The Upshot

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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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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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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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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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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