The Upshot

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April 28 F1’s naughty 90s: prison, princesses and pitlane punch-ups
In the 1990s, F1 was filled with reckless mavericks.
And their antics off the track make Drive to Survive look like Herbie the Lovebug.
They trashed hotel rooms, teargassed taxi drivers and had trysts with princesses on car bonnets.
From pitlane punch-ups to the rise of Katie Price, this is the story of F1’s naughty nineties…
LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Senna Playboy interview
Nigel Mansell as a policeman
Schumacher and Hill collide
Driving Frentzen off the track
Villeneuve wins

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1 hr 14 min
April 21 Michael Jordan: f*** them kids | Part two
Michael Jordan might be an Olympic hero and NBA champion, but he’s got a smaller knob than Scottie Pippen and he’s just been caught cosying up to a coke dealer.
Will the NBA’s biggest name be destroyed by it? Or can he bounce back?
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Links from the episode:
Michael justifies his gambling habit: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DMA7-hYAJY-/
Rap video from his dad’s killers: https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/daniel-green-rap-video_chicago/48061/
University Challenge euphemism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-6F42y3Hk
Tyreek Hill’s grandma looks like Scottie Pippen: https://x.com/NBAMemes/status/1863302711414010289

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45 min
April 14 Michael Jordan: he still owes me that 75 cents | Part one
The 1990s were a different time. You could smoke on planes, recite your best friend’s phone number, and get noshed off in the Oval Office.
And the biggest star on the planet was a tight-fisted genius from Teachy, North Carolina: Michael Jordan.
He broke bread with drug barons, paid off his mistresses and lost $100k on a game of rock paper scissors.
From cocaine in the dressing room to measuring his son’s knob, this is his story…
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Links from the episode:
“Travelling cocaine circus” interview: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FsF-JZR_wtM

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48 min
April 07 Ashley Cole: one call changed everything | Part two (with George Cooper)
It’s 2005 and Ashley Cole is riding high, tearing up the Premier League and shacked up with Britain’s biggest heartthrob.
But the papers are out to get him…
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Links from the episode:
Gaudy wedding pics: https://share.google/8L0PzHOVPkZupUl5V
Lottery advert photo: https://share.google/QRoUIEl9cwLedDk7i
Roma team photo: https://share.google/xdVoozIdnS3XwfIx9
Europa League draw: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1431213166814453768

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52 min
March 31 Ashley Cole: girls allowed | Part one (with George Cooper)
In the naughty noughties, no one did tabloid scandal like Ashley Cole…
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Links from the episode:
Van Nistlerooy nearly breaks his leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6hdSpwTtQ
Shuts down Ronaldo in 04: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1654617821561524

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52 min
March 30 OLD GOLD | Tiger Woods: Get in the hole!
In light of Tiger's latest crash, we're reposting this fan favourite episode which we first released in 2023.

Drug-fuelled car crashes. 121 mistresses. Shagging the next door neighbour's daughter.
No one does scandals like Tiger Woods.
But if you think you know the full story, think again. Buckle in for the sordid tale of a golfer gone wild…

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54 min
March 24 Keys and Gray: it was just banter | Part two (with George Wilde)
The pair are destroyed by a series of videos showing them at their absolute worst.
We revel in the fall out and the recovery, as Keys and Gray decamp to Qatar, settle old scores with their enemies, and both are rocked by more sex scandals.
And of course, we answer the big question: Smash It?

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Links from the episode:
Slagging off Sian Massey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV0oWNVG7Mw
Andy Gray “tuck me in”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fYvlpPwNocw
“Smash it?”: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2107649813077188
Richard Keys Talksport “apology”: youtube.com/watch?si=8K26y4_ECt-K_Yct&t=40&v=fkTNQuWaETE&feature=youtu.be
“Get your tits out for the lads”: https://www.independent.ie/videos/sport/old-footage-of-sky-sports-presenters-chanting-get-your-tts-out-at-female-reporter/29967075.html
Richard Keys “It was just banter”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RfiKA6-XbEE
Keys home tour: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35lcdp

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1 hr 3 min
March 17 Keys and Gray: smash it? | Part one (with George Wilde)
When Richard Keys and Andy Gray burst onto our screens in the early 90s, they were a breath of fresh air.
But behind the scenes, the pair turned the Sky Sports studio into a seedy boys club.
They were forced out in disgrace, and that was just the start…
From parties with pornstars to banging their best friend’s wives, this is the scandalous saga of Keys and Gray… smash it?
Links from the episode:
Andy Gray diving header: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFbBf_YktU
Advert for Simon toy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJ3X_SksrM&t=60s
Richard Keys interviews Mariah Carey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzwFUKCWlE
Andy Gray “you beauty” commentary: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=524376272951046
“Take a bow son”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLXgd7kOciw&t=44s
Keys winding up Ron Atkinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o7Fu93L4s
“Daft little ground, silly game, fuck off”: https://x.com/ballsdotie/status/1253638817468334080?lang=en
Richard Keys hairy hands: https://share.google/1etXSjQJlGq1wGolp

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1 hr
March 12 Joey Barton back behind bars | Extra shot
On the show today:
- Joey Barton is in trouble with the law twice in one day
- Wayne Rooney trousers down
- Boris Beckers tales of Diddy’s freak-offs.
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Links from the pod:
Eni Aluko’s Declan Rice conspiracy theory: https://talksport.com/football/1479711/eni-aluko-declan-rice-man-city-arsenal/
Wayne Rooney doing his trousers: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/38375142/wayne-rooney-boozed-mystery-women-pre -brit-awards-bash/
Boris Johnson on Louis Theroux: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DEeh05oNNkLcP7KEAlTDJ?si=ZqAej3bNSoWzvu-a8_M3_g&nd=1&dlsi=acbc3b22514e4556
Stu McGill’s podcast meltdown:
https://www.youtube.com/live/d-GV9ay86OA?si=5A8h28HwGg8kRqtI&t=1152
Jamie O’Hara’s walk out: https://x.com/now_arsenaI/status/2031496474580672980
The OnlyFans triangle: https://dispatch-media.com/inside-the-onlyfans-triangle/
Brawl in Brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1rojrgv/brawl_breaks_out_between_cruzeiro_and_atletico/
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1 hr 8 min
March 11 OLD GOLD | Neil Warnock: he'd fookin' die for you lot
They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore.
He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams.
So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"...

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54 min

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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…