Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we will discuss sportspeople that are surprisingly related to another sportsperson or well-known celebrity. Some of what will be discussed in this episode include:
- Two former NBA stars who surprisingly discovered they were cousins early on in their careers a family a reunion.
- A former Pakistan cricket great who was known for his run-scoring, comical runouts and is the uncle of one of Pakistan’s current players.
- Russell Crowe and the Crowe brothers, Martin and Jeff.
- Graeme Atkins and Grant Atkins
- Wally and Lincoln Lewis.
- James and Darren Pattinson
- Bryce and John Cartwright
- Millie Boyle and David Boyle and Jason Croker.
- Mark and Reg Gasnier
- Nick and Holly Mangold
- George Bailey and his Great Great Grandfather
- Babar Azam and the Akmal brothers.
- Dean Bell and Clayton Friend
- Barry and Shaun Berrigan
- Wayne and Bob Bennett
- Chris Chelios and Nikos Tselios
- The Cromartie’s
- Jackie and Mark Robinson
We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia drops by to conduct the Quiz and Who Am I? We have our segment Where Are They Now? and Glenn has another cracking joke to finish the show.
Surprisingly related sportspeople sources
1. wikipedia.com ‘list of family relations in rugby league’, last edited, 15/6/24.
2. cricketweb.net ‘test and fc cricketers who are related’, 12/10/2018.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Joyce
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laila_Ali
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ryan
6. ranker.com ‘14 athletes who are related’, people in sports, 6/12/2020.
7. clutchpoints.com ‘14 NBA players who are related to pro athletes’, by spencer see, 23/5/23.
8. Bleacher report.com ‘athletes you didn’t know who were related’, by laura delta, 28/5/2014.
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inzamam-ul-Haq
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam-ul-Haq
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Gasnier
12. The sportster.com ‘top 15 athletes you didn’t know were related’, by ts staff, 14/6/2014.
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Tselios
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chelios
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cromartie
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Rodgers-Cromartie
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bailey_(cricketer,_born_1853)
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bailey_(cricketer,_born_1982)
19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babar_Azam
20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Akmal
21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamran_Akmal
22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Bell
23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Berrigan
24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bennett_(rugby_league)
25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_McGrady
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Carter
27. si.com ‘vince carter, tracy mcgrady share how they discovered they are cousins’, by jelani scott, 11/3/23.
28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyman%E2%80%93Stokes_Teammate_of_the_Year_Award
29. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame
30. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enough_Project
31. sportskeeda.com ‘tracy mcgrady recalls hilarious incident through which he found out vince carter was his cousin’, by evan bell, 27/7/23.
32. Vince carter’s embassy of hope, ‘vincecarter15.com’, 2024.
33. basketball.com ‘T-mac wishes he stayed in torono: we could’ve contended for a championship’, by shane garry-acedera, 28/5/23.
