As Christmas day 2025 falls on a Thursday we decided that coming into the studio was probably easier than pre-recording something!What sports are actually played on Christmas Day?We preview the Boxing Day test plus some amazing Cricket history. Songs: I Made 100 in the Backyard at Mum's by Greg Champion; The 12 days of Christmas - new lyrics by Greg Champion; Christmas in Melbourne by Broderick Smith.

Our final show before Christmas, so we take the opportunity to review our year on The Sporting Record.We briefly address the question, 'What has happened to all the old squash courts?'We instructed Em (classically trained) to bring in their trumpet as we unpick the use of trumpets during the Ashes tests.Song: 'We always have a good time at the Coburg RSL' by Greg Champion

Today's show was devoted to a quick journey through the history of women's cricket. Our guest Craig Horne has just released a brilliant book called 'Full Corset and Stockings - A History of Women's Cricket.'We dug up a very old footy song by Craig that was actually recorded in studio 3 here at 3CR.A man of many talents Craig also blessed us with a live original song, 'You Can't Tell a Book by its Cover.'

As we enter the traditional cricket season (even though it now goes all year long!) we invited Greg Champion back to play some of his cricket songs for us, inbetween chats about Adelaide, apps, Aussies doing well overseas, Snooker, Darts, pronunciation of words, and a quick sports quiz.Live Songs:I Made 100 in the Backyard at Mum's; Somebody's Gonna Get their Head Kicked in Tonight; Cricket's on the Radio; You're Going home in the Back of a Divvy Van; You Gotta Download the App.

Most of today's show is devoted to learning about the Victorian Wheelchair Football League with our special guest Chris Henderson, playing coach of the Essendon team.Chris' storyHow is Wheelchair footy played?How can someone get involved?Freedom Sports FoundationA bit of trade talk (but not Zach Merrett!)

Grand final week show.Competitive Jigsaw Puzzling world Championship.Chris Doheny singer and composer of the great footy song tragically passed away this week. We play his song, 'More Than A Game'. RIPGuest Trevor Thompson tells us about his new soccer related book, 'Big Con - Australia's unknown soccer pioneer', which is the story of an Aussie scoundral who is in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. Published by Fairplay Publishing.Moves a foot to ban Israeli Soccer Team from UEFA competitions.Chelsea Football Club period wear sponsorship.Domestic Violence on Grand final day message. AFL Grand final predictor

Camp Soverenty ReportSong: You Can't Win 'em All by Greg Champion and Mike BradyJohn's stages of grief regarding the Zac Merrett situation Athletics World Championships report Vuelta a Espana and the spanish protesters What is a comedian doing playing in the EJ Whitten Legends Game?

Friend of the show, Greg Champion, returns to chat footy and share some footy songs.Things people may not know about Greg ChampionLive song: 'Deep in our Hearts We All Barrack for Fitzroy' by Greg Champion Which team is now everyone's 2nd favourite team?Song: 'I am an old Wingman' by Greg ChampionGreg Champion's annual footy song show.Live song: 'I Am a Fitzroy Fugitive' by Greg ChampionNew Song: 'You Can't Win em All' by Greg Champion and Mike Brady

After Reading Brydon Coverdale's book "Quizmasters' I was keen to get Brydon on air to debate the asertation that "Quizzing is a Sport". It turns out that he was a great guest with a profound knowledge of and interest in many sports.Apart from Brydon and Quiz shows we also talked about: The Logies; Snoop Dogg being booked for the AFL Grand Final; and a little bit of cricket and AFLW.

President Trump has weighed into sports issues again by calling for the Washington Commanders NFL team and the Cleveland Guardians baseball team to revert to their previous Native American inspired nicknames, mascots and logos. We dig into this issue and look for other teams with traditional monikers that we now might consider offensive.Also:Tour de France wrap-up.World Aquatics wrap-up. (shout out to Meg Harris)Sport and the LogiesWheelchair BasketballSong: 'I Wish I'd Never Been to Bloody Memphis' by Quality Used Cars

What are Smart Mouthguards and how are they helping with concussion research?Cycling: Great Australian athletes from The Gap: Brodie Chapman Song: As a tribute to Tom Lehrer we found his one and only sports songs - 'Fight Fiercely Harvard'.World Aquatics Championships Beware the breakfast buffet at pre-games training campsDecoding the Neutral Athletes code for Russia, Bellarus and MexicoWhy aren't Israeli swimmers required to compete as Neutral Athletes?Why are neutral athletes now allowed to compete as a relay team?Brunswick Cycling Club on the world stageRoofball  

