Discover some of the strangest stories in sport.
Do you like hearing about ancient curses on a team? What about tales of diehard fans removing football posts to dispute a result? Or learning of the worst team to exist?
Join sporting professionals Tom Corrigan, Dave Jordan and Jon Kroiter as they break down weird, wacky, wonderful, and wild stories on We Explained 110%.
Sportsmen and women often say they gave 110%. These three will explain it in 110% detail so you can share these stories yourself.
In our final episode of our Olympic mini-series Tom shares a crazy story from the 2016 Games in Rio. The bronze medal match in the men’s 65 kg freestyle wrestling saw not one but TWO coaches strip down to their underwear to protest the result! Meanwhile, JK tests DJ's and Tom's knowledge of nineteenth century baseball.
18 Jul 2024
When Ian Thorpe almost missed the Olympics
In the aftermath of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Ian Thorpe was arguably the biggest name in Australian Olympics - if not sport. This week, JK tells the story of how the swimming legend almost missed out on making the Athens 2004 Games. Meanwhile, Tom tests the sports knowledge of DJ and JK with a game of category ping-pong.
11 Jul 2024
The Olympic Referee Who Fled For His Life
We continue our countdown to Paris 2024 by re-visiting the 1988 Seoul Olympics where DJ tells us the story about the Olympic boxing referee who had to flee midway through the Games to save his life. Meanwhile, JK tests Tom and DJ's knowledge of gourmet stadium food in a game of Scran or Scam.
4 Jul 2024
Eric the Eel
Tom continues our countdown to the Paris Olympics by reminding us about the wonderful story of Eric Moussambani - aka Eric the Eel. While most people remember the race, Tom explains Eric's preparation for the Sydney Olympics and how Eric happened to be standing at the diving blocks all by himself. Meanwhile DJ tests JK's and Tom's sporting knowledge with a game of scattergories.
27 Jun 2024
The Worst Olympic Athlete Ever
Join us as we count down the days to the Paris 2024 Olympics by exploring the weird, wacky, wonderful, and wild sports stories from Olympic history.
There's no better place to start than JK explaining the Ancient Greek Olympics and how the Roman Emperor Nero has a claim to being the worst athlete ever.
Meanwhile, Tom once again tests the commentary knowledge of DJ and JK with the return of crazy commentary.
29 May 2024
The International Dodgeball Open & Odd One Out
It’s a special for our season finale!! Tom and JK combine forces and enlighten Dave about the marvelous world of competitive dodgeball. The 1993 International Dodgeball Open was described as “greater than the World Cup, World Series and World War 2 combined”. It's a true underdog story. Meanwhile, Tom, Dave, and JK battle it out to be crowned mini-game champion for the season.
22 May 2024
Tour de-sgrace & Royal Rumble Rankings
When the biggest cycle race on the planet was created, it almost folded because of the ensuing chaos, cheating and violence. Dave walks us through the first few Tour de Frances and reveals the levels of cheating that almost cancelled the iconic Tour. Meanwhile, Tom throws out an insane mini game where Dave and JK rank absurd sporting achievements in Hollywood.
15 May 2024
Monica Seles' Comeback & Blind Debating II
Normally our stories fall under our values of weird, wacky or wild. But today, JK brings us one that’s wonderful. Monica Selles is a tennis legend. Unfortunately, she’s most known as the victim of a vicious attack from a deranged fan. As Tom and Dave learn, her return is an inspirational one. Meanwhile we play another edition of Blind Debating.
8 May 2024
The Worst Team Ever and Choose Your Own Trivia
Which professional team is the worst ever? Many have had shocking seasons. But statistically, baseball franchise the Cleveland Spiders probably hold that unwanted title. Tom winds back the clock and shares some of the Spiders’ long-standing records, how their owners admitted to ignoring the team, and the headlines from Cleveland’s newspaper publicly blasting the team. Meanwhile, JK hosts trivia with a twist.
1 May 2024
The Goalpost Final and Crazy Commentary
What should fans do if they disagree with an umpire’s decision? Storm the field and steal a goalpost of course! As Dave tells us, that’s precisely what North Hobart supporters did in the 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final. A controversial decision in the final seconds lead to unprecedented steps that we haven’t seen since. This game of Aussie Rules Football is Tasmanian folklore. Meanwhile, Tom tests the commentary knowledge of Dave and JK.
24 Apr 2024
The Curse of Mayo County and Blind Debating
JK shares one of the longest-running curses in sport. In the 1950s, an Irish priest shouted at Gaelic Football’s Mayo County after interrupting a funeral profession.
Since then, more than 70 years of bad luck has followed Mayo and the county has lost the most All-Ireland Finals in Gaelic Football history. Hear how the curse was formed, the insane ways Mayo have lost All-Irelands and the long-awaited possibility of the curse being lifted. Meanwhile, Dave becomes a mediator as he puts Tom and JK head-to-head in a debate without any preparation.
17 Apr 2024
The Montreal Screwjob and It's All Relative
Professional Wrestling is a strange thing, but it captivates millions around the world. In 1997, one of the most controversial things happened in a wrestling ring and it still captivates people today. Tom walks us through chaotic behind-the-scenes events, espionage, blindsides, and how one person kept a secret plan from 99% of a company.
Meanwhile, JK introduces the game ‘It’s All Relative’, where Tom and Dave discover famous sporting people are related to all kinds of individuals.
10 Apr 2024
Fake Cricket & Scandinavian Footballer or IKEA Furniture
Dave enlightens us with a chaotic tale of a fake cricket league, purely marketed to Russians for the sole purpose of gambling. Inspired by the Indian Premier League, the Indian Cricket Premier League was scripted ball-by-ball and took advantage of trigger-happy punters. Meanwhile, Tom takes Dave and JK through the ringer with a game of ‘IKEA Furniture or Scandinavian Furniture'.
3 Apr 2024
Spygate & English Village or West Indies Cricketer
Jon is a long-suffering Leeds United supporter, and it turns out his beloved football team were very good at spying... until they got caught. This is the story of renowned Argentinian manager Marcelo Bielsa and his obsession with data.
His burning love for statistics forced a French intern to spy on rival teams, a police twitter account to stir up controversy, and one of the wildest press conferences in modern times.
Meanwhile, Dave hosts the game ‘English Village or West Indies Cricketer’, which is exactly as it sounds.
27 Mar 2024
The St Louis Marathon & Guess the Grunt
Tom breaks down the disaster that was the 1904 St Louis Marathon and we guess random tennis players from their grunt.
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