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A Sporting Discussion
by A Sporting Discussion
Andrew Donnison, AJ Mithen and guests take a look at the big sport issues in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
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The greatest sporting events we've ever seen live... Part 3
In the final segment of our mega episode, Andrew & AJ reveal the number 1 sporting events we've ever seen live... And give a bit of cheek to the worst as well. We remember massive events from around the world, local league games and plenty more including stacks of your listener favourites as…
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The greatest sporting events we've ever seen live... Part 2
IN part 2 of this mega episode, Andrew & AJ continue telling the tales of the best sporting events we've ever seen live. We remember massive events from around the world, local league games and plenty more including stacks of your listener favourites as well. Thanks to everyone who sent us your...
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The greatest sporting events we've ever seen live... Part 1
Andrew & AJ return to select the best six sporting events we've ever seen live. This one was so chock-a-block we had to break it into three parts! We switch to storytelling mode as we remember massive events from around the world, local league games and plenty more including stacks of your…
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Draft Season: Sporting team songs
Rest time is OVAH. Time to get back into it so Andrew & AJ are coming back big - its DRAFT SEASON! Andrew & AJ will be selecting the best of the best, cream of the crop of the sporting universe. Club songs, finals formats, team jerseys, world cup finals, niche sporting memories - you name it.…
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Sports frustrations - Tellin' it like it is
We're having a good old expression session! What’s REALLY annoying you about #sport right now? Andrew & AJ tell it like it is, and listeners get their sporting angst off their chest too. Points of contention include: Sports 'journalists' who don't know anything about more than one sport Crowd...
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Injuries, magic rounds, rubbish teams and your questions
A Sporting Discussion returns after an injury-enforced break! In this episode: AJ enthrals with the heroic, epic tale of how he ruptured his achilles and his post-surgery recovery The NRL's Magic Round is a success once more. What other sports could use a similar event? Media reporting of crowd...
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What is happening??!!
Andrew and AJ return to the ASD Cloud Stadium to get stuck into the latest big sporting issues. In this show: - We revel in the overreactions to trial matches in the AFL and NRL - The debacle that is 'in play advertising' in the A-Leagues - The new Fox Sports Netball broadcast deal looks great…
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Grifters gonna grift
Plenty to talk about this week. Join a COVID-free Andrew and the ever reliable AJ to get stuck into sports of all sorts! He might have ‘won’ his battle with Australia’s Border Force, but should Novak Djokovic be playing in Melbourne? What has Usman Khawaja done wrong? What have we done to deserve...
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Sport (and Andrew) is riddled with 'rona...
Andrew's got the 'rona but unlike all these other cowards, he’s turning up to talk #SportsOfAllSorts with AJ Mithen. Join us as we start 2022 by getting stuck into the sporting events of the summer so far: Novak Djokovic gets punted from Australia to cheers and jeers - but what does it mean for…
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Scandal'Us sports
What are the biggest disgraces in sports history? This week Andrew and AJ talk about great #sport scandals! Liars, cheats, dodgy ethical line blurring, cover-ups, you name it, we're onto it. Good fun and much outrage! Follow A Sporting Discussion on Facebook and Twitter and join us LIVE every...
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Erin Delahunty talks #ChangeOurGame
Andrew and AJ welcome back great friend of the show Erin Delahunty, who was recently announced as one of 15 selected to participate in the 2021-22 Change Our Game Women in Sports Broadcasting Program. Erin tells us about the program and what it means for her and for women looking for…
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Concussion in sport with Associate Professor Alan Pearce PhD
In this week's show, AJ and Andrew welcome Associate Professor Alan Pearce PhD to talk about concussion in sport. What is concussion? How do you get concussed, and how do you recover? Concussion is a complex issue in sport of all levels, from the elite to the suburbs. So enjoy this fascinating…
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Tolerating bad behaviour: A Sporting Discussion LIVE
In their second live show, Andrew and AJ ask what level of misbehaviour will fans tolerate before walking away from a player, their team, or a sport? How easily do people seperate from their everyday values when it's their favourite player doing the offending? We also ask if Josh Giddey is the…
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Writer Martin Lenehan talks about his book 'The Ashes'
In a special episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ speak to author Martin Lenehan about his book 'The Ashes' Martin Lenehan is a sports writer and author who was formerly editor of Inside Edge magazine. He has covered the game in print and on radio for more than 25 years. He is also the...
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Special guest host Erin Delahunty
In this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ are joined by special guest host, our favourite guest, gun freelance sports journo, netball expert and reigning Murray Netball League premiership defender Erin Delahunty. Erin tells us all about her upcoming book 'Netball Heads', co-written...
