The Upshot
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Jose Mourinho: one day someone will punch you
Jose Mourinho is so charismatic that John Terry said "I'd leave the pitch in a coffin for him".
But he's also a ruthless bastard who threatens ball boys, fights staff and spits poison at his enemies.
T…
Alan Shearer’s sordid surprise and Mbappe’s dressing room bust-up
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Chinese spies recruiting horny England fans, Arsenal fans turn on Gunnersaurus and Joh…
Tyson Fury: ya big dosser
Tyson Fury eats hedgehogs, masturbates 7 times a day and warns opponents about his tiny dick.
And those are the least weird things about him.
As he bids to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of…
Davor Suker caught stealing antiques and snooker champion battered by police
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Emmanuel Frimpong is the housemate from hell, Jamie Vardy’s sweary daughter, and footb…
Dennis Rodman: she put pasta up my butt
Dennis Rodman is a one of a kind, certified, gold-plated, Grade A, unadulterated nutter.
He headbutted refs, went on benders with Kim Jong Un and flew 5,000 miles to shag Madonna. For cash.
From pasta …
England star tasered in Majorca and a thirsty sheikh’s seedy bash
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
Plus: Monty Panesar in the corridors of power, a Sheffield United star’s crime spree and Rodrigo M…
Neymar: red knobs and broomsticks
Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums.
Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama.
From punching Parisians to bankrolling his dad's orgies, welcome to ludicrous life of Sao Paolo’s most s…
David Haye hunting for hotties and Arda Turan’s secret sex swing
Join Zach and George for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Boxers marrying porn stars, gun-wielding gangsters stalk New Zealand’s rugby league,…
Rat poison cocktails and flogging false starters: marathon madness
For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes the tin for her local donkey sanctuary.
But things were a little different in the old …
Messi fights Mexicans in Miami and Neymar ruins his daughter’s birthday
Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
This we…
OJ Simpson: he definitely did it
When you hear the name OJ Simpson, you’ll no doubt recall his famous 1973 NFL season and his supporting role in Naked Gun 2.
But did you know he once got in a little bit of trouble with the police too…
Loris Karius rejected from Berghain and Matt Le Tissier vs. the shapeshifting lizards
Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
This we…
John Daly: let’s party cocksucker
He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf.
The blazers tried to ban him, but John Daly was the people’s champion.
From knife-wielding lovers to tossing $55k off a bridge, me…
Extra Shot: Sven’s boozy breakfast and Brooklyn Beckham sacked again
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
This week: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare in Seoul, unhinged Old Firm fans, and the inside scoop from Quincy …
Kidnapped teammates and McMuffin melees: a Scottish football special
These days, the Premier League is filled with sinister billionaires and Gucci-clad stars doing Tik Tok dances with Salt Bae.
But up in Scotland, football is how it should be.
They kidnap their teammate…
Extra Shot: wonderkids in strip clubs and Arteta’s tribute to seedy saunas
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
Club chairmen gobbing on fans, Luke Littler turns on his hero and another Luis Rubiales scandal.
Get your…
Gary Neville: mini-retirements and mashed potato meltdowns
Gary Neville is a seriously intense bloke.
He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in front of millions of fans.
This is his story…
Schoolboy prank call: http…
Extra Shot: when Courtois shagged De Bruyne’s girlfriend and Sean Dyche’s restaurant scrap
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
Ainsley Harriott caught in a football riot, beloved broadcasters on booze-fuelled benders, and the lates…
Brian Clough: feuds, fairytales and fookin’ cheats
There aren’t many football managers who’d start a fight with Muhammad Ali.
But Brian Clough isn’t most football managers.
The acid-tongued genius decked Roy Keane, scrapped with hooligans and terrorise…
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 …