music, tv and film. Some include

• Centenary Test celebrating 100 years of test cricket and some stand out performances.

• Drawn Rugby League and Aussie Rules Grand Finals

• The beginnings of World Series Cricket and its innovations.

• A courageous and inspiring cricketer

• an unheralded American golfing star

• motor sport and an incredible comeback

We also discuss the latest happenings in Rugby League and Aussie Rules. Olivia is back to do the Quiz and Who Am I? and we also have Where Are They Now.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. This time the topic of conversation are the sporting events over the years that have caused heartache, being so close yet so far and difficult to get over. Some of Paul's heartache memories include

• Greg Norman at the Majors

• Parramatta's loss in the 1998 preliminary final and 2001 Grand Final.

• Headingly Heartache, Ian Botham in 1981 and Ben Stokes in 2019.

• 2005 Ashes loss and 2 run defeat at Edgbaston\

• 2019 World Cup loss for New Zealand

• Pat Rafter at 2001 Wimbledon.

• 1993 Adelaide Test and 1 run loss to the West Indies.

Our segments Who Am I and Where Are They Now? are back and Paul and Glenn discuss their week and the latest NRL and AFL finals news.

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Paul and Glenn are back for an episode. This time we talk about some of the well known sporting scandals from the past 50 years such as

• FIFA Corruption

• Lance Armstrong and his 7 Tour de France or Tour de Farce

• Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding

• Sandpaper gate

• Spot fixing in cricket

• Mystery behind Bob Woolmer's death

• Corruption in horse racing such as Fine Cotton affair 

• Sex and drug scandals

• Can't bowl can't throw drama

• Underarm ball

We have our favorite segments The Quiz, Who Am I and Where Are they Now? and Paul and Glenn discuss their sporting weeks and what's been taking place in the NRL and AFL.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This week we go back to the year 2012 and also discuss the new name coming up for the podcast, The Sports Shack. Some other things we will talk about include

• a tennis great and a champion Aussie Olympic hurdler

• some news events, music, film from 2012

• the London Olympics and great Usain Bolt.

• Ricky Ponting's retirement a stubborn South African

• The Melbourne Storm's NRL premiership win and the Sydney Swans AFL title.

• Lance Armstrong's fall from grace.

• some motor racing news from 2012

We also talk about what has been taking place in the NRL and AFL and we have our Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode. This week we are going back 5 years to the year 2016. In an another Olympic Year, we will talk about the greatest Olympian of all time and his incredible achievements and a very tough footballer.

It was a year in which there were unexpected victories in the football codes, eg, Leister City, Western Bulldogs. Cronulla Sutherland supporters could finally turn off the porch light after a 50 year wait and Paul entertains us with the club's theme song.

A sporting icon sadly passed away, however, left the world inspiring many and leaving wonderful memories.

Our segments Where Are Now? and Who Am I? are back we discuss the latest news in the AFL and NRL.

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Paul and Glenn are back after coming out of Lockdown for another episode. Paul shares his memories of the Olympics from the past 50 years and talks about some of the sports stars at the Games who have thrilled and entertained us and some memorable moments. Bolt, Phelps, Thorpe, Freeman and many more.

We also discuss what's been happening in the AFL and NRL and Parramatta's capitulation. The Quiz is back too.

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Paul and Glenn are back, this time to discuss the events from the Year 1974. We will talk about life in Lockdown and Aussie Olympic success in Tokyo. We will also discuss what's been taking place in the AFL and NRL and our segments Who Am I? and Where Are Now? are back. From the Year 1974, some of what we will talk about is

• An Aussie soccer legend and Australia's appearance at their first World Cup.

• A well known track and field athlete robbed of Olympic Gold

• The Rumble in the Jungle boxing bout between Ali and Foreman in Zaire

• Motor sport from this year

• ACB poor treatment of Aussie cricketers and the beginnings of the Packer War.

