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Guest: Graham DeLaet (Professional Golfer)Graham joins the podcast from The Masters in Augusta, Georgia to preview this year's event, and tells us about difference Tiger playing the Masters makes.  Graham details how he became a professional golfer, the challenges of being on tour, and why he decided to take a break from Twitter.  He also talks about his passion for smoking meat and what led to him brewing his own beer!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Bryan Mudryk (Canadiens Play By Play) Bryan Mudryk joins the podcast to discuss how he knew relatively early that he wanted to get into sports broadcasting, offers up a bit of advice for those pursuing a similar career, and talks about putting pressure on himself to call all his games at the highest level.  Bryan also shares his favourite Gretzky memory, marvels at how nice Crosby is, and is still haunted by a loss in a grade 5 chess tournament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Anastasia Bucsis - Olympic Speed Skater Anastasia joins the podcast to tell us how she got her start in speed skating (and how she almost stopped), her struggles with mental health, and despite having a good time why she felt lonely at the Vancouver games.  She tells us about her decision to come out of the closet for the Sochi Olympics, and what her transition to broadcasting has been like.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Ben Herbert (Olympic Curler)Ben joins the pod to talk about growing up in Regina, looking forward to the upcoming Brier, and learning to become mentally tougher as his career went on.  He shares some great memories from the Vancouver Olympics where he won gold, and had one of the best seats in the house for Sid’s golden goal.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Nabil Karim (Turner/TNT Sports Host & Reporter)Nabil joins the podcast to discuss how he broke into the industry, the obstacles he had to overcome, how far he feels representation within the industry has come, and why living in Atlanta reminds him of Toronto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Taneka Mackey (LPGA Tour Caddy)We keep the good golf times going with our second golf guest in a row! Taneka drops by the pod to tell us how her love for golf started growing up in the Bahamas, how she chose the course over the basketball court, and how she feels about the visibility of female golfers in comparison to their male counterparts.      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Roger Sloan (Canadian Professional Golfer)Roger Sloan joins the podcast to discuss growing up playing hockey, shares the unique story of how he and his coach met, looks forward to the Waste Management Open, and talks about his love for wine.     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brief Announcement: The podcast is taking the weekend off.  Wishing you all a great holiday season and a happy new year!  See you in 2022! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Amy Audibert (Raptors Colour Commentator/Analyst)While we prefer weather over Covid talk, we did have to take a few minutes to discuss the impact the Omicron variant is starting to have on the sports world.  Natasha and Al then discuss the Canucks impressive turnaround, look at NHL MVP odds, and ponder what the purpose of a fan throwing  a jersey onto the ice is.  Sportsnet's Amy Audibert joins the show to tell us about how she fell in love with the sport of basketball, what drew her to broadcasting, her thoughts on the Raptors season so far, and reasons to be optimistic about this group.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Chris O'Leary (CFL.ca Senior Writer)Natasha and Al put more lattes on the line ahead of a big football weekend.  Chris joins the podcast to preview the Grey Cup, recap this week’s festivities, and how Hamilton can do to win as a home underdog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.