Cricket, Squash and even Flag Football probably got more coverage when confirmed they would be on the programme for the LA Olympics. But hope are high that Team GB could get the men and women's teams qualified for the summer of 2028 as Baseball and Softball also makes a return to the Games. In this episode of Great British Bosses, we hear from new …

Bobby and Alex take you through their trip to Fenway Park, where they saw two Red Sox vs. Orioles games over the weekend. They react to the layout of the ballpark, review their eating and drinking experience, weigh in on the Red Sox traditions, and debate the merits of preserving a ballpark vs. upgrading it. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brooklyn Cyclones Meetup Ti…

Penny Briscoe’s "track record in Paralympic sport is unmatched". Not our words but that of a former guest of Great British Bosses and her CEO David Clarke at Paralympics GB. After years of trying we finally get to speak to the Director of Sport, 5 time Chef De Mission, sports fan and mum about plans for the first ever Paras in LA and whether Atlant…

Bobby and Alex discuss Juan Soto's return to the Bronx in the first Subway Series of the year, noting just how unhinged the discourse has become between the fanbases and media of the Yankees and Mets. Then, they begrudgingly talk (for one final time) about Pete Rose and Rob Manfred's decision to reinstate him. Finally, they assess whether there's a…

Back in the UK for the first time since the first games in 2014. Birmingham will host the latest edition of the Invictus Games in July 2027. With brand new events and the usual fans favourites, it's not just about a week of sport at the NEC as CEO of Invictus Games Birmingham 2027 Helen Helliwell explains. And in this latest episode of Great Britis…

Bobby and Alex discuss the baseball fandom of the new (American) pope, Pope Leo XIV. Then, they weigh in on the escalating drama between Red Sox star Rafael Devers and Boston POBO Craig Breslow. Finally, they pour one out for The Oracle of Omaha — Alex Rodriguez's mentor Warren Buffett. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Brooklyn Cyclones Meetup Tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TP Kansas…

Bobby and Alex discuss whether or not there is an MLB equivalent of Russell Westbrook and his unending chaotic energy. Then, they answer some listener questions, including a question about what each MLB team's email signature would look like. Finally, they have a lengthy, philosophical, and spirited discussion about the small change MLB made to how…

Great British Bosses is our podcast brand where we speak to the men and women behind sport in the UK. In this special episode, we hear from Dame Denise Lewis (UK Athletics President) and London Marathon wheelchair winner Marcel Hug after the confirmation that London would like to stage the World Athletics Championships again in 2029 - 12 years on f…

We're joined by GB Snowsport CEO Victoria Gosling & Head Coach Pat Sharples as they look back on another record breaking season on the snow for Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic stars. We also look ahead to what's in store at the first Winter Games in Europe in more than a decade - Milano Cortina 2026. This is a special episode of the podcast …

Bobby and Alex debut a very important (and very proprietary) formula to determine how long each player should be allowed to play their walk up song. Then, they place TWO new jersey sponsors on their running list of Most Evil Jersey Sponsors, before discussing the three squares on the 2025 Bingo Card that have hit so far. Links: The Most Evil Jersey…

This week on the podcast, we have an excerpt of "ups" from our most recent Patreon Three Up, Three Down with Hannah Keyser to show you what you're missing out on over on the Patreon page. Then, we're joined by Macseal drummer and devout Mets fan Frankie Impastato to discuss the music world analogy of getting called up to the show, the obvious cross…

In the fourth of our season on snow, what is that feeling of competing for Great Britain ahead of the Winter Olympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026. We catch up with two teenagers - Moguls skier Cali Carr and snowboarder Txema Mazet-Brown - to find out how they got started, what keeps them focused and what they would like to achieve! This is a specia…

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale created history by becoming the first British world champions in Mixed Team Snowboard Cross. Ahead of the Winter Olympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026, in this third episode of a season of podcasts with GB Snowsport, we hear what makes them successful as a partnership but also how training and travelling together…

Bobby and Alex discuss the merits of Bernie and AOC's political rally at Coachella before regrettably admitting that there has been a vibe shift with the Boston Red Sox and they are cool again. Then, they answer a couple listener questions and finally weigh in on the torpedo bats (topical!). Later in the episode, they're joined by You Can Play COO …

Bobby and Alex discuss the first full week of the Major League Baseball season and Bryce Harper's incendiary comments about the people who think the Dodgers are bad for baseball. Then, they're joined by GQ staff writer Matthew Roberson to discuss his profile of Francisco Lindor, what it's like to talk to athletes about their lifestyle and fashion, …

In this second episode, we hear from two British snowboarding stars on the strength needed to battle back from serious injuries in the build up to the Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026. We're joined by Paralympic medalist Ollie Hill and Olympic hopeful Maisie Hill - no relation! - as they make their return to the snow after suffering setbacks and…

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In the first of a new season of podcasts, we focus on a the new British names who could be making their debut on snow at the Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026. In this episode we're joined by cross country skier Joe Davies, freestyle skier Liam Richards and snowboarder Nina Sparks who could all make their Olympic or Paralympic debut this coming w…

For the second straight year, Bobby and Alex preview the Major League Baseball season by creating their own bingo card of things they think will (or at least might) happen in 2025. Predictions range from the owners' suite, to the field, to the media, and more. Don't forget to fill out your own bingo card and play along at home! Bingo card generator…

4 medals - 2 golds, a silver and bronze - from a team of 11 athletes. Great Britain have had a very strong World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in China. More than 500 athletes from around the world took part - we'll hear from the British gold medalists Amber Anning and Jeremiah Azu - and round up the rest of the action for you too! There's Weadoc…

Welcome and congratulations Kirsty Coventry - the Olympic champion now Olympic President. The youngest ever and the first ever female. She thrashed Seb Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch gaining an overall majority in the first voting by IOC members. We hear from the surprise winner for many! There's also LA28 and Tour de France '27 news - in this extr…

Team GB legends and gold medalist triathlete's Ali Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee joins us to talk all things Olympics on a busy week for the future of the Games. We ask them about what's next, who should be the next President and saving for the future! It's another extra episode this week, as the IOC Session continues in Greece - we round up the late…

For the fourth year in a row (we said third on the show because we don't have memories), Bobby and Alex each select three topics they'd like to ban from discussion on the podcast in 2025. Whether the topic has been over-discussed, become toxic, or is just plain boring, these things have no place on the show for the next 12 months! Links: YOU CAN PL…

The 144th IOC Session gets underway this week, there's an Opening Ceremony and everything! The new President will be named this week - only the 10th in Olympic history! But there was also big news from the IOC Executive Board Meeting, that its proposing the reinstatement of Boxing in the programme for Los Angeles 2028. This is an extra episode with…

Bobby shares a dispatch from the Cactus League before he and Alex discuss a bevy of news items from the past week — including Gerrit Cole's impending Tommy John surgery, Fanatics and Ticketmaster teaming up to make a steaming pile of garbage, and reports that Rob Manfred and a cohort of owners are pressuring Stu Sternberg to sell the Rays so that t…

The European Indoor Athletics Championships were another huge hit in the Netherlands, with some big names, some surprises and new champions. We review the action from Apeldoorn over 4 days across the North Sea and look ahead to the World Indoors in China. There's BIG Boxing News ahead of LA 2028, and Michael's latest Weadock's Winter Wonders with s…

The summer games in Paris seem only like yesterday, but we're now a year away from the Winter Paralympics in Milan - the 50th anniversary of the very first. 79 gold medals will be available during the Games starting on March 6th 2026. We hear from former Paralympics GB star Callum Deboys on his experience in Beijing 3 years ago and his switch to Pa…

Bobby and Alex return from a two week break to make an announcement about this upcoming April on the podcast and Patreon. Then, they become the final baseball podcasters to weigh in on the downright shocking news that the New York Yankees have loosened their facial hair policy. Next, they discuss the breakdown of the relationship between MLB and ES…

The UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham staged some of Britain's best athletes competing for a place at the European Indoors in the Netherlands in a fortnight. Hear from sprint kings and queen Jere Azu and Bianca Williams, Olympic medalists George Hunter-Bell, Alex Haydock-Wilson, new British champion George Mills and best of British Scott Lincol…

She's an Olympic champion over 800m. She's told us her sole focus is now on the World Championships outdoors this summer and a new personal best. And she may have been injured just hours before her own Keely Klassic event, but Keely Hodgkinson MBE, and Sports Personality of the Year, along with her coaching team and management Forte Talent Group, i…

Bobby and Alex bounce around the baseball world for a grab bag episode that includes loose discussions of Pete Alonso returning to the Mets, Scott Boras backlash, Pat Hoberg's dismissal, MLB owners thirsting for a salary cap, and more. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipping Pit…

Glasgow 2026 has confirmed 200 gold medals available next summer, despite a slimmed down Commonwealth Games with just 10 sports. But there'll be more Para events that ever before and history will also be made in Swimming, Track Cycling, Bowls and 3x3 Basketball. In this special episode, we hear from organisers on their sporting plans and head to th…

Can't believe we're just a year away from the next Olympic Games! Surely it was only second ago we were sitting on the La Champs sipping a biere toasting Paris 2024! But we're moving to Milano Cortina 2026 now and the Winter Games with some big hopes on the boards, skis, sliders and ice for Team GB. Olympic gold medalist from Beijing 2022 Eve Muirh…

This week, Bobby and Alex take a second to consider the swirling perceptions about the Dodgers, competitiveness, the salary cap, payroll, revenue, free agents, and more and decide whether or not those myths stand up to scrutiny. Then, they answer your questions about Mike Elias, Jerry Dipoto, McKinsey, stadium leases, celebrity bake off, and more. …

Bobby and Alex are joined by certified Friend of the Show Michael Baumann for their sixth annual State of Labor In Baseball — a wide-ranging conversation about the mounting labor issues a little less than two years from the expiration of the MLB CBA. The three discuss the salary cap and alleged mounting support for it, the state of Dodgers payroll …

One of the biggest teams at next summer's Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will be from across the border - Team England! In this episode of Great British Bosses, we hear from the Chair of Commonwealth Games England on the beat job Scottish organisers have done in rescuing the Games, but also what comes next after the sticky plaster of Glasgow. And …

Bobby and Alex are joined by Jordan Shusterman from Céspedes Family BBQ to reprise "Overrated/Underrated," a segment in which they each bring up various topics from the baseball world and debate whether that thing is overrated by the baseball community or underrated by it. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

Another fantastic start to the sporting year, with the tennis in Melbourne, success on the snowboard and sliding track too. We're back for our sixth year of talking about the Olympics and Paralympics all the time. And in this episode, we discuss the toughest and hardest sport in the world? Tennis? Athletics? Even football? What do you think? Get in…

Bobby and Alex discuss Bryce Harper's frankly concerning latte TikTok video before being joined by Mets fan and 'Blowback' host Noah Kulwin. They discuss, among other things, Noah's personal experience with Alex Rodriguez, the meta narratives that bog down sports discourse, baseball as a tool for empire building, and more. Finally, Bobby and Alex d…

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are now next year! As we know, assuming you've been following and listening to Anything but Footy, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event. Glasgow will be host city for a second time in 12 years on July 23rd 2026. In this special episode, we find out more about the people now chosen to deliver these hi…

Bobby and Alex discuss David Rubenstein's Presidential Medal of Freedom and rebellious General Manager, as well as a grab bag of other topics, including: Juan Soto's contract and the media's annoying reaction to it, Dave Kaval's resignation, Paul Skenes' expanded role in the union, and more. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

This week, in lieu of letting the feed go dark on a holiday week, we're sharing the first 30 minutes of our 'Angels in the Outfield' watchalong — a commentary track meant to be played alongside the movie. You can get access to the rest of this episode and our whole bonus episode back catalogue on Patreon. If you're interested in more movie watchalo…

For their final installment in Main Character Month, Bobby and Alex examine what has made up the DNA of a professional baseball owner over the sport's long history, charting the evolution of the ownership class alongside distinct eras of the game and American history. All told, they choose five owners that are most emblematic of how the "median own…

In their latest Main Character Month installment, Bobby and Alex are joined by writer and organizer David Hill to discuss the monumental legacy of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and one of the most important figures in the history of sports and labor. Among other things, they talk about …

It was quite the summer in Paris 2024 - for co-hosts Michael and John in their roles with talkSPORT but also for first time Olympian Anthony Harding - their guest on this final episode of another Olympic year! The British diver made history with his 'idol' Jack Laugher, as the pair won Team GB's 4th historic synchronised diving medal of Paris 2024 …

In their second installation of "Main Character Month," Bobby and Alex zero in on longtime podcast frenemy Rob Manfred, plotting a 40 year timeline of his career — past, present, and future — to tell the story of how this Harvard lawyer turned MLB "fixer" became the de facto face of Major League Baseball and changed the sport forever in the process…

This week, in one of their most scholarly and unhinged endeavors, Alex and Bobby sift through years of A-Rod YouTube, podcast, and social media content to distill the Five Essential Rules to Life that the baseball and finance luminary lives by. Through a treasure chest of clips straight from the man himself, they take you on a journey which, at the…

The Commonwealth Games has been saved by Scotland and Glasgow 2026. But what does the future hold in store? Who else will host? We go straight to the top and ask CEO Katie Sadleir who tells us Glasgow will stage a world class Games. 2030 hosts will be decided next year. Co-hosts across smaller nations could be an option. They'll be more sports 16 o…

At long last, Bobby and Alex are joined by enemy of the podcast Richard Staff to discuss his Defector feature on the shrinking of the minor leagues and the growing gap in competition between them and the majors. Afterward, of course they had to get into some shit talking and meme describing. Links: Richard's Defector piece ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitc…

This was a night to celebrate, kick back, relax and revel in the achievements of Paris 2024 - and that was just Michael! In all seriousness, the Roundhouse in Camden was the setting for night of success with gold medalists from the summer games Alex Yee and Bryony Page winning more awards - hear from them both in this episode! Also, what's next for…