The Upshot
Extra shot: Messi hungry for blood and Jesse Lingard’s awful chat up lines
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson Fury’s playground insults and “the most scandalous incident in the history of mankind”. Links from the pod: Jesse Lingard’s training camp TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264 John Fury vs. Logan Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc Brereton Diaz Pepsi ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4 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.
14 mar 2024 - 39 min 02 s
Faustino Asprilla: Colombia’s finest export
Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.” The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords. Meet Colombia's finest export… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 mar 2024 - 01 h 54 s
Extra shot: Jadon Sancho’s playstation addiction and cocaine smuggler Quincy Promes back in cuffs
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. More F1 toilet antics, Pep insults Foden, and a moose on the loose disrupts the week’s biggest sporting event. Get tickets to The Upshot live show on 12th June here: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/e15b41b3-2b8b-4d48-a071-81f5eb8cbada Pics we mentioned in the pod: Chiefsaholic bank robber in wolf costume: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpg Italian fans’ ballistic missile: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1633807516915187712 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.
7 mar 2024 - 44 min 31 s
John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend
John Terry is a proper wrong'un. The ex-Chelsea captain punches paps, pisses in pint glasses, and shags on motorway hard shoulders. This is the story of John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend… Pics from the episode: Jayne Connery and Sue Terry: https://imgur.com/a/rfTOL3q The FBI e-fit: https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1664732128855089154/photo/1 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5 mar 2024 - 59 min 33 s
Surprise Shot: the Christian Horner WhatsApp leak
As Christian Horner’s WhatsApp message leak online, Jack brings you a surprise mini-edition on the gory details of a saga they're calling Google Drive to Survive... Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 mar 2024 - 06 min 51 s
Extra shot: Mourinho’s undercover nemesis and George Best’s Bond Girl bust-up
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Jurgen Klopp’s trousers cost him a job, the espionage epidemic in Italian football and booze-fuelled benders on the baize. Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29 fev 2024 - 36 min 39 s
F1: the stories Drive to Survive won't tell you
These days F1 drivers have all the personality of a gently steamed leek. But they weren't always so dull. From shootouts with drug lords to “intimate relations with dolphins”, meet F1's biggest shaggers, wrong'uns and hell-raisers… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 fev 2024 - 47 min 46 s
Extra shot: Premier League weed farms and a Tinder date gone wrong
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: A Premier League weed farm, Erling Haaland’s lucky escape and a Tinder date gone wrong. Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8 Vids from today’s episode: Kalvin Phillips fan chant: https://twitter.com/City_Chief/status/1759194692988584018n Roy Hodgson angry interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFr_hFklf5s Michael Buble on mushrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBTFDuLIcE Tinder date gone wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9g_POqu6vc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 fev 2024 - 47 min 03 s
Jesé Rodriguez: a wonderkid gone wild
You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for godawful nightclubs. But his off-field antics are worthy of a soap opera. From exploding apartments to getting run over by his fiancée, this is the story of his truly ludicrous life… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 fev 2024 - 51 min 27 s
Extra shot: Heung-Min Son’s hotel scrap and an FA Cup love triangle
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Son’s ping pong ding dong, Fergie’s spouting gibberish to Luke Littler, and how Jurgen Klopp invented pancake day. Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8 Vids from today’s episode: Curtis Jones thinks Klopp invented fist pumps: https://twitter.com/arsenaltweeta/status/1755929933212262497 Liverpool Echo claims Scousers invented Pancake Day: https://twitter.com/notbirdappdylan/status/1757511704089366891?s=48 t=AYJ7rh4FQSV3LrWsojYohw Luke Littler meets Fergie: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymailsport/video/7331743955698142496 Beckham Chinese New Year message: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/davidbeckham/video-2354572/Video-David-Beckham-speaks-Chinese-wish-Happy-Lunar-New-Year.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 fev 2024 - 38 min 10 s