Death of a Sports Star

Want another Crowd podcast? If you're a boxing fan, then former world champion George Groves has something just for you. Have a listen to this trailer, and then check out The George Groves Boxing Club in your app now. He's planning episodes about weigh-ins, ring walks, knockouts, fitness, nutrition, promoters and more. Here's the link: https://podfollow.com/1636736514 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Sometimes headlines don’t make sense."Shane Warne dead"? Those are three words that don’t belong together. No matter how many times you hear it, no matter how many different ways you’re told, it doesn’t make sense. Not Shane. Not dead. You read it once. You read it twice. A second stretches and seven stages of grief fill the gap. The fourth of March 2022 is like that... See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Here's another podcast we think you'll enjoy... It's about Don King - the guy with the hair, who is also the most successful boxing promoter the sport has ever seen. He is his own American Dream. His flamboyant appearance and commanding personality made him a star in and out of the ring, as did his promotion of greats like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and even America’s musical dynasty, the Jacksons. But his less than honest exploits? They made him legendary. In a sport famed for money and excess, what does it take to get to the top, and stay there? If you like it, search for Power in your podcast app now. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

There’s a new podcast out that we’d like you to hear. It’s called American Vigilante and features a guy called KC who has an extraordinary life story. He rescues kidnapped children, hunts down missing people and goes head-to-head with the Mexican Mafia. He calls himself “a monster hunter”. For the past few months he’s been speaking to Sam Walker, who has been recording every one of their conversations. It’s a fascinating series, and if you want to hear the second episode, you just need to click this link: https://podfollow.com/1583938816 See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

From the makers of Death of a Sports Star, this is Death of a Film Star. If you'd like to hear more, search for 'Death of a Film Star' in your favourite podcast platform, or click here: https://podfollow.com/1562008537 [https://podfollow.com/1562008537.] There’s stuff you know about Chadwick Boseman – what he’s done as Black Panther, how good he was as James Brown in one biopic, as baseball hero Jackie Robinson in another, as judge Thurgood Marshall in his most recent. He’s different for the roles he plays, and different for what he does with them. But different, too, for all the stuff you don’t know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.