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Join Jonathan and Shane as they take you through the greatest events in sporting history. From well-known events like the World Cup and the Olympics, to the lesser known, like RL test matches from the ’50s.
Hosted by: Jonathan Wilkinson and Shane Thomas |
We start this episode with a saddening but necessary riposte to those who seem to think it’s acceptable to sneer at the world of sport. This will be our only response on the issue so I suggest you listen carefully.
Oh yeah, and we do a show as well. Great sport is often elevated by its setting. And we look at the arenas that show sport in its best light. Read More
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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. He would go on to be the only British cyclist worth talking about until the emergence of David Millar in the late 1990s.
Jonathan talks about Super Bowl III and Joe Namath’s promise to win the game despite playing for the huge underdogs New York Jets. This was the first time an AFL team beat the NFL.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:52 — 16.9MB)
We end our sporting review of 2011 with a returning Emma Hyam, and a look at the last 12 months in Motorsport, Gymnastics, Snooker, Track & Field and Boxing. We end with our awards on the year’s sporting heroes (domestic & foreign), and our respective sporting villains, which contains strong language and topics of a controversial nature. Listener discretion is advised.
A a bumper post-credit sequence features tangents on Joe Cole’s homage to Terry Wogan, Skype noises during recording, and an idea for a future episode of “Movies You Should See”. Read More
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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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Our retrospective of the sporting year continues, with help from Greg Blanchard (from the “Inappropriate Conversations” podcast). In this second part, we review the sports that garner headlines in North America – Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball and (American) Football. But don’t worry, we also look back on the last 12 months in football – or soccer for those of a Transatlantic persuasion. Read More
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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 for some slight audio issues during the Rugby Union section, it seems even the Internet knows that union sucks. Read More
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Described by journalist, Peter Oborne as, “The most important innings in the history of cricket”, we review how a South African, playing for England, wielded a cricket bat and eventually, changed the world.
D’Oliveira was raised in apartheid South Africa, and came to England where his cricketing talent flourished. So much so, that it resulted in him being selected in the England squad to tour South Africa, causing an international incident. Read More
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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 and 9 European Championships to date.
email – sportshistoryshow@googlemail.com
blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com
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“We would have won if it wasn’t for…” We’ve all been there. It may not have been their fault, but in the midsts of defeat, we look for someone to blame.
Well ladies & germs, here’s our Top 5 countdown of the biggest scapegoats in sport. Post-credits, we talk the NFL, Neil Warnock & a financially reckless Spanish mayor. Read More
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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 Martin, as they faced Switzerland in a tense final.
Then Shane takes us to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where Matthew Pinsent won his fourth gold by winning rowings’ coxless fours final, despite looking as good as beaten by the Canada team.
After the closing music Shane also shares what he thinks of the end of “Here Goes Nothing”, and we discuss some of the action that took place in that night’s Europa League.
email – sportshistoryshow@googlemail.com
blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com
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