The Upshot

Quincy Promes breaks out the slammer

Plus: Alan Shearer’s trapped in hell, Ben White’s off to fight the Taliban and Gordon Brown’s negotiating transfers
Join Jack and George for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
Links from the pod:
Morteza Mehdad in action : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdkWQgM7XoQ
Shearer talking about his train journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7cF_hv8SBg&amp;t=114s
Motherwell TV commentary: https://x.com/racingblogger/status/1830236543006695598
Arbroath TV: 
https://x.com/TunnockCup/status/1612501422825738242
https://x.com/SPFLWatch/status/1742675443143106682
Kobayashi v Joey Chesnut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RXo3A9w29U

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