We also discuss music, news and films from 1974. It was a year of great music and songs that our still well liked today.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This time we go back in time to the Year 1985. Paul and Glenn discuss and reflect on their memories of 1985 and talk about some major events in the News, Music, Film and Sport. They will also talk about what has been happening in the AFL and NRL and talk about Brisbane successful bid in claiming the 2032 Olympics. Some other things they will discuss include

• The Live Aid concerts around the World

• Rebel cricket tours to South Africa

• Jeff Fenech, the Marricville Mauler

• the decline of Aussie cricket

• A Young Boris Becker and his Wimbledon triumph

• NSW winning their first State Of Origin series.

Also segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? are back

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Paul and Glenn are back for a special episode where in accordance with NAIDOC week, they will talk about famous Indiigenous Australian sport stars. Some of the famous names we will talk about include

• Cathy Freeman

• Evonne Goologong-Cawley

• Mark Ella

• Adam Goodes

• Patty Mills

We will also praise Ashleigh Barty on her tremendous Wimbledon triumph. Another Indigenous Australian who has inspired many and is a brilliant role model.

We will also discuss the recent events taking place in the NRL, AFL, Debrief State of Origin 3 and our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back for a special episode on Great Sportswomen from the past 50 years. We will also discuss the latest happenings from the AFL and NRL. There have been many sportswomen who have inspired many. Some of the women we will discuss are

• Steffi Graf

• Martina Navratilova

• Anna Meares

• Danika Patrick

• Cathy Freeman

• Suzie O'Neil

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee

• Louise Savage

• Makybe Diva

• Nadia Commenci

• Samantha Kerr

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Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This time we go back to the Year 2003 where we will discuss News, films and memorable sporting events from that year. We talk about

• Latest news from the AFL and NRL

• A tennis player nicknamed the Scud

• Famous Aussie basketballer Lauren Jackson

• Steve Waugh's last ball of the day century and Aussie joy as they defend their Cricket World Cup title.

• The Rugby World Cup in Australia and the Wallabies heartache as England's superboot Johnny Wilkinson snatches victory.

• The year of the Panther 

• Scott Sattler's memorable tackle

Also we have our Where Are They Now? and Who Am I? segments, and Glenn and I chat about Motor Sport from 2003.

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Paul and Glenn are back again, this time to talk about the News, Music and Sporting events from the year 2014. In this episode some of what we will talk about 

• The day that changed Cricket forever with the tragic death of Aussie Cricketer Phillip Hughes

• South Sydney claiming their first Rugby League Premiership in 43 years and a courageous Englishman.

• The World Cup in Brazil and Tim Cahill and German brilliance.

• The most expensive Olympics ever

• A controversial Cricket captain and Tall Poppy Syndrome

Also, we have our Where are They Now? and Who Am I? segments.

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Paul and Glenn are back to discuss their week and events from the year 2010. In this episode some of what we discuss are

• The Melbourne Storm Salary Cap drama

• Winter Olympics Gold for Aussies in Vancouver

• The Commonwealth Games in India

• Ashes humiliation at home

• State of Origin 1

• The year of the Dragon and a tied Grand Final.

Also, we have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?

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Paul and Glen are back to discuss some of our favorite sporting stars who have inspired us and have overcome adversity in their lives to succeed.

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Paul and Glenn are back to discuss the recent sporting and go back to the year of 2006 to share their memories. In this episode some of the things we will talk about are

• The Melbourne Commonwealth Games

• Pay our respects to the passing of a Rugby League legend. Vale Bob Fulton.

• The Death of the mighty Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and motor racing legend Peter Brock.

• Australia regaining the Ashes at home, smashing the Poms

• The Socceroo's brave performance at the World Cup and how they stopped a nation.

• Paul's move to Queensland and the beginning of an era in State of Origin.

Also our Who Am I and Where Are They Now segments are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back to discuss the year of 1973. In this episode we discuss our views on some outspoken sportsman and we talk about a golden time in Australian tennis with great names such as Laver, Newcombe, Court, Gooloogong-Cawley. 

We will also discuss some significant news events, film, tv and our Who Am I? and Where Are Now? segments are back. It was a time of sexism in sport and some brutal encounters such as the 1973 Rugby League Grand Final and George Foreman's devastating performance against Joe Frasier.

