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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Latest episode
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England star tasered in Majorca and a thirsty sheikh’s seedy bash
Plus: Monty Panesar in the corridors of power, a Sheffield United star’s crime spree and Rodrigo Muniz meets Princess Diana… -
Neymar: red knobs and broomsticks
Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums. Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama… -
David Haye hunting for hotties and Arda Turan’s secret sex swing
Plus: Boxers marrying pornstars, gun-wielding gangsters stalk New Zealand’s rugby league, and is Mark Clattenburg being held hostage? -
Rat poison cocktails and flogging false starters: marathon madness
Marathons were a little different in the old days. They boozed during races, got chased by wild dogs, and purposefully dehydrated the runners. -
Messi fights Mexicans in Miami and Neymar ruins his daughter’s birthday
Plus: the top flight keeper blinding opponents with a laser pen, Di Canio’s run in with a Millwall taxi driver, and Joey Barton is still an absolute scumbag. -
OJ Simpson: he definitely did it
This is the true crime tale of a sporting icon and the trial of the century… -
Loris Karius rejected from Berghain and Matt Le Tissier vs. the shapeshifting lizards
Plus: QPR’s mascot sacked for flirting with female fans, Graham Potter’s brush with the criminal underworld, and the inside scoop from the Hardest Geezer’s afterparty. -
John Daly: let’s party cocksucker
He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf. Meet the Wild Thing… -
Extra Shot: Sven’s boozy breakfast and Brooklyn Beckham sacked again
Plus: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare in Seoul, unhinged Old Firm fans, and the inside scoop from Quincy Promes’ jail cell. -
Kidnapped teammates and McMuffin melees: a Scottish football special
They kidnap their teammates, scrap with tea ladies and catch hypothermia on post-match benders.
