The Upshot
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Poolside punch ups and Usain Bolt’s ultra-slow shagging: our guide to Paris 2024
The Romans wrestled lions, the Victorians forced monkeys to fight dogs.
And in the modern era, we tuck into a bit of artistic swimming and pretend to know what a pommel horse is.
But the Olympics is f…
England’s sex scandal epidemic
Multiple shagging rumours about England stars. Patrice Evra’s jail sentence. GB swimming turns saucy. And George debuts his Wimbledon-themed erotic fan fiction.
It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our…
Narco football: cartels, kidnaps and coked-up kickabouts
Colombia is known for many beautiful things. Arabica coffee. Cheap breast implants. Glorious Carribean coast.
But in the 1980s, the country was infamous for one thing… cocaine.
And Colombian football w…
‘You’re all murderers’: the sadistic story of the Tour de France
When you think of cycling, you probably picture lycra-clad lab rats, pumped so full of steroids their blood is congealing into a thick ketchup-like goo.
But it wasn’t always a sick science experiment:…
Southgate’s terrifying visitor and Derek Chisora decks a Deliveroo driver
Sadio Mane’s wife graduates from high school. Fans stealing boats. Snack attack at the Tour de France.
It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this w…
Naughty Dorty: a semi final special
Love triangles in the French camp. Wife hunting at wet t-shirt competitions. Boozing with the King of Brazzers in Dortmund.
Coming to you live from (near) Dortmund, another special edition of Extra Sh…
Bielsa’s hand grenade and Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension
Marcelo Bielsa’s violent stand-off with fans. Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension. Leo Messi giving a wonderkid a bath.
It’s a nice, weird set of stories for a special edition of Extra Shot, our pod …
Andy Carroll’s restaurant scrap and Balotelli’s big night out
Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.
On the pod today: footballers at Glasto, rockstars in the England camp, and somehow the biggest wreckheads of the week are Andy Ca…
Boris Becker: the most expensive 5 seconds of my life
WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSH BERRY
He was the baby-faced megastar who won Wimbledon twice as a teenager.
But Boris Becker’s penchant for sex, mansions and dodgy dealings took him from centre court to the s…
Erling Haaland’s party raided by police
Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.
On the pod today: Bradley Wiggins attacks Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, grans gone wild at the Euros and does Geoff Hurst like Budwe…
Gazza: what have you done to my ostrich?
The year is 1990. Gazzamania is sweeping the nation. And a bewildered ostrich is on the loose at Tottenham’s training ground.
The culprit? Paul Gascoigne, a Geordie midfield maestro with a craving for…
Cole Palmer’s naked scare and Ronald Koeman’s despicable deed
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Join Zach and Jac…
Ronaldo’s orgy and Southgate’s bender: our guide to Euro 2024
Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement.
Welcome to our alternative guide to the Euros…
Videos from the pod:
Grealish looking for B…
PSG poison and Scotland star accidentally decks his own mother
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Goalkeepers accused of modern slavery, the Brentford legend turned undercover ultra an…
WAGs gone wild: Baden Baden 2006
The year is 2006. Borat is breaking box office records. Hips Don’t Lie is number one in the charts.
And in the sleepy German spa town of Baden Baden, England touch down for the World Cup.
But the tran…
Neymar goes too far and Samuel Eto’o’s mafia revolution
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Ronaldo’s crying, Messi’s movie debut and more misery for Man United staff
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Cocaine and chainsaws: German football’s scandalous century
Lurking beneath its slick, modernising image, German football is hiding some dark secrets.
In fact, its 21st century has been truly scandalous.
From chainsaw rampages to managers on coke, welcome to a …
Phone sex in the Man United boardroom and Jamie O’Hara’s dating disaster
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: The MLS star knocked out by a pro boxer in a restaurant, Todd Cantwell ends racism and…
Fergie’s Man United: the scandalous, erotic and surreal inside story
For 26 seasons, Sir Alex Ferguson was the ruddy cheeked, acid-tounged genius who ruled English football.
But behind the trophies and the bollockings, the United gaffer presided over a relentless torre…
Scott Carson’s 4am scrap and Brazil star marries his own niece
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
Plus: this week's managerial bloodbath, Klopp compared to Martin Luther King Jr., Scott Carson’s k…