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Paul and Glenn are back and this time joined by their great mate John Dawson to discuss some of the main events from the year 1975. Some of topics of discussion are

• Gough Whitlams dismissal

• Ali vs Frazier Thriller in Manilla fight

• The fearsome Jeff Thompson, the fastest bowler ever and his partnership with Dennis Lillee

• Easts Roosters thrashing of St George in the Grand Final and Langlands white boots

• The Vietnam War

We also discuss famous movies, tv shows and music from a fantastic year of memories and our segments Where Are They Now and Who Am I are back.

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Paul and Glenn are back to share their memories of the year 2002. In this episode some of what we discuss are Aussie success at the Winter Olympics, our last Bledisloe Cup success, motor sport, news, film, music and Lleyton's Hewitt Wimbledon victory. Our segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? are also back.

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Paul and Glenn are back to talk about their week, and tips for some of the upcoming NRL, AFL matches. We then go way back in time to the Year 1978, a time of disco, World Series Cricket and the Fibros vs Silvertails battles. We discuss a much forgotten sports star who has inspired many with what she has dealt with since retirement at an early age. 

We discuss our memories from 1978, major news events for that year and songs and films. 

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Glenn and Paul are back for another episode. This time we discuss our bucket lists and talk about famous sporting families from a whole range of sports.

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Paul and Glenn talk about ANZAC Day and pay tribute to our soldiers. We then go back to the year 1986. It was the year Parramatta last won a premiership and two legends retired. Greg Norman finally broke through to win his first major, Pat Cash showed amazing courage to come back from the dead to win the Davis Cup for Australia and the famous tied test in Madras and Dean Jones incredible courage. We even have a new segment.

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Paul and Glenn are back for another episode and discuss the unprecedented events of last year. We discuss the huge impact it had on our lives and its impact on the sporting world.

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In this episode Paul and Glenn go way back in time to talk about the year of their births. It was a time of long hair, the space race and the Vietnam War. We will talk about the major news events, music and film as well as the major sporting events. It was the Golden age of Australian tennis with household names Court, Laver, Newcombe, Rosewall, Goologong-Cawley dominating. 

It was a sad week in Rugby League with the passing of one of the games great characters Tommy Raudonikas. Paul talks about his colourful career as a player and coach.

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1988 was a year of great celebration and wonderful memories. World Expo in Brisbane, Tall ships, a new parliament house and the Seoul Olympics. Paul and Glenn catch up and share their memories of the Year of the Bicentenary and discuss the main events, music, news, film and sport.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk with Alan my brother in-law about his sporting memories from the 1950 onwards . Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode Paul and Glenn talk Barry Hollingsworth about his time with the Gold Coast Pistol Club  . Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2013. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we talk about sporting team and players nicknames. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2001. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we talk about AFL with Paul's first guest Paul who has been a big AFL fan. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1983. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode Glenn and I talk about sporting rivalries. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2000 and the Sydney summer Olympics in September and October . Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2008. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1994. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2019. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1981. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we talk about sporting movies. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1993. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2015. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1991. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we talk about the of the Australia cricketer Dean Jones who pasted away at the age of 59 years old. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2017.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we talking about sledging in sport some classic sledges.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2011.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1980.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1987.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1992.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1989.  Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1999. Where I played a season for Appleshaw Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1990 and the sporting memories of that year. Preliminary Final Canberra vs Brisbane. Canberra smash Broncos and go through to Grand Final which they win. Drunk Spectator “He can’t kick that Langer; he can’t kick”.. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 2009 and the sporting memories of that year, Serena Williams infamous spat in US Open match with Kim Clijsters. Racket abuse, unsportsmanlike conduct. Yelling at umpire. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast

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Welcome to this episode of Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories. I hope you are well and have had a great sporting week. In this episode we go back and talk about the year 1984 and the sporting memories of that year. Please follow Paul’s 50 Year’s of Sporting Memories on Facebook to see the pictures that relate to this podcast.

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We start off Paul's 50 years of sporting memories with a talk about the sporting memories about the 1970's. In each episode we have a quiz and a draw from a sporting cap to draw out the year that we will talk about in the next episode. Please checkout Paul's 50 years of Sporting Memories on Facebook, like and share to see the pictures that relate to each episode and get updates  when a new episode is released.