Death of a Sports Star

Feb 28 2024 26 ep. 292

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These are the unforgettable, tragic stories of superstars we loved and lost - told as you’ve never heard them before. Death of a Sports Star is a Crowd Network original, presented by Elroy "Spoonface" Powell, Emma Clarke and Tom Price.

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Introducing: Oceans: Life Under Water

Feb 28 2024 7 mins

What do you hear at the bottom of the ocean? How does it feel to swim with whales? Or make friends with an octopus? Come and find out. This is Life Under Water. Wildlife filmmaker and TV personality Hannah Stitfall wants to take you the world below the waves. She’ll be chatting to freedivers, marine biologists, submarine pilots and more, hearing mind-boggling stories about the o

Shane Warne

Apr 03 2022 26 mins

Sometimes headlines don’t make sense."Shane Warne dead"? Those are three words that don’t belong together. No matter how many times you hear it, no matter how many different ways you’re told, it doesn’t make sense. Not Shane. Not dead. You read it once. You read it twice. A second stretches and seven stages of grief fill the gap. The fourth of March 2022 is like that... Lea

Mike Webster

Feb 14 2021 35 mins

Mike Webster is one of the greatest American Football players who ever lived. But there’s another story. One that begins before his death, but hits the headlines after. One that changes American Football forever. It’s a story that could have died with Mike if it weren’t for two things: a young pathologist, and a hunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

Ben Hollioake

Feb 07 2021 33 mins

You’ve never seen a cricketer like Ben Hollioake. But this kid who’s set to shred record books, barely makes the small print. He only plays two tests. Twenty one-dayers. And there are numbers that matter more. Because Ben, still only 24, is dead on a slip road on the other side of the world. Miles per hour. Models of sports car. Whether there are millimetres of rain on the roa

Dale Earnhardt

Jan 31 2021 28 mins

NASCAR racing is never the same after Dale Earnhardt’s death. It sounds dramatic, but that’s what Dale means to people. There’s never been a race car driver like him. He’s loved by most, for the same reason he’s hated by the rest. He races harder than anyone ever has. And his death changes NASCAR forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Foley

Jan 24 2021 30 mins

Sometimes, when a famous sports star dies, you get the sense all those people mourning definitely loved that person, but not that they truly knew them. Not with Anthony Foley. He is his home city. He belongs to everyone. And no-one’s ready to say goodbye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ayrton Senna

Jan 17 2021 34 mins

Ayrton Senna was more than just the greatest racing driver who ever lived. He made cars dance. One rival said he made cars move like raindrops on a pavement. So good, he made us all poets. But there wasn't anything poetic about Senna’s death. There usually isn’t in motor racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duncan Edwards

Jan 10 2021 32 mins

Duncan Edwards was the complete footballer. A comic-book hero leaping into the sports pages. He could’ve changed it all. Could've been the greatest footballer of all time. But we never got to find out. It was all lost in a mess of snow and fire and broken steel on a frozen German runway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diego Maradona

Dec 20 2020 26 mins

When you think about how Diego Maradona lived, and died - when you think about how he’s remembered, why there’s so much love and hate - it all comes down to the story of few short years in the city of Naples. How he came back, the miracles he pulled off, the price he paid. He gets higher than anyone else, and he falls faster. That’s Diego. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

Hansie Cronje

Dec 13 2020 33 mins

Hansie Cronje was South Africa’s captain, endorsed by Nelson Mandela. But he was also a scam artist, mixing with criminals. His story has lies, greed, bribery, threats, corruption and ultimately a plane crash that ended his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices