I'm joined by Greg Blanchard from the 'Inappropriate Conversations' podcast, to discuss Jack Kirby performing one of football's most little-known protests, and the NFL playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers, known as "The Comeback" - I'm sure you'll be able to guess what happened. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Christienna Fryar joins me as we cover Horse Racing for the first time. We talk about the history of horse racing in the United States, before looking at the historic achievement of American Pharoah winning the 2015 Triple Crown. We end with a look at the polarisation around Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year Award for that year, and a critique of narrow identity politics. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

I talk with Sanaa Qureshi about the career of the former Pakistan men's cricket captain Misbah-Ul-Haq, whose tenure was a key part of restoring respect and success to Pakistani cricket after they were in a period of exile from cricket's mainstream. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

This is a very self indulgent episode as Jonathan and Shane talk about their Top 5 Leeds Rhinos (Jonathan) and Arsenal (Shane) games. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Our 2017 retrospective concludes as we give our respective top five moments from the past year in sport. CONTENT NOTE: Some aspects of our heroes and villains will contain discussions of abuse, sexual assault, and mental health issues. Some of the information we discuss was accurate at the time of recording, but there have been significant developments since then. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We're joined by Christienna Fryar, who takes us through her Top 5 moments from the past sporting year. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Part 2 of our review of the past 12 months features 'Inappropriate Conversations' Greg Blanchard, who gives us his top sporting 5 moments in 2017. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Join us as we refresh our year review format. No more three hour shows! Emma Foster from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy comes onto the show to share her Top 5 moments of the year as well as her sporting hero and villain. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We look at Graham Obree's against the odds attempt to break cycling's hour world record, before recounting Jonathan Edwards' special year in 1995, culminating in the World Championship triple jump competition. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We talk about how Diego Maradona made the 1986 World Cup in Mexico his own, and in doing so stamped his name permanently into sporting history. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We induct our second team into our Hall of Fame. The Real Madrid side that popularised that popularised the phrase "galacticos". We look at the rule of Santiago Bernabeu, the links with Franco and fascism, and a run of success that remains unparalleled. We also give a brief mention of the sports & feminist podcast 'Burn it All Down', which if you're not currently listening to, you should. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Emma from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy joins us for a Hot Takes Show. We share our top 5 predictions for the future of sport, and we all know how good we are at predicting, right? Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Our look at two sports begins with the contest between England and South Africa at Trent Bridge that will forever be remembered for the individual duel between Michael Atherton and Allan Donald. We then revisit the darts Premier League Final from 2013, where the sport's past met its future, as Phil Taylor faced Martin Van Gerwen for that year's Premier League title. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

There were some sound issues during this recording. We are joined by Emma (from Greatest Show in the Galaxy) to talk about Super Bowl 51 between the Atlanta Falcons and the England Patriots Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

As we settle into 2017, we end our sporting review of 2016 with a look at the past year in basketball and - with the help of Shireen Ahmed - football. We also break down our respective heroes and villains of 2016. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Our review of 2016 continues, this time Emma Foster (from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) joins us for the NFL, before we take you through the year in Cycling and Cricket. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Apologies for the sound issues with this episode. But the sound gremlins haven't prevented our 2016 sporting retrospective from continuing. Christienna Fryar returns to talk through the past year in Tennis, while we also look at what 2016 brought us in Rugby League and Rugby Union. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We begin our look back at the sporting year with a review of the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. Returning to the show to help us unpack it all is SUNY Buffalo State professor, Christienna Fryar. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

Jonathan is joined by Will (from an earlier Greatest Events episode about Leeds United) this week to have a fun conversation about sporting theme tunes. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

In our third special, we are joined by Shireen Ahmed and Sanaa Qureshi to discuss the topic of Muslim women and sport. Find some useful links below: Bingo Card for how commentators speak about Muslim women athletes (courtesy of Shireen Ahmed) Shireen's list of women of colour journalists. The Cricket Monthly piece (written by Ahmer Naqvi) on Sana Mir - Pakistan women's cricket captain - that we spoke about on the podcast. Football Beyond Borders Olympics 2016   Email –...

We begin with an explanation for the lengthy delay between our last show and this one, before delving into the topic of college sports in America. Our special guest is Christienna Fryar, professor at SUNY Buffalo State. This episode has a trigger warning as our conversation includes discussion of rape and sexual assault. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

In the first of a series of speicals, we are joined by Laura and Mary to discuss long distance running. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

We have our customary late conclusion to the sporting review of last year. With help from Greg Blanchard of 'Inappropriate Conversations' fame, we have a look back on 2015 in the NBA, and in the world of football, before ending with our respective sporting heroes and villains of the year: Hero (Domestic): Jonathan - The Rugby League Community Shane - Gary Neville Greg - Carli Lloyd Hero (Foreign): Jonathan - Adam Cuthbertson Shane - Serena Williams Greg - Lady...

Turns out it was a huge year for both codes of rugby. Also this brings up our 100th episode. Thanks for listening guys. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com

2016 may have begun, but our review of 2015 in sport continues apace. This episode takes in the past year in Tennis, Cycling, and Cricket. Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com