|
Football Weekly
Football Weekly is a podcast about football produced by ''The Guardian'' newspaper in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 2006. It reviews the latest football results and news, and previews forthcoming matches. While focused on the Premier League and English football more broadly, the show pays significant attention to football across Europe, paying particular attention to La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga. Originally provided weekly—as its name suggests—Football Weekly, as of 2021, broadcasts three times a week during the European football season. The original episode release day was Monday, after the weekend's fixtures, and since 2007 a second weekly podcast, ''Football Weekly Extra'', has aired on Thursdays to review midweek action and preview the next weekend's matches. A third weekly episode published on Tuesdays or Wednesdays has been produced since June 2020, typically either focusing on news from non-British European leagues, or providing space for exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Rushden
Max Paul Rushden (born 18 April 1979) is an English radio and television presenter and the current host of ''The Guardian''s ''Football Weekly'' podcast. Rushden's first presenting role was BBC London 94.9's breakfast show from December 2006 to March 2008. He turned down an offer to become a ''Blue Peter'' presenter to instead present the Saturday morning Sky Sports show ''Soccer AM'' alongside Helen Chamberlain from August 2008 until 2015. He has a weekly Sunday show with Barry Glendenning on Talksport and has occasionally worked for BBC Radio 5 Live. He was a regular substitute presenter for James Richardson on ''Football Weekly'', before becoming its main host in 2017 after Richardson quit to launch rival ''The Totally Football Show''. Rushden explains that the show "ranges from proper analysis of what has happened on the pitch in the UK and around Europe, to commentary about serious issues off it, balanced with some complete nonsense." He mentioned on an episode of Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Insider
''Insider'', previously named ''Business Insider'' (''BI''), is an American financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in ''Business Insider''s parent company Insider Inc. has been owned by the German publishing house Axel Springer. It operates several international editions, including one in the United Kingdom. ''Insider'' publishes original reporting and aggregates material from other outlets. , it maintained a liberal policy on the use of anonymous sources. It has also published native advertising and granted sponsors editorial control of its content. The outlet has been nominated for several awards, but is criticized for using factually incorrect clickbait headlines to attract viewership. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88 percent of the stake in Insider Inc. for $343 million (€306 million), implying a total valuation of $442 million. In February 2021, the brand was renamed simply ''Insider''. History ''Busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elis James
Owain Elis James (born 3 November 1980) is a Welsh comedian, broadcaster and actor originally from Haverfordwest. He grew up in Carmarthen and later lived in Cardiff. He is now based in South London. He is bilingual in Welsh language, Welsh and English and has performed stand-up in both languages. Early life James was born in Haverfordwest and grew up in Carmarthen, Wales. He has two younger sisters, Carys and Nia. James's mother worked with the father of Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert and the mother of Welsh musician Euros Childs. James studied Modern History and Politics at Cardiff University. Prior to becoming a professional comedian, James engaged in various forms of employment, including Temporary work, temp work, charity work and part-time work at a café. Career Comedy James began his comedy career in 2005, though he had previously won the Maes (eisteddfod)#Maes B, Maes B comedy award at the 1999 Eisteddfod, national eisteddfod. He made the transition to full-time comedy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Ingle
Sean Ingle is a British sports journalist. He is currently the chief sports reporter and columnist for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer''. He was previously the newspaper's athletics correspondent and online sports editor. Early life and education Ingle was born in Luton, UK. He was educated at Luton Sixth Form College before graduating from the University of Sheffield with a first-class degree in Political Science and Government in 1997. Career Ingle began his career in journalism as a sports writer for ''EMAP'' in 1998. He joined ''The Guardian'' a year and a half later in the same capacity until he was promoted to deputy sports editor and then sports editor of the website in 2004. He also launched the popular podcast Football Weekly, which was nominated for a Sony Award, Sony award. Ingle was posted to Germany to cover the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 World Cup for ''The Guardian''. In Baden-Baden, while at a restaurant with colleague Jonathan Wilson (writer), Jonathan Wilso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Wilson (writer)
Jonathan Mark Wilson (born 9 July 1976) is a British sports journalist and author who writes for a number of publications, including ''The Guardian'' and ''Sports Illustrated''. He is a columnist for '' World Soccer'' and ''Unibet'' and founder and editor of ''The Blizzard''. He also appears on ''The Guardian''s football podcast, ''Football Weekly''". Biography Wilson studied English at Oxford University and was sports editor of the student paper, The Oxford Student. He was unable to continue on to postgraduate studies at Oxford after failing to attain a first-class degree and instead read for a Master's degree at Durham University, where he was a member of the Graduate Society. Wilson has written for ''The Independent'', ''FourFourTwo'' magazine and ''The Daily Telegraph'', and was football correspondent for the ''Financial Times'' from 2002 to 2006. He writes for ''The Guardian'' and ''Sports Illustrated'' and is a columnist for '' World Soccer''. In 2011 he founded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Ronay
