The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing ro...
Plus: The Pogba witch trials begin and the teetotal snooker star KO’d by a pre-match spliffJoin Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.We’re hiring a video producer, details here: https://www.upshot.email/p/we-re-hiring-a-video-producerGet ya pubes in order for grandma and 20% off when you use code UPSHOT at http://www.manscaped.com Links from the pod:Ozil’s mugger speaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTwnz9IG0k&t=951s Get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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49:14
Hulk Hogan: sex, lies and videotape
Laaaaadiiiiiies and gentleman, From Tampa, Florida. Weighing in 302lb. The fiiiiiive time WWF champion. Serial adulterer, steroid addict and sex tape star. Hollywood. Hulk. Hoooooogaaaaaan.You are listening to JR and Zach at ringside. And, wait a minute…By gawd, that’s special guest Roisin Lanigan’s music. Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/rosielanners Links from the pod:Cameo in Rocky III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUAXTDjwdVY Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on youuuuuuuuuuu!: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=158438436221521 Putting TV host in a headlock till he passes out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7n_SHrK408&t=18s Thunder in Paradise intro sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8BKiigBsa8 Hulkster in Heaven song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9JfhANM9B0 Brooke Hogan music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt0BbwaMUs On the campaign trail for Trump: https://x.com/yashar/status/1814119261423779924 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:01:34
Yet another David Coote scandal
Plus: Mauro Icardi's bonking his barrister, Nottingham Forest owner charged with a violent crime and the World champ boxer kidnapping nerds to carry out his criminal schemes.Get 20% off + free shipping with the code UPSHOT at http://www.manscaped.comLinks from the pod:Winners get washed: https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1856402767243358584Leicester players partying in Copenhagen: https://x.com/craiglcfc/status/1860761917209423956 Leicester players fancy dress: https://images.app.goo.gl/ZWErHU1kLbLTDDq98 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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51:56
Jack Grealish: the best thing since sliced veg
It’s 8am in Tenerife. A hungover tourist is peeling his face off the street as Spanish commuters swerve to avoid him.Little do they know, the semi-conscious sesh head is one of the brightest prospects in English football. It’s Jack Grealish.From Vegas benders to Man City sex parties, this is the story of the nation’s rowdy younger brother…With special guest Ruth Husko. Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/dank_ackroydLinks from the pod:Lying in the road Tenerife: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/jack-grealish-pictured-laying-in-the-floor-after-a-night-out-on-holiday-in-tenerife-10319867.htmlFan punches him on pitch: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1668558985132122113 Odd shoes after lockdown sesh: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/679685de-49b7-4a76-8b62-ea258d64a3cb.jpg?strip=all&w=627In bed with topless woman: https://imgur.com/sRpWxu2Encyclopedia of football: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1668559062160621572Holding a pen: https://x.com/BettingHub/status/1412394171223134214Hoarse voice: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1600829824805011457 Best thing since sliced veg: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1668559115784712194Message for chinese fans: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1668559149418913794 Help walking when in Ibiza: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pool-backgrid-manchester-city-players-824520390.jpg?strip=all&w=960 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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51:03
Conor McGregor tracks down his teenage tormentors
Plus: Mo Farah hunting muggers, yet another BBC dirty dog, and the gory details of Eddie Jones’ reign of terror.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Links from the pod:Get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podThe Conor McGregor viral text: https://imgur.com/a/MzByPdOConor McGregor ‘come to me’ message: https://imgur.com/a/z5kVJwu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.