Today's program focused on reviewing stuff.In the old days pretty much the only footy panel of note was on the Sunday show, 'World of Sport'. Today there are a plethora of footy shows across free to air and paid platforms - some are very good, others not so good.Some of them seem obsessed with having segments with stupid names - unnecessary and really annoying. Song: The World of Sport theme medley.SBS are showing a brilliant documentary on the women's version of the mostly unknown history of Tour De France. The first one was in 1955. Then it was brought back in the 80s and now again in the 2020's.Being a film made by an Australian film unit it is surprising that the contribution of the Australian teams was barely mentioned - yes for four years in the 80's we had an Australian cycling team representing us at the Women's Tour De France. And one of our riders actually made the podium - long before Cadel Evans!Congratulations to the Opals winning the Basketball Asian Cup. 

For all you car nuts and rev heads we devote the whole hour to quizzing our special guest, Racingcar driver Fraser Ross, on his career and all those questions we've always wanted to ask a racing car driver:What are the various diciplines of motor racing? Where have you raced?: Le Mans; Bathhurst; Calder, Philip Island, Silverstone,Spa, etc.Money Vs Talent How many people make up a racing team? How fast do you go? (obvious question but we had to ask) How can I watch Le Mans Cup on TV?What is the physicality of motor racing?What is it like inside the car? Does the engineering advances in motor racing flow through to make our street cars safer and more economical? Song: Jerry was a Race Car Driver by Primus

On this radiothon episode, apart from encouraging listeners to donate some money for the station, we did our usual exploration of societal issues within sport, including:The King's Birthday honours - which sportspeople received a gong and were they deserving?A little bit of French Open tennis.If you do enjoy our podcasts, then next time you log on to 3cr.org.au how about following the prompts and sending a little money to this great community radio station which relies on donations to keep doing what it does... and please mention The Sporting Record! Don't forget that your donation is tax deductable.

Two great guests today. Crooked TP and Ridzy Ray.Crooked TP has released a fantastic hip hop song called 'Dreamtime at the G'.So we got them in to talk about it and their afterparty gig at the Corner hotel, Richmond - Friday night. Songs:Dreamtime at the G by Crooked TPLight Shine by Ridzy RayI Wish One Day by Crooked TP

We look at the history of former sports stars who enter the field of federal politics.Matt Smith bio - new member for Leichart (and former basketball star)Sports star politians quizThe Mal Meninga momentIs it a Sport? Monster TrucksA bit of F1Rapid fire: Willie Rioli; NBL News; There was never a saint called Kilda; AFLW news; etc.

In our Mayday episode we invited former footballer and politician Justin Madden into the studio. For seven years he was president of the AFL Players Association.Who is Justin Madden?Is a players association the same as a union?The history of the AFLPA.The players battle in the 1990s with their employers in attempting to force players onto workplace contracts rather than negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements.Not many players have had a song written about them - Justin has two! We play a short except of one of them: "I am the Footy Fan" by Greg Champion and the Music Men.

Sports Stars in legal trouble - how should clubs handle it?; Do we treat role models differently?Anger Management on the sporting arenaAlexa Leary - another world recordShout outs - Oscar Piasti; the handicappers of the Stawell Gift; Afghan Women's Cricket Team; Bell's Beach Surfers especially Tyler Wright.Anzac Day previewSong: 'Dreamtime at the G', a new song from local rapper Crooked TP who will be a guest on or program in a few weeks.

In a crowded studio John, Oscar, Em and James chew the fat regarding a range of current sporting issues:Brisbane stadiums revisitedShould athletes get off social media?The amazing Rioli sporting dynastyShout out to Ballarat's Georgia Amoore, drafted into the WNBASwysh: Would you pay your sporting hero to send a video message?Rapid Fire: Frontrunners and climate change's impact on sport; Footy for Climate;  the tennis 'body odour' incident; The end of a Netball convention "Hip hip hip ray ray ray".

Book Review: 'The Season' by Helen GarnerGather Round previewAre AFL Coaches and their Assistant Coaches paid enough?LA Olympic Games newsRapid Fire: Aussies doing well on the international stage