The Upshot

Join Zach and George for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod: Boxers marrying porn stars, gun-wielding gangsters stalk New Zealand’s rugby league, and is Mark Clattenburg being held hostage?Links from the pod:Wine drinking marathon runner: https://twitter.com/NikHunt_/status/1782861259873849675 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes the tin for her local donkey sanctuary.  But things were a little different in the old days.They drank rat poison, got chased by wild dogs and flogged false starters.Buckle in for marathon madness…Thomas Hicks carried across finish line: https://images.app.goo.gl/CJxzoyPErKtfxsdv5 Uncle Chen smoking: https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-completes-26-miles-in-less-than-three-and-a-half-hours-12748278 Runner shitting on the lawn in Boston: https://twitter.com/BabzOnTheMic/status/1648028215657525250Guy knocking down the water bottles: https://twitter.com/1Fubar/status/1424970964069015553 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: the top flight keeper blinding opponents with a laser pen, Di Canio’s run in with a Millwall taxi driver, and Joey Barton is still an absolute scumbag.Links from the pod:Neymar playing poker at his daughter’s birthday: https://twitter.com/KyKySZN/status/1778461735663342062 Al-Ittihad player whipped by a fan: https://twitter.com/AJE_Sport/status/1778684205968368118   Nahuel Guzman shining a laser: https://twitter.com/absalon78/status/1779398512423153862 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you hear the name OJ Simpson, you’ll no doubt recall his famous 1973 NFL season and his supporting role in Naked Gun 2.But did you know he once got in a little bit of trouble with the police too?Join Jack, Zach and Roisin Lanigan for the true crime tale of a sporting icon and the trial of the century…Ruby Wax interview 1998: https://twitter.com/mrkphllps1/status/1778458736614371809Opening scene to Juiced: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33r1oxSign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: QPR’s mascot sacked for flirting with female fans, Graham Potter’s brush with the criminal underworld, and the inside scoop from the Hardest Geezer’s afterparty.Links from the pod:Hardest geezer fundraising page: https://givestar.io/gs/PROJECTAFRICA? Loris Karius Berghain outfit: https://www.instagram.com/p/C487lKILwHt/?hl=en&img_index=1 Hardest Geezer finish line video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5d201bo2uJ/ Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf.The blazers tried to ban him, but John Daly was the people’s champion.From knife-wielding lovers to tossing $55k off a bridge, meet the Wild Thing…Trump discusses “hitting Moscow” with Daly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5FKR_xH1oHitting balls on to motorway video: https://twitter.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1738251320933437935Music albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmmi59IUEY&pp=ygUPam9obiBkYWx5IG11c2ljSign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare in Seoul, unhinged Old Firm fans, and the inside scoop from Quincy Promes’ jail cell.Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 Links from the pod:UFC fighter sacks coach on TV: https://twitter.com/oscarswillis/status/1756753626301972800 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days, the Premier League is filled with sinister billionaires and Gucci-clad stars doing Tik Tok dances with Salt Bae.But up in Scotland, football is how it should be.They kidnap their teammates, scrap with tea ladies and catch hypothermia on post-match benders.From knocking out fishermen to smuggling coke, welcome to the wild world of Scottish football…Duncan Ferguson symphonic orchestra song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsooG5Ef-sAnti Niemi TalkSport caller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvreCDC61ZwSign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Club chairmen gobbing on fans, Luke Littler turns on his hero and another Luis Rubiales scandal.Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 Links from the pod:Kendry Paez strip club: https://twitter.com/Itismourinho/status/1772622591091495115/video/1 North London Forever song: https://youtu.be/wjCJv4W4kvw?si=C2F-psW06_k2fMpf&t=26  Regretamine song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sHq1KxEY4  Michael Owen’s Sven message: https://twitter.com/LesseJingard/status/1771343138713387200   Bright Osayi–Samuel mural: https://twitter.com/ProjectFootball/status/1770146790404141113Trabzonspor fan: https://twitter.com/ajansfenercom/status/1770442759247122510 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gary Neville is a seriously intense bloke.He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in front of millions of fans.This is his story…Schoolboy prank call: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664588028990431235 Rio’s World Cup wind up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-481ff3OGqUValencia fans giving him the middle finger: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664587924720025606Blanking Phil in the tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c6m2WX52SZISign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices