Chances are, if you're a Canadian golf fan, you remember where you were when Nick Taylor sank that 72-foot putt to become the first Canadian in decades to win the Canadian Open. John and Daren try to sap all the memories Nick has of that day on today's show as we grill him on everything from his preparation to what souvenirs he kept from the win. We get a unique look into the daily life of a pro golfer on today's episode before we chat with Bob to end the week on a high note.
Sep 22, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 731
Jim Nill joins Daren and John today as we get caught up with the Dallas Stars and find out what their GM has planned for the team this year. We talk with Jim about his teams additions this off season and get an idea on his philosphy when it comes to managing a team, scouting and how he interacts with his players.
Sep 21, 2023•52 min
Just a day after hopping on board the Vancouver Cannucks' broadcast team, Ray joins Daren and John for some hockey talk. We go over his new role in Vancouver before getting into the Mike Babcock situation and get Ray's thoughts on the matter. The conversation then turns into a discussion on coaching in the NHL today as we figure out what has changed in style and tactic for the position. We end the show with a chat about the upcoming NHL season and what we should expect from last years Stanley Cu...
Sep 20, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 728
Scott MacArthur and RIchard Griffin join John and Daren today as we try - key word being try - to figure out what kind of baseball team the Blue Jays are.... with only 12 games left in the season. Having just swept their series with the Red Sox, the Blue Jays look good? There is no way to tell for sure but we sure do try! The four attempt to figure out the identity of these team as they compete for a playoff birth, taking a look at their offensive & defensive production, Alek Manoah's future...
Sep 19, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 728
Well… that didn’t take long did it? Mike Babcock is gone before he could really even begin as Columbus’ Head Coach and we've got Garrioch & Harrington joining John and Daren to talk about it. The foursome go over the very brief timeline of Babcock’s tenure with the Jackets. Not only do we try to figure out what the heck mike Babcock was thinking but also what was going on through the Blue Jacket’s minds for even hiring him on todays show before we close out the episode with an appearance fro...
Sep 18, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 727
The title says it all folks.... John Gibbons is on to end the week with some baseball talk as just about everyone in Canada is asking the same thing - What is Happening To The Blue Jays. We take a look at what has forced a team like this...who's paying their players as much money as they are... to consistently play below expectations for the first half of the show before getting into a more generalized chat about John's playing days, his opinion on the infamous home run jacket and catch up with ...
Sep 15, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 226
Peter Mansbridge joins the show today to scratch a couple of his itches - sports and polotics. We start with some baseball talk with the Toronto Blue Jays in a tough stretch of poor play. We take a look at whats going wrong with the team before getting into the frustrations the Blue Jans fans face year in and year out... eventually broadening the conversation to Toronto sports fans in general. In the second half of the show, we talk to Peter about todays political climate and find out if theres ...
Sep 14, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 725
Reflecting On Week 1 Of The 2023 NFL Season With BOOGER MCFARLAND Feel like you missed something in the football world last weekend? Booger McFarland is here to fill you in. We bring the ESPN Football analyst onto the show today to go over all of the storylines in the NFL emerging this season, and boy… there are a lot. From Aaron Rogers taking only 4 snaps in NY to whether the Detroit Lions are the real deal… we talk about it all with Booger today for a little mid week NFL update....
Sep 13, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 724
Paul Jones and and Doug Smith Join Deitsch & Shannon and today we take a look back at what we watched in Jakarta & Manila with Canada beating the United States for the bronze medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. We then take a look ahead at the Olympic Games this summer in Paris and wonder how good team Canada could be if they had a full roster, while saving some time for some discussions about the fluctuating popularity of International Basketball and why NBA Players aren't particula...
Sep 12, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 723
Music and sports… both universal languages in their own right and today we try to speak them at the same time. It should be no secret by now that our interim co-host Dave Hodge has a love affair with music and after weeks and weeks of not so subtle hints we finally indulge him. Jim cuddy, lead singer of Blue Rodeo joins the show today. The two subjects could very well be a perfect pair as we talk to Jim about how and why sports and music have blended so well over the years. The three search for ...