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Talking cricket with Adam Collins
This week Andrew and AJ welcome back 'good friend of the show', cricket writer and broadcaster Adam Collins. It's always a great chat with Adam - he covers more ground than Jonty Rhodes and is as forensic as a spell from Anil Kumble. He talks about his experience getting home and quarantining in...
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The 2020 sporting wrap
What a year across the world of sport in 2020. In this special 'year in review' episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ work their way through the UNPRECEDENTED sporting scenes from 2020. Which athletes stood out? What were the best moments? Who made the best decisions under fire? Did…
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Freakin' about breakin'
Breakdancing is in the Olympics and boy oh boy aren't the traditionalists up in arms about it! In this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ celebrate the 'urban/youth' route the Paris 2024 committee has taken. What does it mean for a sport to be included in the Olympics? In the case of...
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Lockdown is over!
Finally, lockdown is over, freedom has returned and so has your favourite sporting podcast! Join Andrew and AJ as they reminisce about the highs and lows of being bailed up at home, and AJ puts out a cry for help to lose his lockdown lard. The pair then test each other with intense sporting...
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Baseball Australia CEO Cam Vale talks ABL season 2020/21, Olympic qualification & more
AJ Mithen speaks with the head of Aussie Baseball about plans for Australian Baseball League season 20/21, the men's national team's path to the Olympics, the proposed women's ABL, broadcast plans and all the opportunities and challenges Aussie baseball has as an emerging sport in a COVID-19...
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Talking A-League with Michael Lynch
The A-League cops a bad wrap from some corners of the Australian sports community and recent poor pay-tv ratings were used to give it another whack. Are things really that bad though? We need someone who knows what they're on about to set us right, so in this episode of A Sporting Discussion,...
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Hub life!
Everyone's in hubs! Aussie sport is in hubs, the NBA is in a hub, even your favourite sporting podcast is coming to you from a hub! In this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ talk about the sporting hub life and its impact on competitions, including whether the AFL really needs to…
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Too much sporting positivity
How fragile is sport's house of cards? In this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ wonder how many positive COVID-19 tests it will take to shut down sport. With Novak Djokovic's positive test rocking the sport world, what other dominoes might be the ones to fall? Is international…
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Who loves biased commentary?
Do you like a broadcast biased towards your team, or do you prefer your games called straight down the middle? In this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ dive into biased sports commentary and the appeal of 'hometown' calls. We received many messages from listeners carrying a VERY...
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Special Episode: Netball update with Erin Delahunty
Been wondering what's going on with Australian and international Netball amidst all this COVID-19 business? Gun freelance sports journo, netball expert and reigning Murray Netball League premiership defender Erin Delahunty returns to give Andrew and AJ the latest. Erin brings you up to date on...
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Paying for sport & sports journalism
Are you willing to pay for #sport content? What's a reasonable amount you'd hand over for your sport journalism & broadcasts? In this episode, Andrew and AJ discuss paying for your sport. In a time where we're adrift in a sea of clickbait trash, would you pay to avoid it? There's some strong...
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Forgotten sporting champions
Andrew and AJ talk about the 'forgotten champions' of #sport. Not those who pulled off a 'one-off out of the box' performance, not 'underrated role players' or 'great teammates'... We mean genuine, five-star champions who don't get the respect or profile they deserve. We got flooded with...
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Questions from the audience
This week Andrew and AJ open the digital mailbag to answer the big sporting questions from our listeners. No topic is left unattended - there's questions about how different sports will survive into the future, the logistics behind the NRL and AFL's possible returns, the best sporting…
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Sporting from home
Andrew and AJ are joined by guest host, gun freelance sports journo and reigning Murray Netball League premiership defender Erin Delahunty. It's an interesting time in history with no sport to watch, but still plenty to talk about. We look at the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on local sport…
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Boring athletes vs Saying it how it is
In this episode, AJ and Andrew discuss: •Why do people not like Novak Djokovic and does it matter? •Sportspeople telling it how it is and why this is awesome •Your most random sporting memory •Stupid people fighting in crowds and car parks •Melbourne Racing Club stockpiling people's data under…
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We're back baby!!
A Sporting Discussion makes its triumphant return to the airwaves, taking on such topics as "What is a sport?" and "Why is the BBL?" and, best of all, "What on earth are the proposed Major League Baseball postseason changes?!?" Enjoy!
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Georgia Yeoman-Dale talks Matildas and the Women's World Cup
AJ is joined by Optus Sport Women's World Cup analyst Georgia Yeoman-Dale to talk about the World Cup, the W-League, the coverage and pathways available for women's football in Australia and a lot more. Georgia Yeoman-Dale plays for the Western Sydney Wanderers in the W-League and has been capped...
