Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily

In 1891, teacher James Naismith, was given two weeks by his boss to invent a new sport to keep the students occupied during the long winter.

No one could have predicted how his new game, basketball, would spread across the globe and become one of the world's most popular sports.

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Titus is joined by Aaron Noonan, author of The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000, to discuss the history of Australia's greatest motorsport event.

From its earliest days to Holden vs Ford and the famous clashes, they look at the race that has defined motorsport in Australia.

Aaron's book, The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000 is available here.

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In 1982, boxing was held at the Sydney Opera House for the first and final time. Titus is joined by Anthony Cocks, who tells the story of the clash between Alex Temelkov and Ken Salisbury, which saw brawls in the ring and in the stands.

They also discuss his new book The Brawl at the Sydney Opera House: And Other Aussie Boxing Yarns, which is on sale now.

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In a special episode, Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang, and Mick Molloy visit the remote community of Yuendumu with the Red Dust team.

Red Dust's mission is working together to enrich lives, improve health and strengthen the future of Indigenous youth and families.

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LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rebel league, has filed for bankruptcy, ending a wild ride. Mick and Titus tell the entire story, from its inception to its collapse.

Part Three covers the bankruptcy announcement, the amount of money LIV owes its players and why it failed.

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LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rebel league, has filed for bankruptcy, ending a wild ride. Mick and Titus tell the entire story, from its inception to its collapse.

Part two covers the build-up to the shocking merger that surprised everyone.

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LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rebel league, has filed for bankruptcy, ending a wild ride. Mick and Titus tell the entire story, from its inception to its collapse.

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After building a stadium and successfully staging a heavyweight title fight, Hugh D. Macintosh sets his sights on promoting the biggest heavyweight fight of all time between Tommy Burns, the reigning heavyweight champion and Jack Johnson. This would be the first time a black man had been allowed to fight for the heavyweight title.

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Hugh Donald Macintosh barely attended school, but that didn't stop him from becoming the most well-known sports promoter in the world. From humble beginnings, he built an empire that spanned sport and entertainment, and he would pull together the biggest boxing match in history.

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With day one done, things get hard, as the conga lines end and the skaters start dropping like flies, but as the days roll by, the impact on the skaters soon becomes evident.

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