
Elias ‘Lucky’ Baldwin Part 1 – Sports Bizarre
The Santa Anita Park is one of the most famous racetracks in America, a regular host of the Breeders' Cup, but its founder is little known. Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin was a self-made millionaire, who left ...
5 Nov 202349min

Reg Spiers comes home – Sports Bizarre
In 1964, one of Australia’s leading javelin throwers, Reg Spiers, was training in England when he failed to make the Australian Olympic team. Things got worse when his wallet was stolen, leaving him c...
29 Okt 202348min

A Real-Life Wacky Races: Part 2 – Sports Bizarre
The MacRobertson Air Race got underway in spectacular fashion, with a pilot trying to take off but forgetting to release the brake. Once in the air, things got only more confused, with emergency landi...
22 Okt 202350min

A Real-Life Wacky Races: Part 1 – Sports Bizarre
In 1934, the 100th anniversary of the founding of Melbourne was celebrated by what was at the time, the most dangerous and ambitious race in world history, flying from England to Melbourne. The race w...
15 Okt 202350min

The invention of rugby: Part 2 – Sports Bizarre
On October 26, 1863, at the Freemason’s Tavern in Great Queen Street, London, representatives of various football clubs from across England met to try and figure out a universal set of rules for footb...
8 Okt 202335min

The Invention of Rugby: Part 1 – Sports Bizarre
In 1823, William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school match creating the "rugby" style of play. Except he didn’t, and the true story of how rugby emerged involved school upri...
1 Okt 202353min

The America's Cup: Special Guest John Bertrand – Sports Bizarre
On the 26th of September 1983, forty years ago, Australia II crossed the line to end the New York Yacht Club's 132-year-long winning streak. To celebrate the anniversary, Mick and Titus sat down with ...
25 Sep 202353min

The America’s Cup: Part Six – Sports Bizarre
In 1983, Alan Bond would go all in for the Cup, bringing together John Bertrand and Ben Lexcen in an all-out assault on the New York Yacht Club. The Australians would bring their winged keel, and perh...
24 Sep 202348min



