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Who throws a shoe? Honestly?
AJ and Andrew talk all things sport, including: •Rhys Palmer throwing a shoe at the trots •Which Australian sporting league is the best spun league •Why Matthew Wade is being completely and absolutely robbed •and much much more
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Xtreme Xciting and Xcellent sport
AJ and Andrew talk all things AFLX, College basketball, A League and much more!
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Special Guest James Magnussen
AJ and Andrew speak with two time 100m freestyle World Champion and Olympic medalist James Magnussen about his career in swimming, life in and out of the pool, the pressure to perform and what it takes to get to the top. This episode of A Sporting Discussion is bought to you by the iSwim app,...
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Special guest: Josh Tols
AJ Mithen speaks with Aussie pitcher Josh Tols about his career playing baseball in a stack of different countries, how it led to him signing with the Philadelphia Phillies and life on the road in the Minor Leagues. This episode of A Sporting Discussion is brought to you by the Australian…
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Special guest: Luke Hughes
AJ speaks with Australian baseball icon Luke Hughes about his move from Perth to Melbourne after 17 years in the West, his goals for the national team, life after baseball and much more. This episode of A Sporting Discussion is brought to you by the Australian Baseball Alumni. Head to their…
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Usain - insane or INSANE?
AJ and Andrew have some robust discussions about Using Bolt trialling with the Central Coast Mariners, about the Davis Cup being revamped into a World Cup style event and the length of NRL and AFL seasons.
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Ian Syson - The Game That Never Happened
AJ and Andrew speak with Ian Syson about his magnificent book The Game That Never Happened: The Vanishing History of Soccer in Australia. The book tracks the history of soccer in Australia all the way back to the 19th century and provides an insight into the development of the game through to 1927.
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Suncorp Super Netball Finals time
AJ and Andrew speak with good friend of the show Erin Delahunty about the 2018 Super Netball season and the upcoming finals series
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Coaching merry go rounds and character witnesses
AJ and Andrew talk about the Penrith Panthers coaching situation, the Andrew Gaff punching situation and the FFA Cup Quarter Final situation.
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Favourite commentators and concussion - the 2 big issues
This week, AJ and Andrew talk about what they want from their sports commentators as well as have a discussion on the serious topic of concussions and their impact.
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Dodgeball World Cup - Australian representatives Madison Patmore and Kate McConnell
Andrew caught up with two of the members of the Australian women's dodgeball team, Madison Patmore and Kate McConnell, as they prepare to represent their country in the 2018 Dodgeball World Cup.
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IT'S STATE OF ORIGIN TIME!!!!!!
It's time for rugby league's State of Origin! That means we need to bring in the big guns. AJ and Andrew talk the New South Wales side of things with James Smith of Inside Sport magazine, then head north with Jon Tuxworth of the Townsville Bulletin to talk about Queensland's chances. Also: *...
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Everything is Marvellous
AJ and Andrew talk all the big sports issues of the week, including: * The renaming of Docklands Stadium * Great listener feedback from people who 'walked away form the game in disgust' * Should sporting clubs be more honest with their injury lists * Who is telling the truth and who is telling...
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AFL in crisis! Cahilltex in crisis! Everything in crisis!
AJ and Andrew go into crisis control mode as they look at what on earth is happening in: * The AFL, both on the field and off * The Socceroos, with suggestions of multi national companies influencing the squad selection process * Cricket, with the new Australian coaching regime * and much, much...
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Jonathan Howcroft talks A-League and the Socceroos World Cup squad
Andrew and AJ are joined by The Guardian's Johnathan Howcroft to go over the A-League's 2017/18 season from hell, examine the farcical scenes at the A-League Grand Final, and run an eye over Socceroos coach Bert Van Marwijk's initial 32-man World Cup squad. If you enjoy the show, help us spread…
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Netball with Erin Delahunty, crowd brawls & much more...
AJ and Andrew talk about the world of sport, including: * Netball, both Comm Games and Suncorp Super Netball, with Erin Delahunty * On field and off field behaviours in the AFL * Ownership of ABL and NBL teams * and much more
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Are the Commonwealth Games doomed? Should sportspeople be able to say whatever the hell they want?
AJ and Andrew discuss all the big issues in there sporting world, including: * Should the Commonwealth Games restrict the number of competitors form each country? * Should the Australian media focus on winning a silver medal instead of losing a gold medal? * Should Israel Folau get in hot water…
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AFLW with special guest Katie Lambeski
AJ and Andrew are joined by special guest Katie Lambeski to talk all things AFLW - Katie Brennan's suspension, the Grand Final, the seasons in review and a quick look ahead to expansion.
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