Sporting Misadventures with Chris Hoy

Dec 10 2024 47 ep. 60 mins 34
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Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy and journalist Matt Majendie invite a comedian on each week to dissect his or her sporting misadventures from the sublime to the ridiciulous.
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Mark Steel

Dec 10 2024 73 mins  
Mark Steel is a sports fanatic be that playing table tennis as a teenager or using sporting analogies in his recent battle with cancer. He joins the pod as this week's guest ahead of his latest tour, the Leopard in my house. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And let us he

Mark Webber

Dec 03 2024 64 mins  
This week, we're joined by an actual sportsman in nine-time F1 race winner Mark Webber, also a champion at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He chats brushes with death in high-speed crashes, cycling against his idol on one of the Tour de France's toughest climbs and being obliterated by a MotoGP racer. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Ins

Jason Manford

Nov 26 2024 69 mins  
Season 3 kicks off with the wonderful Jason Manford who joins Chris and Matt to cover a rich tapestry of sport. There's padel tennis, a love of Manchester City, coaching his daughter's football team and getting injured a 10-pin bowling and much, much more. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/spor

Milton Jones

Jul 30 2024 63 mins  
Joining us on the podcast on the eve of his show at the Edinburgh Fringe is none other than Milton Jones. He talks running after a rabbi, keeping up with Mo Farah on the football field and tweeting Chris after his London 2012 golds. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And l

Jason Byrne

May 21 2024 72 mins  
An hour didn't quite seem enough time to cram in all this week's guest's sporting misadventures. From barefoot running to BMX jumping rivers gone wrong, and from basketball knock-outs to a shortlived taekwondo career, Jason Byrne appears to have experienced every sporting calamity available. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instag

Grayson Perry

May 14 2024 56 mins  
Grayson Perry is a world-renowned artist and winner of myriad awards from the Turner Prize to a Bafta but has long had a passion for sport alongside his art. He joined us to talk drag racing, Isle of Man TT, his love of skateboarding and cycling. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadv

Nish Kumar

Apr 30 2024 59 mins  
He may have once won a cricket trophy but this week's guest is better known for his sporting calamities than successes from cricketing failings to his sporting high quickly turning into a sporting low and resulting in a broken finger. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And

Fin Taylor

Apr 16 2024 66 mins  
Fin Taylor went viral with his diatribe on the NFL. He joins us this week to chat American football, his love of cricket - from bin to Test - and outsprinting the other fat kid at school in a cross-country race. And you can also catch him on tour - go to https://fintaylor.com/ for tickets. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagra

Joel Dommett

Apr 02 2024 66 mins  
The comedian, actor and presenter joins us for this week's hour ahead to chat about his quest to clinch a world record at the London Marathon in the Masked Singer-winning fish costume, running with a dodgy stomach with Mexicans and much, more more. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisa

Mark Watson

Mar 26 2024 66 mins  
Squash player, snooker podcast host, and football programme collector, this week's guest might just be our most sports-obsessed yet. He joined us for this recording just before flying out to San Marino to see them lose 3-1 to St Kitts and he chats everything from rugby tries to woeful displays in the school pool. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Sporti