Sport Shack

Paul and Glenn are back for another fun, action packed episode. This week we will discuss sporting spectators and some of the colorful fans from over the years. In this episode we will talk about

- RIP Johnny Raper and the Galloping Garbo and gentle giant Olsen Fillipana.

- a larrikan spectator from long ago who is now embroiled in bronze

- a baseball fan who was made scapegoat

- Balmain's one and only Laurie Nichols

- Day/night cricket matches and the Mexican waves

- Karl Power the master spectating prankster.

- the Barmy Army and their songs, humor and great passion.

- Collingwood supporters

- Parramatta's Blue and Gold Army and their years of torture.

- Streakers

- The Fanatics and the Ritchie's

- Hooliganism

- South Sydney's dedicated and loyal fans.

We also have our winners and losers for the week, some sport news from around the globe, we have our quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we talk about some of the curious sporting superstitions from over the years. Some of the sporting personalities we discuss include

- The Socceroo's  and the curse of the Witchdoctor from Mozambique.

- A Ice Cool Swedish tennis superstar and his Wimbledon superstition

- David Shephard and Nelson 111

- Cricketers Neil McKenzie, Steve Smith and Sanath Jayasuriya

- a Brazilian UFC fighter who likes to drink his own urine.

- Baseball and Basketball superstitions

- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's water bottles.

- Wayne Gretsky and baby powder.

- a Zimbabwean football team and its bizarre plan to rid the team of bad spirits.

We also talk about coaches and how some players are becoming too precious. We also salute our wonderful Ash Barty on her Australian Open win, Rafael Nadal's herculean performance and we talk about our Winners and Losers for the week.

We talk about some of the sport news from around the World, and we have our segments Who Am I and Where Are They Now?

Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. This week we finish off our rolling back the years episodes and go back to the year 2007. We discuss some main sporting moments from the year and discuss some news, music and film. Some of the sporting moment we will discuss are

- a Rugby League star called Billy the kid.

- a champion fast bowler with a tremendous cause.

- some cricket legends retire and an Ashes clean sweep.

- Adam Gilchrist's great World cup innings and the squash ball in the glove.

- the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer

- South Africa's win in 2007 Rugby World cup.

-Geelong's crushing AFL win

- Casey Stoner rules the motorcycle world

We talk about some of our own memories of 2007 and will also discuss some of the latest happenings in the Australian open. we have a new segment, our quiz and our segments Who am i and Where are they now?

Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode and this time John Dawson our great mate enters the Sports Shack. In this episode we go back to the year 2004. We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week and our memories from the year such as the Boxing Day Tsunami, locust plagues other news events, music and film/tv from 2004. Some of the sporting topics we discuss include

- a Russian boxer who emigrated to Australia with his family and became a household name.

- a courageous and versatile track and field athlete who defied the odds however was still not loved by the public.

- tall poppy syndrome

- an Aussie cricket great retires after a brilliant career

- the tragic death of a former Aussie cricketer and media personality.

- the Aussie cricket team conquer their final frontier

- the Athens Olympics and a great sacrifice by an Aussie Swimmer

- the death of a few sporting legends who left us with great memories.

- a young Russian tennis star emerges and Phil Michaelson finally wins his first Major.

We also talk about some Motor sport from the year, we have our quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments.

Paul and Glenn are back for another fun episode. This week we continue our two part series on moments on the Howlers and focus this time on the Sportspeople who have had moments to forget in their careers. In this episode some of what we will discuss include

- Paul's personal Howler moments

- Don Fox

- a rower who couldn't go the distance

- an embarrassing and painful moment for a gymnast

- a diving great who had a moment to forget, however put it behind him to show his true greatness

- a French Golfer who blew the chance of a lifetime however has a brilliant outlook on life

- Graeme Langlands and his white boots

- State of Origin blunders

- Steve Mavin

- an Aussie left arm quick who had a moment to forget with bat and ball

- David Campese's wayward pass against the British and Irish Lions

- South Africa's Cricket World Cup meltdowns

- Brazil and their 2014 World Cup exit

- Greg Norman and the 1996 Masters disaster.

- Steve Harmison's wide at the GABBA and a few Aussie bowler's who lost their radar.

- Jana Novotna at the 1993 Wimbledon final and her inspiring comeback to win 5 years later.

- Parramatta, take your pick eg, Neville Glover, Preliminary Final exits, 2001 Grand Final.

We have the quiz and our segments Who Am I? and Where Are they Now? are back.

Paul and Glenn are back for their first episode of 2022. In this episode we talk about our Christmas break and some winners and losers for the past few weeks. We then start a two part series on The Howlers and start by taking a look back at some of the sporting officials, eg, referees and umpires who have made howler decisions and had an impact on the game. Some of the officials we will talk about include

- a controversial Rugby League referee in the 70s and and 80s nicknamed Hollywood.

- A referee who a coach wanted to run over with a cement truck.

- Pakistani umpires

- the Hand of God from 86.

- annoying Rugby Union referees.

- a kiwi umpire and his finger of doom

- the controversy surrounding the 2019 NRL Grand Final

- and English referee and his shocker in 2006 World Cup

- the Monkeygate match and Steve Bucknor's shocker.

- Geoff Toovey's 2014 blow up at officials

- the controversy surrounding the 1972 USA vs USSR basketball Olympic final

We have our quiz questions to test your mind and our Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments are back and ready to roll for 2022.

Paul and Glenn are back for their final episode of the year and what a ripper it is. This week talk about our Winners and Losers for 2021 and Glenn gives his Slap of the year award. We will then go waaaaaaaay back to the year 1979 where we will discuss our memories of the year, major sporting moments and news, film and music. Some of what we will discuss include

- An Aussie squash great

- an inspirational Bulldog nicknamed Turvey and the sport of the Shuffleboard.

- Media tycoon Kerry Packer winning the TV and sponsorship rights for cricket.

- Australia finally win the Bledisloe Cup after many years.

- An Ice Hockey great and an extremely expensive player card.

- An aluminium cricket bat used by one of the greats.

Glenn talks motor sport from 1979 and we give our predictions for 2022. We also have our Quiz questions and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments.

Pau T and Glenn are back for another fun and action packed episode. This week we go back to the Year 1995 and discuss some of the main sporting and news events from the year and film and music. Some of what we discuss include

- An All Black giant stuns the Rugby World and South Africa are reunited by sport.

- A controversial Sri Lankan spin bowler

- Australia finally conquer the West Indies in cricket

= Queensland at long last win the Sheffield Shield

- The Super League War rocks Rugby League and the battle is on between two media empires.

- Fatty's Neville's cause a State Of Origin boil over

- Australia's America's Cup dreams sink 

- The Wild Thing wins a dramatic British Open.

Glenn takes us back to some of what took place in motor sport from 1995, and we have our quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now? segments

Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode. We discuss our Winners and Losers for the past week then go back three years to discuss sport, news and film from the year 2018. It was a year of much anticipation and excitement with the Commonwealth Games coming to the Gold Coast. Other topics from the year that we will discuss are

- An American Gridiron legend who is still playing strong at 44 years of age.

- A Scottish Marathon runner who didn't quiet make it.

- The infamous Sandpapergate scandal that rocked Australian Cricket

- The incredible rescue of a Thai boys soccer team from a cave.

- The World Cup in Russia

- NSW finally win a State of Origin series

- An infamous basketball brawl

- a courageous Rooster

Glenn talks motor sport from the Year and we have our quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are They Now Segments?

Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we will discuss some of the famous sportspeople from our city Gold Coast such as

- Our many great surfers such as Stephanie Gilmour

- Mick Doohan

- Surf live saving stars such as Trevor Hendy, Shannon Eckstein

- Samantha Stosur

- Sally Pearson

- Adam Scott

- Craig McDermott

- Andrew Symonds

- Grant Hackett

- Casey Stoner

- Allysa Healey

- Curtis McGrath

- Matt Belcher

- Ben Ikin

- Darius Boyd

We also discuss our Winners and Losers for the week in sport and we have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?