Jack Senior

Ep.28 out now, on the Super League Grand Final.

This is the episode intro - we dive into how the two codes of rugby split and, more importantly, why it had to happen.

It's a story of myths of 1823, competing ideology and of how soccer blazed a trail the men who ran rugby didn't want to follow.

Another clip from Episode 27, on the MLB postseason.

Jack tells the story of the Sultan of Swat, the Great Bambino himself, Babe Ruth. Here, the most retold story in all of baseball lore, the Babe calling his shot at Wrigley Field in 1932.

His full story is in the episode, on all good providers.

Clip from Episode 27, on the ongoing Major League Baseball postseason.

Ben telling the story of the infamous Curse of the Billy Goat, that if you believe the tale kept the Chicago Cubs out of the World Series for over 70 years.

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Episode 28, Super League Grand Final.

Ahead of Hull KR v Wigan on Saturday, Jack & Ben talk how Rugby split in two and how the Super League was formed (one explanation quicker than the other), the greatest Grand Finals and whether there's anyone in sport tougher than Rugby League players.

THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POSTSEASON STARTS IN TEN MINUTES! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Episode 27 of the Sporting Almanac Podcast is out now - talking the history of the MLB, origins, curses, scandals and profiling the greatest of them all: the Sultan of Swat, the Great Bambino himself, Mr Babe Ruth.

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14. Thank f**k 😂

I'll add Sunday/Monday - the rest of the NFL week to that too 🏈

Ryder Cup is the priority, good luck to the boys in blue and gold 🇪🇺 Will be tough, but that's why it's so damn good.

YOUR WEEKEND'S SPORT (and where we've covered it):

🏌‍♂️ Fri to Sun - The Ryder Cup (Episode 26)

🇦🇺 Sat 0530 BST - AFL Grand Final (Episode 25)

🏉 Sat 1600 BST - Canada vs. England, Women's Rugby World Cup Final (Episode 20)

🏐 Sat to Sun - Men's World Volleyball Champs Semis and Final (Episode 24)

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Ep26 - The Ryder Cup.

Our least impartial episode ever, and that's from the guys who decided they hated Collingwood two minutes into the last episode.

Cut us and we bleed blue and gold. The memory of the Miracle at Medinah still gives us chills. There is simply no golf like the Ryder Cup.

Things you love to see.

History makers, Wigginton Grasshoppers 💚

Ep25 out now, talking Aussie Rules ahead of the AFL Prelim and Grand Finals.

Ben & Jack showing their "diplomatic" side again (content warning: completely unnecessary language).

This one has Australian history, drug scandal, war stories and Jack trying to resist picking St Kilda as his AFL team...

Ben and I have been very busy this weekend doing some batch recording - yesterday, our Volleyball episode was belatedly released, tomorrow will be Aussie Rules (which I enjoyed making particularly), and we've also got our Ryder Cup episode in the bag too for next week. Can't question our work rate 😂

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It may be Saturday, but after Jack's sicky we owe you an episode, so here is Ep.24, The Volleyball World Championships.

Reviewing the recent Women's event and semi-previewing the just started Men's, as well as a How to Volleyball for the (probably British) newbies to the game.

The more I'm online recently the more I think: It's really ok to simply not post, reply or comment about what you believe the specifics of something are until all the facts about it are known. Not engaging is an absolutely ok choice sometimes.

And Wigginton Grasshoppers Women winning in their first ever FA Cup match, of course.

Out today, ep.23, The World Athletics Championships.

We talk origins of the IAAF and championships, controversial presidents, Russian doping and IAAF involvement in covering it up.

And we talk Powell vs Lewis, Johnson, Edwards, Fraser-Pryce, Felix & Bolt. Here, the extraordinary is never far away.

Wigginton Grasshoppers Women - Instagram famous!

Congratulations to a fantastic bunch of footballers - only 9 wins from Wembley...

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If you've watched the Super Bowl before and now want to try some Sunday NFL tomorrow, but aren't confident you know your Tight Ends from your Corners or your End-Arounds from your Flea Flickers, have no fear.

Ep.22 of the Sporting Almanac goes through the basics, and some history too. Tune in now.

