by Jack Dean | May 29, 2025 | Home Carosel, Relive Top Story
“This is ridiculous. This is not how it was meant to be. I thought, how am I here?” The Jamaican bobsleigh story is the most unlikely in the history of sport. Thirty-seven years on, the driver, Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, reflects under the...
by Jack Dean | May 28, 2025 | Home, Home Carosel, Relive Top Story
Meet Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, Britain’s most unlikely Olympian, who defied the odds, changed Olympic rules forever, and became a global icon despite finishing last. “I was sitting at the top of the jump. So many thoughts were going through my...
by Jack Dean | May 23, 2025 | Home, Mindset Top Story
We all love a story with underdogs, but do we actually understand why? Sports Psychologist Professor Richard Thelwell explains what psychology says about why we route for an underdog. Why are people naturally drawn to underdogs in sport, even when the odds are stacked...
by Jack Dean | May 22, 2025 | Film, Home Carosel
He was the fearless ski jumper who came in last but won the world’s heart. Nearly three decades later, Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards reveals the untold story behind the film that almost never happened. A tale of stalled scripts, vanished stars, and one...
by Jack Dean | May 22, 2025 | Film
Everyone loves an underdog, and Hollywood knows it. Here are the top five highest-grossing sporting underdog stories to ever hit the big screen. 5. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) This classic is a film about a ragtag group of outsiders who pursue the dream of...
