The Upshot
By The Upshot
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
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Burglars, bullseyes, and bathtubs of wine: let’s play darts!
Darts was once a humble pub game. But in the 1970s, everything changed. From bathtubs of wine to sex-starved American groupies… Laaaaaaaaaaadieeeeeessss and gentlemeeeeeeeeeeen. Let’s. Play. Darts. -
Jordan Henderson’s Amsterdam sauna adventures
You’ve opened your presents, polished off the miserable turkey detritus and your racist aunt has finally gone back to Tarrington St Clement. So treat yaself to a quick hit of sporting scandal... -
Poison attacks and cannibal scientists: the twisted world of ballet
From vaginal magic shows to Prince Philip’s mistress, welcome to the dark side of the dance… -
Drug smuggling wingers and tasered England stars: 2024’s wildest stories
Referees in sex tapes. Neymar slashing his teammate’s tyres. And Cole Palmer’s naked surprise. It’s been a vintage year for sporting scandal… -
Liverpool’s coke-fuelled Christmas bash
Plus: A top flight ref drugged by an escort, why Wolves can’t trust their new manager and Hamaroaui and Diallo come face to face. Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. -
George Best: where did it all go wrong? (part two)
Welcome to part two of our George Best special. Now more devoted to sex and booze than football, George has walked out on Man United. And his insatiable appetite for booze and shagging is about to get him into real trouble… -
Sobbing and screaming at the Pogba witch trials
Plus: Club president gets his secretary pregnant at the Xmas party, Cucurella tanks Puma’s launch and Jim Ratcliffe cancels Christmas. Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this w… -
George Best: booze, Bond girls and bust-ups (part one)
The United legend knocked out Michael Caine, bedded Bond girls and partied so hard his wife stabbed him in the arse. From “postal sex” to stints in the slammer, this is the story of Georgie Best… -
Mesut Ozil’s mugger speaks out
Plus: The Pogba witch trials begin and the teetotal snooker star KO’d by a pre-match spliff Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. -
Hulk Hogan: sex, lies and videotape
Laaaaadiiiiiies and gentleman, From Tampa, Florida. Weighing in 302lb. The fiiiiiiive time WWF champion. Serial adulterer, steroid addict and sex tape star. Hulk. Hoooooogaaaaaan.