Oakland, CA February 5, 1969 - New Raiders coach John Madden talks to his team on the sidelines. (Russ Reed / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives); (Photo by MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)

Oakland, CA February 5, 1969 - John Madden speaks at a press conference. To his right are Al Davis and Wayne Valley. (Russ Reed / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives); (Photo by MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)

Berkeley, CA July 26, 1980 - Former NFL coach John Madden gives advice at UC Berkeley. (Robert Stinnett / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives); (Photo by MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)

CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 06: John Madden, head coach of the Oakland Raiders, paces the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on October 6, 1974. The Raiders defeated the Browns 40 to 24. (Photo by Ross Lewis/Getty Images)

In Ep.22 we give you a bio of one of the most interesting, enviable and wonderful men in NFL history - the great John Madden.

A man who fell in love with football playing with friends in 1940s San Francisco, and who never seemed to lose that feeling - he found joy in the game like no one else.

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And much more besides of course.

Jack bemoans being a Jets fan even though he only ever fell for them because they were useless, Ben talks cheerleaders, record breakers and money money money too.

As John Madden said, football isn't nuclear physics. But it can take some explaining to get it across.

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Ep.22 - the NFL Regular Season.

If you've never watched the NFL outside of Super Bowl Sunday, we've got some jargon busting information for beginners. For everyone new and old we've got a bio of one of the greatest names in the sports history - John Madden.

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We're back, baby.

After a short unplanned hiatus, the Sporting Almanac is back on the air today with Ep.22 on the NFL, ahead of the regular season kickoff this Thursday.

Talking how it works, how much it sucks to be a Jets fan, and discussing one of its biggest personalities ever - John Madden.

That's the polite way of putting it 🤢🤮 wouldn't to have wanted to edit those bits out. Staying hydrated and hoping my appetite comes back soon.

Apologies to those expecting our Volleyball episode today, Jack has been under the weather so this will be rearranged to a future time.

We'll definitely do our best to get Volleyball done as it's something we Brits very much need educating on, at least based on this shows hosts knowledge 😁

Hang this in the Louvre.

The story of Emmett Till is not an easy one to hear, but it's one that needs to be told.

Taken from this week's episode, it puts the America Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe built their careers in in its starkest light.

Althea Gibson at West Side Tennis Club, 1950. Credit: Getty Images

Althea Gibson and 1947 champion Louise Brough after their second round match in 1950. Gibson would go on to win the title twice in 1957 and 1958, becoming the first black Grand Slam champion. Credit: Getty Images

Althea Gibson and doubles partner and friend Angela Buxton after winning the Ladies Doubles at Wimbledon in 1956. Credit: Getty Images

Althea Gibson, International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Women's Sport Hall of Fame member. Credit: The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

As well as Ashe, it is impossible to talk about the US Open without discussing another incredible trailblazer - Althea Gibson.

Born to sharecroppers in South Carolina, brought up in poverty in Harlem but her talent and drive took her to the top of white, classist Tennis.

More in Ep. 21, out now.

Arthur Ashe in childhood. Credit: AALC, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.

Arthur Ashe, 1968 US Open Men's Champion. The first black man to win a Grand Slam tournament. Credit: Getty Images

Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors shake hands after Ashe becomes the first black winner of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon. Credit: Getty Images

Arthur Ashe getting arrested outside the White House in 1992, protesting George Bush's policy of returning Haitian refugees to Haiti, five months before his death from AIDS related pneumonia. Credit: Ron Edmonds/AP Photos

Out soon - Ep. 21, Arthur Ashe and the US Open.

We tell the story of a man whose name is inseparable from the tournament, its first Open Era champion and first black men's Grand Slam winner.

From childhood tragedy to trailblazing success and a life cut short by illness - he was an incredible man.

Yeah this is well put. If it had been checked and deemed not a clear denial, fine, I've seen reds given that far out but it's well within an amount of subjectivity expected from the laws.

Not checking then retrospectively claiming it is both incompetent and dishonest and deserves huge criticism.

I was so sleep deprived when I thought this was a good idea. I stand by it.