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The News Agents

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

The News Agents

Global

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Sports Agents...

What a moment it was... after an 11-year wait for the final major, Rory McIlroy finally achieved a career Grand Slam by winning the Masters. Actor James Nesbitt explained what it means to Northern Ireland, we relived the rollercoaster with co-host of The Chipping Forecast Podcast, Andrew Cotter, and spoke to Ciaran Lavery the Head Pro at McIlroy’s golf club, Holywood. (02:15)

Who needs Messi, Neymar and Mbappe anyway? The new look PSG are into the Champions League semi-finals and flying. So how has such a young team become one of the best teams in Europe to watch with their free-flowing wing-wizadry? French football journalist Julien Laurens gives Gabby the lowdown. (09:15)

And ahead of the NFL draft next week - what's it like to get that phone call? How intense are the background checks?And how many thousands of plays do you have to learn when you get there? Mark caught up with Chicago Bears Running Back Roschon Johnson.(16:15)

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0:00.0

When we're little, we don't overthink things. We're brave, confident, we laugh and ask questions. And play. And play. So why stop there? Just because we're adults, it shouldn't mean we stop trying new things. For me, starting a career in early years has meant not just a new job, but new skills, new friends. Like me? Yes, and a new sense of purpose. All that and I can earn while I learn right here in London.

0:23.3

Yay, painting next.

0:24.7

Do something big.

0:26.1

Work with small children.

0:27.6

Click the bammer to get started.

0:32.4

This is a global player original podcast.

0:36.0

I suppose we're all living in hope that we are all going to get a week of trying on

0:40.9

that green jacket at some stage over the next couple of weeks.

0:43.8

One of my old middle school coaches came up to me and he was like, you know, he has to

0:48.4

ask me about you.

0:50.6

The repositioning really of the embellier, that changed everything.

0:53.6

You know, as Northern Ireland continues to evolve from its troubled past,

0:57.9

Rory was even then a real big of hope.

1:03.0

Hello, welcome to another weekend edition of the sports agents,

1:06.5

where you can catch up on our favourite bits from this week's podcast.

1:10.1

And this week, it's felt like a

1:11.5

real celebration of sports, with Rory McElroyd dominating the sporting landscape from, well,

1:17.7

pretty much the start of the Masters until that dramatic finish. We chose to spend a couple of hours,

1:23.8

it felt like on Tuesday, waxing lyrical and talking to people who knew him best,

1:28.5

people who understand the journey he's been on, and just putting into context what an achievement

1:33.6

that was. We also spoke to French journalist Julian Laurent about PSG's passage through to the

1:39.4

semi-finals, their fourth in six years in the Champions League. And Mark does appear on the podcast,

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