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A New York story, a dark comedy, Balls tells of the thirty-year-old Henry Schiller, a songwriter and lounge-player, in love with a woman far younger and more musically gifted than himself, one with her eye on other men and the rise of her own career, whose crisis deepens when he discovers he has testicular cancer.

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Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. ‘Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best’ Cricketer Chronicling the evolution of the sport since its earliest years, highlighting transcendent moments as well as tragedies, Jon Hotten lifts the seemingly...

Welcome to Ball Knowledge, the podcast hosted by Anthony, Ayden, Caiden, and Leonard. Four Friends with zero filter. We cover everything, sports debates, pop culture, wild stories, and random thoughts that turn into deep conversations.New episodes (EVERY SUNDAY!!!!)Our Socials -> https://linktr.ee/ ballknowledgepodcast_

From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, via comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests, creative football chants and exploding billiard balls, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories. Even if you've never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls, why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of 'bicycle face' or what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed, this book will give you the astonishing answers - and plenty more besides.

Globe-trotting sports enthusiast Oly Bennet explores bubble football's hilariously chaotic world. From viral origins to wild game modes like human bowling and zorb warfare, Oly unpacks the physics, passion, and pure joy of humans bouncing in plastic spheres. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Globe-trotting sports fanatic Oly Bennet explores broomball, the chaotic ice sport where players wear sneakers and wield brooms instead of sticks. Oly delivers passionate rants on bizarre origins, questionable equipment, and unhinged rules celebrating this underdog game. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

The long-awaited biography of cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats In Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life, Murray's son Mason Ball shares all the hits and misses and long years of hard graft that went into what would become the wildly successful creative enterprise: Footrot Flats. From...

Wrecking Ball is a captivating and humorous memoir by Billy Vunipola, one of the stars of England's recent rugby renaissance, and will be enjoyed by those who have read the recent autobiographies by Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll, Dan Carter and Paul O'Connell. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches and...

At the start of 2021 Richard Herring was diagnosed with testicular cancer. For a man whose output includes a stand-up tour titled Talking Cock and who regularly interrogates our attitudes towards masculinity, it was a diagnosis that came with additional layers of complexity. Mixing Rich's personal story alongside what defines masculinity and 'maleness' in society, Can I Have My Ball Back? is not your typical cancer memoir. Whether they're nuts, or bollocks, or gonads, or family jewels, Rich unpicks the tangle of emotions around his own testing times.

Balls Deep is the no-filter podcast where real life gets unpacked properly.Hosted by Brad & Jen (aka The Hannistons), this is a couple who’ve been together, fallen apart, built businesses, raised kids, argued over nothing, laughed at everything — and decided to talk about it all.From relationships, parenting chaos and social media madness to money, ambition, internet drama and the stuff everyone thinks but rarely says out loud — nothing is off the table. Expect unfiltered conversations, brutally honest opinions, guest stories, and moments where it gets a little too real… in the best ...

The late Gregory Patterson was a stalwart of the Roman Catholic Parishioners. With his passing, how will Mrs Patterson cope with her headstrong daughter, Barbara? And can young Robert step into his father’s shoes and face up to new responsibilities? The man with the answers would appear to be football-crazy priest Father Benedict who tries to help the grief stricken family as best he can…

Eli’s asked to perform his magic act at a swanky charity gala, the Zombie Ball - a former zombie pub crawl which has grown into an annual high-class social event. What begins as a typical stage show for Eli turns deadly when two of the evening’s sponsors are found murdered under truly unusual circumstances. Compounding this drama is the presence of Eli’s ex-wife and her new husband, Homicide Detective Fred Hutton. Under pressure to solve the crime before the 800 guests depart, Eli and his detective nemesis go head-to-head.

Josh Wolf--one of the stars and writers of Chelsea Lately and After Lately--delivers a hilarious collection of essays that reminds us all what it takes to conquer fatherhood without sacrificing manhood. Struggling to make it as a stand-up comic didn't always fit with being a single parent. But...

Marie hat genug von Männern. Milan hingegen hat genug Frauen, die ihm nachlaufen. Marie ist Journalistin. Und kann mit Sportlern absolut nichts anfangen! Milan ist Basketballer. Und Marie überhaupt nicht sein Typ! Dummerweise kennt Maries Chefin kein Erbarmen und so muss sich Marie wider Willen an Milans große Fersen heften. Leider ist es dort schon ziemlich eng, denn Maries Kollegin Viktoria kann es kaum erwarten, mit Milan auf Tuchfühlung zu gehen. Für Marie kein Problem, schließlich interessiert sie sich deutlich mehr für Programmkinos und Experimentelles Tanztheater.

A stagecoach containing a microcosm of French society seek to escape to Le Havre during the Prussian war. Stopping at an inn along the way, they soon realize they have blundered into Prussian occupied territory. The travelers are not allowed to leave until one woman, a prostitute known as Boule de Suif, (literally suet dumpling, or ball of fat), sleeps with the commanding officer. This turn of events is met with universal indignation by the travelers. But as the days stretch out, everyone’s true colors are revealed.

In the early 1970s, as our nation's youth railed against every conceivable societal norm, a funny-looking teenage Jew started turning up at open mike nights in various New York City comedy clubs. Surprisingly, he didn't suck. That funny-looking teenage Jew is now the even funnier-looking middle-aged comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who despite his transparent shortcomings has managed to carve out a hardly-respectable career - and a reputation for shock and awe unrivaled outside the Bush administration. With this scathingly funny book of rants and musings, Gottfried sullies an entirely new medium....

2 active duty Army vets sit around and bullshit like some jive turkeys about anything and literally everything. From insanely dumb music to being married with children. Tune in every week for a brand new episode of hilarity and shenanigans!

Every second week, Colm and Andrew review some of the best (and some of the worst) films that revolve around sport. Football, tennis, baseball, basketball, golf: nothing is off-limits for Hollywood. Simply put, Balls on Film is a fortnightly podcast about movies about sport. Lovely.

A rotating cast discusses a variety of sports: NFL, College Basketball, College Lacrosse, Golf, Baseball, NBA, and College Football