A podcast spilling the funniest stories in sport. Drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and everything else BBC Sport won’t touch with a bargepole.
Michael Jordan might be an Olympic hero and NBA champion, but he’s got a smaller knob than Scottie Pippen and he’s just been caught cosying up to a coke dealer. Will the NBA’s biggest name be destroyed by it? Or can he bounce back? Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the episode: Michael justifies his gambling habit: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DMA7-hYAJY-/ Rap video from his dad’s killers: https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/daniel-green-rap-video_chicago/48061/ University Challenge euphemism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-6F42y3Hk Tyreek Hill’s grandma looks like Scottie Pippen: https://x.com/NBAMemes/status/1863302711414010289
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The 1990s were a different time. You could smoke on planes, recite your best friend’s phone number, and get noshed off in the Oval Office.
And the biggest star on the planet was a tight-fisted genius from Teachy, North Carolina: Michael Jordan.
He broke bread with drug barons, paid off his mistresses and lost $100k on a game of rock paper scissors.
From cocaine in the dressing room to measuring his son’s knob, this is his story…
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Links from the episode:
“Travelling cocaine circus” interview: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FsF-JZR_wtM
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It’s 2005 and Ashley Cole is riding high, tearing up the Premier League and shacked up with Britain’s biggest heartthrob.
But the papers are out to get him…
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Links from the episode:
Gaudy wedding pics: https://share.google/8L0PzHOVPkZupUl5V
Lottery advert photo: https://share.google/QRoUIEl9cwLedDk7i
Roma team photo: https://share.google/xdVoozIdnS3XwfIx9
Europa League draw: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1431213166814453768
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In the naughty noughties, no one did tabloid scandal like Ashley Cole…
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Links from the episode:
Van Nistlerooy nearly breaks his leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6hdSpwTtQ
Shuts down Ronaldo in 04: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1654617821561524
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In light of Tiger's latest crash, we're reposting this fan favourite episode which we first released in 2023.
Drug-fuelled car crashes. 121 mistresses. Shagging the next door neighbour's daughter.
No one does scandals like Tiger Woods.
But if you think you know the full story, think again. Buckle in for the sordid tale of a golfer gone wild…
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The pair are destroyed by a series of videos showing them at their absolute worst.
We revel in the fall out and the recovery, as Keys and Gray decamp to Qatar, settle old scores with their enemies, and both are rocked by more sex scandals.
And of course, we answer the big question: Smash It?
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Links from the episode:
Slagging off Sian Massey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV0oWNVG7Mw
Andy Gray “tuck me in”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fYvlpPwNocw
“Smash it?”: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2107649813077188
Richard Keys Talksport “apology”: youtube.com/watch?si=8K26y4_ECt-K_Yct&t=40&v=fkTNQuWaETE&feature=youtu.be
“Get your tits out for the lads”: https://www.independent.ie/videos/sport/old-footage-of-sky-sports-presenters-chanting-get-your-tts-out-at-female-reporter/29967075.html
Richard Keys “It was just banter”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RfiKA6-XbEE
Keys home tour: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35lcdp
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When Richard Keys and Andy Gray burst onto our screens in the early 90s, they were a breath of fresh air.
But behind the scenes, the pair turned the Sky Sports studio into a seedy boys club.
They were forced out in disgrace, and that was just the start…
From parties with pornstars to banging their best friend’s wives, this is the scandalous saga of Keys and Gray… smash it?
Links from the episode:
Andy Gray diving header: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFbBf_YktU
Advert for Simon toy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJ3X_SksrM&t=60s
Richard Keys interviews Mariah Carey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzwFUKCWlE
Andy Gray “you beauty” commentary: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=524376272951046
“Take a bow son”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLXgd7kOciw&t=44s
Keys winding up Ron Atkinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o7Fu93L4s
“Daft little ground, silly game, fuck off”: https://x.com/ballsdotie/status/1253638817468334080?lang=en
Richard Keys hairy hands: https://share.google/1etXSjQJlGq1wGolp
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On the show today:
- Joey Barton is in trouble with the law twice in one day
- Wayne Rooney trousers down
- Boris Beckers tales of Diddy’s freak-offs.
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Links from the pod:
Eni Aluko’s Declan Rice conspiracy theory: https://talksport.com/football/1479711/eni-aluko-declan-rice-man-city-arsenal/
Wayne Rooney doing his trousers: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/38375142/wayne-rooney-boozed-mystery-women-pre -brit-awards-bash/
Boris Johnson on Louis Theroux: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DEeh05oNNkLcP7KEAlTDJ?si=ZqAej3bNSoWzvu-a8_M3_g&nd=1&dlsi=acbc3b22514e4556
Stu McGill’s podcast meltdown:
https://www.youtube.com/live/d-GV9ay86OA?si=5A8h28HwGg8kRqtI&t=1152
Jamie O’Hara’s walk out: https://x.com/now_arsenaI/status/2031496474580672980
The OnlyFans triangle: https://dispatch-media.com/inside-the-onlyfans-triangle/
Brawl in Brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1rojrgv/brawl_breaks_out_between_cruzeiro_and_atletico/
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They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore.
He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams.
So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"...
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Drink. Drugs. Explosive benders. And the inspiration for a rock band’s hit single.
Nope, it’s not an iconic supermodel, it’s a hellraising winger from west London.
From robbing graves to LSD before kick off, meet Robin Friday, the original rock 'n' roll footballer…
Links from the episode:
Highlight reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X64i1bunpKo
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At the end of part one, Conor was on a high: the most feared MMA fighter in the world, and about to take on Khabib in the most eagerly anticipated UFC fight of all time.
But things are about to get ugly…
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Links from the episode:
Throws trolley through bus window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63OCvuC-GSY
On a coke comedown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjoDOvyYf0
Punches bloke in pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMfSI9cZQw
Jacob Hawley talking about McGregor shagging in disabled loo: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2zxzSkovyz/
Knocked off his bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Yg1mmcSX4
Posts video getting a blowie on a boat:
https://x.com/markyjustbets/status/1563558573115711489?s=21&t=z7nqxzI_V2x6XrkhgnRT8g
Breaks mascot’s nose: https://x.com/FOS/status/1667636830827696130
Chewing Ronaldo’s ear off: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FQamo6r7BHY
Playfighting with Saka: https://x.com/StokeyyG2/status/1841617894901231662
Traffic police rant: https://youtu.be/HLEA8XoxPIg?si=Cr27QTZTJ_Ud3znS&t=1180
Ranting at Mike Tyson: https://x.com/CasualMMA/status/1997733884637978708
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