Barney Ronay is an English journalist and author. He is the chief sports writer for ''The Guardian'', and has regularly appeared on ''The Guardian''s '' Football Weekly'' podcast and at the ''Football Weekly'' live shows. Ronay has written for the ''New Statesman'','' When Saturday Comes'', ''The Cricketer'', and ''The Blizzard''. Ronay has written several books. ''How Football (Almost) Came Home: Adventures in Putin's World Cup'' was published by HarperCollins in November 2018. ''The Manager: The Absurd Ascent of the Most Important Man in Football'', was published in 2010 and was named book of the week by ''The Independent'', ''Any Chance of a Game? A Season at the Ugly End of Park Football'' was published in 2006. He also co-authored the ''WSC Companion to Football''. Ronay was a highly influential campaigner against plans by Lewisham council that he felt could harm Millwall FC. In 2014, he was named the 29th most influential Twitter user in UK football. On 10 October 2018 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Lowe
Simon James "Sid" Lowe (born 21 June 1976) is an English columnist and journalist. Born in Archway, London, and based in Madrid, he covers Spanish football for many publications, websites, television channels, radio stations, and football-related podcasts across the world. Early life Lowe was born and raised in north London. He is a fan of neither Arsenal nor Tottenham Hotspur, his two local clubs and fierce rivals, but instead grew up supporting Liverpool. He attributes this to his older brother, Ben Lowe forbidding him from following Queens Park Rangers, the same team as he supported, so Lowe picked Liverpool from a list of teams who played in red, settling on them as he admired Kenny Dalglish. Lowe studied History and Spanish at the University of Sheffield, spending a year in Oviedo for the Spanish language part of his degree. There, he became a fan of local club Real Oviedo. He later took a master's degree in History, followed by a PhD on 20th-century Spanish history. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Liew
Jonathan Liew (born 1985) is a sports writer for ''The Guardian''. Liew has been named the sports writer of the year, and sports columnist of the year, at the annual SJA Awards. Journalism career Liew started in 2009 on the ''Daily Telegraph'' graduate training scheme after being named the 2007 Student Columnist of the Year in ''The Guardians Student Media Awards while a student at the University of Edinburgh. He became a feature writer and columnist at the ''Daily Telegraph'', where he was named as the 2011 Sports Journalists Association "young sports writer of the year". At the ''Telegraph'', Liew estimated he covered at least 39 sports on five different continents and developed a fondness for rugby league. Liew moved to ''The Independent'' in June 2017 and as part of his role Liew featured regularly as a pundit on ' The Indy Football Podcast' which was nominated for best podcast at the 2017 Football Supporters Federation awards. Liew has also guested on podcasts such as Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Jarrett-Bryan
Jordan Jarrett-Bryan (born 1983) from Dulwich in South London, is a Channel 4 News sports reporter, DJ, and journalist. Jarrett-Bryan started in journalism as editor of the youth publication, ''Live Magazine'' and then ''ATM Magazine''. During this time he wrote freelance for magazines and newspapers including '' Dazed & Confused'', '' DJ'', '' Sunday Times'', '' Time Out'', ''Touch'' and was a youth consultant for script writers at the BBC. He has also written for ''The Independent'' and ''The Guardian''. He can also be heard on talkSPORT on the TS Extra Time show from Monday to Friday from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. with co-presenter Josh Munday, and is an occasional guest on the '' Guardian Football Weekly'' podcast. In the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he was one of the sports commentators for the games on Channel 4. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedum Onuoha
Chinedum Onuoha (born 12 November 1986) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit for ESPN. He also works for Manchester City as a community ambassador. As a player he was a centre back, but could also play at right back or left back. Onuoha came through the academy at Manchester City going on to make 95 appearances in the Premier League over an 8 year-spell with the club. He also spent time playing in the top flight for Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers. He was part of the QPR team that were defeated 3-2 by his former club Manchester City on the final day of the 2011–12 season, with City winning the title in the final seconds of the game. He later won promotion back to the Premier League with QPR via the 2013-14 play-offs. He later spent several seasons in Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake. He was capped at England U20 and England U21 levels. Personal life Born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, Onuoha was brought up in Manchester, England. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Philippe (musician)
Philippe Auclair (24 June 1959), also known by his moniker Louis Philippe, is a French singer-songwriter, musician, news correspondent and football journalist who has been active from the mid-1980s onwards. He is associated with the short-lived él record label, where he served as an in-house writer and producer. Solo career Born in Normandy and raised on a fruit farm, Philippe first recorded for Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscle, under the names "The Border Boys" (the ''Tribute'' 12-inch EP, produced by Andy Paley, who had worked with The Ramones and the Modern Lovers previously), and 'The Arcadians' (one single and one album, ''It's a Mad, Mad World'', 1986, later re-released on a variety of labels as ''Let's Pretend''). On the advice of A&R man Mike Alway, Louis Philippe moved to London in late 1986, and soon became one of the major figures of cult indie label él Records (1986–1989), a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records for which he recorded five singles and three al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquire (magazine)
''Esquire'' is an American men's magazine. Currently published in the United States by Hearst Communications, it also has more than 20 international editions. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II under the guidance of founders Arnold Gingrich, David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson while during the 1960s it pioneered the New Journalism movement. After a period of quick and drastic decline during the 1990s, the magazine revamped itself as a lifestyle-heavy publication under the direction of David Granger. History ''Esquire'' was first issued in October 1933 as an offshoot of trade magazine ''Apparel Arts'' (which later became '' Gentleman's Quarterly''; ''Esquire'' and ''GQ'' would share ownership for almost 45 years). The magazine was first headquartered in Chicago and then, in New York City. It was founded and edited by David A. Smart, Henry L. Jackson and Arnold Gingrich. Jackson died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624 in 1948, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
