We continue our look at wider issues in sport by welcoming Tony Pucci (from the Pollyanna Cowgirl Records Podcast) to discuss fandom and sportsmanship. There are also some contributations from Lindsey (lindseykal from the forums and Simply Read movie reviews). But as she was in the background, her audio is a little quieter than [...]
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We induct our first team into our Hall of Fame and what better place to start than with the most successful and famous Rugby League team of all time, Wigan. From 1986 to 1995, they dominated the sport, winning numerous trophies, including the Challenge Cup 8 times in a row. Here we look at some [...]
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Jonathan talks about the opening test match of the 1994 Ashes, where Shaun Edwards was sent off and Jonathan Davies went on to score one of the most famous tries in Ashes history as 12 men Great Britain beat the Aussies 8-4. Shane talks about Wilt Chamberlain’s remarkable achievement of scoring 100 points in [...]
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The latest entry into our own Hall of Fame is the American Football running back Barry Sanders. A player who had a record breaking career in both college football, with Oklahoma State, and in the NFL with the Detroit Lions. We are joined by Greg Blanchard (GAB) from the Inappropriate Conversations podcast, which is on [...]
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After taking a break from our regular rotation to deliver the review of the year shows, we return with a half and half episode. Shane talks about Chris Boardman’s Gold Medal in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics, as well as its impact on British Cycling – the rewards of which the country is reaping now. [...]
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In the third part of our look back on the year of sport, we take on Cycling, Cricket, Swimming, Darts and Golf. Email – sportshistoryshow@googlemail.com Blog – http://sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com
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Instead of having one huge 3 hour show like last year, we decided to break the year down into pieces. I won’t say bite sized because we still go on for a while. Anyway here is part one. This one covers Rugby Union, Rugby League and Tennis. We are joined by Emma Hyam. Also sorry [...]
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This week we are joined by Laura to discuss the greatest British sailor since Nelson (according to Sir Steve Redgrave) and one of our greatest Olympians, Ben Ainslie. Laura uses her expertise to educate us on the sport of sailing and Ainslie’s career, which has seen him win 3 Olympic Golds, 9 World Championships [...]
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The Leeds film festival opened last night with a showing of Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank) Wuthering Heights. Her adaptation forgoes the stereotypes of the period drama to deliver a minimalist take on Emily Brontë’s classic novel. Instead of frilly dresses and posh accents we get mud, blood and thick Yorkshire accents. Not that you will [...]
After successfully escaping from the HGN dungeon, I, Jonathan, return to give the listeners what they have always wanted: A story about British Curling Gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. For one night, all of Britain became curling experts as 6 million of us tuned into watch the Brits, led by Rhona [...]
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