The Wheel of Sport
The Wheel of Sport is a journey through the greatest sports stories ever told. Join Ian McNally and Matt Lavery as they tell stories from the sporting world as only they can. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
In 1970, old VFL rivals, Carlton and Collingwood faced each other in the Grand Final. The game took place in the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground to over 120,000 people packed in to see the spectacle. However, Collingwood dominated the first two quarters and raced into a healthy lead. Carlton walked off at half time deflated and dejected.
A team talk and a revolutionary change of tactics and approach by the Carlton coach Ron Bar...
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This is a blast through some of the technological advances in sport that you may never have heard of including one which may have been inspired by a British soap opera!
Stories of pink newspapers being sold out of the back of vans, snooker selling TVs and how split screen revolutionised a sport.
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Freediving is a niche sport due to the level of difficultly and the risk of serious injury and death. The serenity and peaceful nature of deep-diving can lull the participants into a different world and prove addictive.
This is the story of how freediving became a cult sport with a truly deadly risk.
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The Oxford Dictionary describes Parkour as the sport of moving through a city by running, jumping, and climbing under, around, and through things. However, there is debate on whether it is a sport at all. There has been splits, international recognition and a lineage traced to the early 20th Century. Parkour also has a lot to owe the French Firefighter who inadvertently provided the inspiration for a new and exciting activity which...
Mayo is a proud county situated on the wild west coast of Ireland. With passionate fans and a history of producing some of Ireland's finest sports stars, Mayo GAA are one of the leading sporting organisations in Ireland. They should have won a huge amount of major trophies in the post-war period but they have struggled to get over the line.
In this episode, we explore the legend of a curse that was placed on the Mayo team in th...
Alexandre Villaplane was an immigrant footballer trying to make his way in the amateur game. He got off to great start and quickly became the best player in the country. Villaplane led France in their World Cup debut in 1930 but on his return his sporting career spun out of control and, with the onset of the Second World War, the demise of this malign character became inevitable.
This is the story of a player who rose to greatne...
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What if you were playing top level NBA and a coach told you of some small change to your game that could improve you exponentially?
What if the coach told you that the change was perfectly legal and within the rules?
What if the coach told you that every player in the NBA knew about it but almost nobody does it?
This is the puzzling story of how top level basketball players refuse to make a small change that could improv...
The Highland games has endured throughout the ages and exists today as a celebration of Highland culture and Scottish defiance against the aggression of their neighbours.
A mixture of strength and skill often inspire by agriculture, the Highland games provide an opportunity to revel in Scottish history and a legacy of historical sporting development. Although the games were coopted by the royal ruling class, they remain a symbol...
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Sally Robbins was a gifted athlete who managed to show so much promise, she was selected for the Australian Olympic rowing team. Although they were outsiders to medal at the Athen's games, the team had got themselves within half a second of the leaders. However, by the end of the race, the Australian boat dragged through the water over ten seconds after all the other teams had finished.
What had happened? Why had they thrown aw...
Ian has avoided social media, his phone and been disciplined and determined, not to know the score of the EFL Trophy Final 2021. He gives Matt a call who is going to reveal to result of the game and give a detailed match report. However, there was an unexpected intervention...
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