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SportsLit

Neil Acharya & Neate Sager

A podcast on sports books where journalists Neil Acharya and Neate Sager discuss the latest titles with authors and athletes.

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01:09:03

SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 6) - Willie O'Ree -...

SportsLit ·

2020/10/25

If you are a hockey fan, you probably know the story of Willie O’Ree. In 1958, he became the first black player to skate in an NHL game when his Boston Bruins faced the Montreal Canadiens. The feat wasn’t heralded at the time and Mr. O’Ree’s NHL career lasted just 45 games, though he would go on to play professional hockey until 1979. Following his retirement, he remained far from the public eye until 1996. At that time the league was being run a new regime that was focused on expanding the game

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01:05:51

SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 5) - Brian Burke -...

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2020/10/14

Whether it is an attention-grabbing quote, transaction or ruling, Brian Burke has always made a splash wherever he has worked, from the NHL head office, to running a marquee franchise. He is well known for his tenure as the leagues’ disciplinarian and his time at the helm of the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2007. Since stepping away from management, he has become an analyst with Sportsnet. In his newly

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01:08:01

SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 4) - Sami Jo Small - The...

SportsLit ·

2020/09/28

As a child, Sami Jo Small had visions of summer Olympic glory, but those podium dreams would be realized through a winter sport. When she began playing hockey as the only girl on a boys team in Winnipeg, there had yet to be an IIHF Women’s World Championship or competition at the winter games. An excellent athlete, she landed a scholarship to Stanford University as a track and field competitor while moonlighting in net with the men's club team. A subpar meet led to a chance trip to Calgary, there,

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01:00:04

SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 3) - Jeff Pearlman -...

SportsLit ·

2020/09/16

As we entered a new millennium, the LA Lakers were in search of the sequel to Showtime. GM Jerry West was looking for answers after the curtain had dropped on Magic, Kareem and Worthy. He found them in Shaq, a larger than life centre and a petulant, singularly focused, rising superstar named Kobe. In assembling this new era of dominance under head coach Phil Jackson, The Lake Show was flying high...but with a whole lot of drama unfolding behind the scenes. Jeff Pearlman (current host of Two

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01:07:13

SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 2) - Bryan Berard - My...

SportsLit ·

2020/03/11

Before Auston Matthews, there was another American star that wore No. 34 for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Twenty years ago, on March 11, 2000, his life changed forever and a promising career was compromised in an instant. Bryan Berard was a dynamic defenseman, drafted first overall in 1995, he won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year after his first season. Just days after turning 23, and on the rise, an errant shot attempt permanently blinded him, but his story didn't end, or begin, with this

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SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 1) - Roy MacGregor - The...

SportsLit ·

2020/03/04

It’s a first! We cover a children’s book. Put your preconceptions aside, because although The Ice Chips series is aimed at kids, the historical and contemporary themes carry a weight that people from all ages and walks of life can appreciate. So, who created this ongoing tale of a diverse time-traveling minor hockey team? Prolific Canadian journalist/author Roy MacGregor (O.C. - 2005, Hockey Hall of Fame - 2012) and his daughter Kerry. With the fourth installment just released in February (The

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53:52

SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 5) - Ken Reid...

SportsLit ·

2019/12/18

It’s a hat-trick! For the third time, Ken Reid (co-anchor - prime time weeknight edition of Sportsnet Central), joins SportsLit to discuss a new book. So clear your audio tracks, it’s time to learn about Eddie “The Entertainer” Shack. Hockey player. Outlier. Salesman. Shack, now 82, is a living link to the Maple Leafs’ last Stanley Cup in 1967, one of four he won with Toronto in the 1960’s. The illiterate son of Ukrainian Immigrants, he has always excelled by going with his gut and shooting from

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01:19:12

SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 4) - Bernice Carnegie -...