Sep 11, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 722
It wasn't too long ago that the future for the Canadian Football League wasn't looking too bright... but that certainly isn't the case now and the commissioner, Randy Ambrosie, is here to tell John and David why. We talk about the growth in viewership this year compared to last year and why Randy thinks it's trending upward as we approach the 110th Grey Cup in November. Randy also gets into what the league has done this year to get its "Swagger Back", and gives his opinion on former CFL standout...
Sep 08, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 721
With both sports producing enough content to talk about for days, we have another Baseball/Basketball double header today with Dave Hodge in the co-pilot’s seat next to John. With the Atlanta Braves the only team to hit 90 wins so far this season, we bring on an old friend in Alex Anthopoulos to catch bring us up to speed on what he and his team are up to. We go over squad’s roster and what Alex considers when it comes to constructing it. We also dig into specifics about their pitching staff, th...
Sep 08, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 720
The Lions play the Chiefs tomorrow and we haven't talked about the NFL yet?! Kenny Albert is here to change that. With Dave Hodge sitting next to Shannon for the rest of the week, the two get ready for Thursday Night's Season Opener as Kenny catches them up to speed with everything they need to know. With a big focus on Quarterbacks today, we start the discussion by looking at some of the top players at the position in the league and the impact they have on their respective teams. We touch on th...
Sep 06, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 719
Big things are going on in both the baseball and basketball worlds so we had to get all the help we could get today. J.P. Morosi comes on the show to talk about the frustrating baseball team that is the Toronto Blue Jays. We chat Vladdy and his downward trending play and assess the Jays' postseason chances before taking a look at the other compelling wild card races in the league right now. We then had our friend Paul Jones hop on for a bit to discuss the significance of team Canada's Olympic qu...
Sep 05, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 718
Wondering what Brian Burke has been up to? Wonder no further as the man himself hops onto our Labour Day show to give us an update on his role within the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association and get a run down on what is to come with the newest professional sports league in North America.
Sep 04, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 717
Ron MacLean showed up on time for today’s podcast but the same cannot be said for a certain unnamed part time co-host…. It’s just John and Mr. MacLean for the first half of the show with Daren having better things to do… Wasting no time at all, the two talk about Ron’s summer dealing with the onslaught of rumours and speculation about his job. We then get an update on Ron’s relationship with Don Cherry, caught up on his summer and even have the podcast fact checked by Ron before we have to let D...
Sep 01, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 716
No Guest? No problem. A select number of people know exactly how integral John was for the growth of the game of hockey on television but luckily, one of them is Daren Millard. With no guest on today’s show Daren knows just what to ask and what to say to get information out of Shannon as we take a look at how it started and where it’s going when it comes to how people watch hockey on TV. If you’ve ever watched Hockey Night and Canada and have asked yourself… “why did they do that?” You’ll probab...
Aug 31, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 715
We get to cross all the “Armstrong’s” off of our our Current NHL GM Wishlist in just a week with Bill on the Show. We take a look into his career before getting into his team though, as we find out what made him switch from coach to General Manager, who has influenced him on the way and what kind of GM he wants to be. After the break, we dig into Bill’s expectations for the Coyotes this season. We go over their roster and get some insight on some of their new additions made this summer. We also ...
Aug 30, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 714
Daren Millard in the co-host chair and to kick off our week with Millard, Doug Armstrong joins us for some NHL chat to start the week. We get an update from Doug about the Blues, their off-season and his expectations for the upcoming season in the first half of the show. After break, John and Daren get Doug's opinion on the World Cup Of Hockey announcement and then have a chat about Doug's Hall of Fame Father and the impact he had on his life and hockey career.
Aug 28, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 712
Let's end the week off with a roundtable, shall we? Eric Duhatschek and Bruce Garrioch join John and Richard today to go over some of the biggest storylines in hockey right now. We talk about Auston Matthews' new deal in Toronto and what that means for William Nylander, sparking a conversation on contract terms - Why are star players avoiding long term contracts all of a sudden? Moving on, we discuss the different ways smaller market teams have to recruit players, the Ottawa Senators & their...
