Paul and Glenn are back for another exciting and action-packed episode. This week, we will talk about some of the well-known shock announcements in sport and some well-known shock exits by sportspeople over the years. We talks about some shock early retirements, shock coach sackings and those caught out for cheating. Some of who we discuss include:
- Michael Jordan switch to baseball.
- Melbourne Storm Salary Cap scandal
- Announcement of Super League
- Ben Johnson 1988 Olympics
- Hansie Cronje involved in match fixing
- Jarryd Hayne quitting the NRL to try his luck at NFL.
- OJ Simpson car chase
- Alan Langer mercy rescue dash organised by Wayne Bennett at 2001 State of Origin.
- A legendary American sports broadcaster who in the final minutes of a crucial NFL game in 1980 made the shock announcement of an icon of music.
- The Browns leaving Cleveland in the NFL
- Julen Lopetegu
- Martin Jol
- Wade Boggs
- Early retirements e.g., Ash Barty, Mark Ella, Barry Sanders
- An Italian football manager who only nine months after guiding his team to one of the greatest shocks in sporting history is surprisingly sacked as Manager.
Paul and Glenn give their Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to conduct the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our Where Are they Now? segment and Glenn finishes off the show with a cracking joke.
Shock Announcement sources
1. Bleacher report.com ‘the most shocking announcements in sports history’, by zach pumerantz, 5/6/2012.
2. Yahoo sports.com ‘AFL fans stunned by fremantle veteran david mundy’s shock announcement’, by andrew reid, 1/8/2022.
3. GQ.com.au ‘the most spectacular football sackings of the 21st century’, by brad nash, 20/11/2019.
4. mirror.co.uk ‘10 most brutal sackings in premier league history and they turned out’, by rich jones, 14/9/2019
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Ranieri
6. Sky sports.com ‘claudio ranieri sacked by leicester city:a timeline of his reign’, by patrick surlis, 23/2/2017.
7. goal.com ‘claudio ranieri set to retire from football at 72 as legendary former leicester boss steps down at cagliari after steering serie A club away from relegation zone’, by soham mukherjee, 22/5/24.
8. Stateside sports.com ‘michael jordan’s baseball career and legacy’, 31/5/23.
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)
10. Mr Trivia ‘bert newton and muhammad ali’, 2/8/2015.
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Cosell
12. Ziptartarwarrior ‘down goes frazier, down goes frazier, down goes frazier!!!’, 8/10/2011.
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Boggs
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sanders
15. Slovak grim reaper ‘john lennon announced dead by howard cosell 1980’, 5/2/2008.
16. The guardian. ‘Claudio ranieri: the anit-pearson…and the wrong man for leicester city?’, marcus bhristenson, 3/5/2016.
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasabian
18. Leicester City ‘Leicester City Lift The Premier League Trophy’, 7/5/2020
