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2: Covfefe 19

The Socially Distant Sports Bar
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Episode • Apr 6, 2020 • 1h 6m
Elis, Mike and Steff return to the bar replete with clips of old sport from YouTube, a sports documentary and 3 sports books.
This week, Donald Trump & the USFL, rugby kickers in the 1980s and boxing in a maximum security prison.

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Here's the links to the clips from the episode.

Round 1 of Clips

Elis - Paul Thorburn’s kick for Wales v Scotland in 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6tdn5IGJbs

Mike- TV presenter Terry Wogan holes the world's longest televised putt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcKwHhEtgEw&feature=youtu.be

Steff - James Scott who boxed live on TV while serving 30-40 years in prison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lbiwAnpkk&t=83s


This week's Documentary

Mike chose Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL https://www.espnplayer.com/video/small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl


Round 2 of Clips

Eis - Steve Robinson wins the WBO featherweight Title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4LN5O7gbAc

Steff - Wales & England v Scotland & Ireland 1980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gumEjYvP3Ac&t=3s

Mike - Daley Thompson wins Gold at the 1984 Olympics.

https://youtu.be/vPhhuQLHGWA

Books

Elis - The Football Man: People & Passions in Soccer by Arthur Hopcraft https://amzn.to/2Tw8tO1

Mike - Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger https://amzn.to/2TsdWW2

Steff - Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan https://amzn.to/3eamMQ8
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