Not by the Playbook

Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds. The Sportshour podcast has become Not by the Playbook.

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Crossing the line
Inspiring sporting moments of athletes crossing the finishing line at all cost
26 Apr 2025,49 mins
The whole kit and caboodle
Making football kits fashion and art, plus an Olympic rower taking his kit off for cash
19 Apr 2025,49 mins
Messing about on the river
We hear from those who had the courage and fortitude to stay afloat when others floundered
12 Apr 2025,48 mins
The Grand Opening
Inspirational stories from around the world with people defying the odds
05 Apr 2025,49 mins
Introducing Not by the Playbook
The Sportshour podcast is evolving into Not by the Playbook. Starts Saturday 5 April
03 Apr 2025,1 min
The sporting polymath
We salute those who aren't just great at one sport, they can seemingly do it all!
29 Mar 2025,35 mins
Brotherly love
The Brownlee brothers on how their success and the growth of triathlon intertwined
22 Mar 2025,49 mins
The barefoot world record ice runner
Paweł Durakiewicz holds three barefoot world records, including running on ice and snow
15 Mar 2025,35 mins
Bouncing back
Bryony Page always bounces back, but then she is the reigning Olympic trampoline champion
08 Mar 2025,39 mins
The Snowbok arrives!
Matt Smith to become just the 16th person at a Winter Olympics to represent South Africa
01 Mar 2025,35 mins
The solo ocean challenge and Damian King’s return to the waves
Triple amputee Craig Wood and bodyboarder Damian King talk about their ocean challenges
22 Feb 2025,37 mins
Nada Hafez and her ‘baby Olympian'
The Egyptian fencer speaks to Sportshour about competing in Paris seven months pregnant
15 Feb 2025,36 mins
Sportshour at Super Bowl LIX: New Orleans edition
Sportshour heads to New Orleans to sample the atmosphere and stories ahead of Super Bowl
08 Feb 2025,51 mins
Super Bowl LIX X's & O's: Where will the Lombardi Trophy be won?
Who will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in New Orleans, and how will it be won?
08 Feb 2025,20 mins
Captain Maro
England's new captain Maro Itoje on rugby and refining his collection of African art
01 Feb 2025,52 mins
The woman tackling American Football
Santia Deck signed a $1m contract to play Women's gridiron but still hasn't played a game
25 Jan 2025,35 mins
Chelsea Green: Queen of the ring
WWE Women's Champion Chelsea Green discusses the women wrestlers making a big impact.
18 Jan 2025,27 mins
Game, set and friendship
A chance meeting with a homeless man and using tennis to help him back on his feet
11 Jan 2025,33 mins
Checkmate with Victor Wembanyama
Find out why the NBA star was playing chess in a New York park
04 Jan 2025,37 mins
From Paris with love
A look back at the biggest sporting event of the year, the Paris Olympics and Paralympics
28 Dec 2024,49 mins
Running to freedom and rehabilitation
How sport helped Rashaan Thomas rehabilitate after 23 years incarcerated for murder
21 Dec 2024,35 mins
Sing when you're winning
Robbie Dolan star of TV show The Voice on ridding the winner at this years Melbourne Cup
14 Dec 2024,42 mins
Nothing 'jammy' about Olympic success
Australia's Olympic race walk bronze medallist Rhydian Cowley on fuelling his passions.
07 Dec 2024,31 mins
The ultimate relationship test
Ultra-racing couple share the secrets that helped them win gruelling 800km cycle race
30 Nov 2024,32 mins
‘My husband says I’m crazy!’
Amputee ultramarathon and trail runner Jacky Hunt-Broersma goes extraordinary distances
23 Nov 2024,31 mins
Toulouse-La Startrek
How Toulouse rugby team adapt methods and practices of space training to the sports field
16 Nov 2024,34 mins
Rule number one 'don't die'
Skier Cody Townsend is attempting to climb and ski 50 of North America's classic slopes.
09 Nov 2024,34 mins
Tour de Trump: The art of the wheel
The story behind the Tour de Trump cycle race which premiered in 1989
02 Nov 2024,40 mins
Parker Byrd: Baseball history maker
He's aiming to be first baseball player to make it to the MLB with a prosthetic leg.
26 Oct 2024,30 mins
Jennie Gow: Finding Her Voice Again
F1 broadcaster Jennie Gow has had to learn to speak and write again after a stroke.
19 Oct 2024,37 mins