Aug 25, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 711
Scott Moore Joins the show today for an in depth conversation about the way sports are being distributed to fans and what we should expect for it moving forward. With streaming services taking over cable television, the three brainstorm ways to find a better pipeline between sports and its consumers. John, Richard and Scott break down the cost cutting trends media companies are taking in order to make more money and see if they can come up with alternative solutions to the problem on today's epi...
Aug 24, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 710
It's Iron Mike Kennan on the show today to fill John and Richard in on how the heck he became the coach of Team Italy for the 2026 Olympic Games. The three get into the process it took to get hired by the Italians and then learn about what the job entails. Mike gives us a breakdown on how he has been recruiting his players as we get into the eligibility requirements, skill level and other factors they are considering while making decisions. Mike also gives us a solid landscape of the hockey cult...
Aug 23, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 709
Sports Writer and 9 Time New York Times Bestselling Author Jeff Pearlman makes his debut on the show as he joins John and his old colleague Richard Deitsch today. With season two of the HBO series "Winning Time" currently streaming there's no better time to talk to the man behind "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980's" The book that inspired the hit show. We Talk to Jeff about the work he put into the book, his writing process and break down his experien...
Aug 22, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 708
We start the week off with two interviews for the price of one as Mike Harrington joins John and Richard Deitsch for the first half of the show to talk about the impact the late Rick Jeanneret had on the city of Buffalo and the Sabres franchise. With Mike gone, in comes our friend Rob Longley to cap the episode off with an update on the Toronto Blue Jays as we get his assessment on their playoff picture with September nearing.
Aug 21, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 707
After our first show with Mark a couple weeks ago we knew we had to bring him back and that’s exactly what we’re doing. Former Maple Leafs Producer Mark Askin is on with John and Paul today as they reflect on the life and career of the great Bobby Baun and reminisce on their experience growing up enjoying and working with the game of hockey on television.
Aug 18, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 706
It's schedule day in the NBA so basketball is on the mind. The voice of the Toronto Raptors and good friend of the podcast is here as Matt Devlin joins Paul and John for a loose preview of theToronto Raptors' upcoming season. Matt gives us his opinion on the teams roster as it stands today, talks about what he thinks their ceiling is for this year and lets us know why he is taking a "wait and see" approach before setting serious expectations for this team.
Aug 17, 2023•54 min
Armed with a list of many pressing sports topics to get to, John and Paul welcome Daren Millard to the show and accomplish...absolutely nothing. You'd think we'd learn by now that when we have Daren on, conversation doesn't necessarily go as planned, yet... here we are again. They do manage to fit in some conversation about the sports scene in Vegas and the regulated access fans have to professional sports teams but if you're looking to learn something new today, don't get your hopes up as the t...
Aug 16, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 704
James Sharman joins Paul Jones and John Shannon today for a much needed update on all that’s been going on in the soccer world this summer. We talk to James about his work trip to Portugal, what he was getting up to and his impression on the soccer culture in the country before shifting gears to the Premier League, the movement of top tier players and the insane transfer money being tossed around. We then spend some time digging into the impact Lionel Messi has had on North American Soccer and g...
Aug 15, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 703
It's the week of Paul Jones! Jonesy is subbing in for the recovering Bobcat all week as we make this a basketball themed monday with Doug Smith joining Jones and Shannon. The three discuss the Toronto Raptors' rather uneventful offseason and try to figure how this team will perform in the regular season under a new coach before spending the last half of the show reacting to last night's NBA Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.
Aug 14, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 702
Damien Cox is in for Bob today acting as co-pilot for John as we welcome Kevin Paul Dupont to the show to end the week. We start the show by addressing the Phil Mickelson story that has taken over the internet and somehow it turned into a deep dive into Kevin and Damien's shared love of sports. From what their watching now to their memories of the greatest live events they've been to - the three look at how the world of sports has changed over the years before ending the show with a discussion a...
Aug 14, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 701