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2019/10/09

The NHL annually celebrates diversity with the campaign "Hockey is for Everyone", because at one time it wasn’t. Before Willie O’Ree, there was Herb Carnegie. The racial barrier that O’Ree was able to penetrate in 1958 when he became the first black player to play in the NHL, was the same one that kept Carnegie from ever reaching that goal. Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1919, he was a dynamo on the ice, and an equally positive force off of it. After retiring from an impressive semi-pro hockey career

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59:08

SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 3) - Sean Fitz-Gerald...

SportsLit ·

2019/09/30

The roots of this country and the game so many love are intertwined…but there is a problem, there has been for a long time. Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis because of cost and exclusivity. Reasons as to why this is the case have been thoroughly explored in a new book titled: Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game Worth Saving (McClelland & Stewart), by journalist Sean Fitz-Gerald (The Athletic -Toronto). Share in our conversation about how hockey has gone from Roch

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59:46

SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 2)- Jerry Howarth -...

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2019/04/05

Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth were like extended family for Toronto Blue Jays fans, all you have to do is mention their first names, and people in Canada know exactly who you are referring too. From 1982-2004, the duo broadcasted the sights and sounds of Major League Baseball into cars, garages, workplaces and homes across the country via radio and later, the internet. When a cancer diagnosis forced Cheek to vacate the booth permanently 15 years ago, Jerry Howarth continued to call games until a

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01:10:19

SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 1) - Mark Hebscher - The...

SportsLit ·

2019/03/21

His name is so obscure, it doesn’t even grace the title of a new book about him. Even if author Mark Hebscher included George Washington Orton in the title, would you know who he was? Orton is Canada’s first ever Olympic medallist, reaching the podium with bronze in hurdles and then winning gold in steeplechase at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. For decades, what should have been a celebrated Canadian achievement, was essentially lost to history. Erroneously, his medals were credited to

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46:40

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 13) - Phil Lind (Rogers...

SportsLit ·

2018/12/05

In our final episode of season 2, Phil Lind (Vice-Chair, Rogers Communications Inc.) and author Robert (Bob) Brehl step into the arena to discuss Right Hand Man - How Phil Lind Guided the Genius of Ted Rogers, Canada's Foremost Entrepreneur (Barlow Books). What does this have to do with sports? Well, quite a bit. Lind was in lockstep with Rogers for the purchase of the Toronto Blue Jays 18 years ago, establishing Sportsnet in 1998 to rival TSN, as well as spearheading the Bills Toronto Series, which

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01:15:25

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 12) - Glenn Stout (BASW)...

SportsLit ·

2018/11/30

Think all we cover are books about hockey? Well, given this market, you wouldn't be entirely wrong. With that in mind, it's a pleasure to announce that in our latest episode, Glenn Stout (Series Editor - Best American Sports Writing, author - Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year) joins us via phone to converse about his latest release - Pats: An Illustrated History of the New England Patriots (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Written with

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01:18:46

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 11) - Damien Cox - The...

SportsLit ·

2018/11/21

The 1992-93 Campbell Conference Final was riveting. 7 games in all, the series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings had all the elements of high drama. In his new book, The Last Good Year (Viking / Penguin Random House), veteran sportswriter Damien Cox (Toronto Star, Sportsnet) revisits the events that took place on and off the ice a quarter-century after he covered them as a beat writer. Marty McSorley slugging it out with Wendel Clark. Pat Burns’ hot pursuit toward Barry

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01:09:11

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 10) - Sean McIndoe (Down...

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2018/11/18

Down Goes Brown injects a shot of humour directly into the NHL's funny bone. Emerging from the blogosphere to the forefront of hockey coverage, Sean McIndoe (as he is also known) employs his perspective developed as an outsider to present a hilarious take on the often flawed history of the league in The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL (Penguin Random House Canada). In 272 pages, McIndoe (The Athletic NHL) lays bare "the world’s most beautiful sport, the world’s most ridiculous league", from the

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01:06:15

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 9) - - Dan Robson (The...

SportsLit ·

2018/11/07

When you think of Johnny Bower, what comes to mind? A loveable, charitable, kind man, who could be the archetype of the perfect grandfather? Goaltender extraordinaire, playing at the highest level into middle age during the NHL's golden era? All true, as is evident in best-selling author Dan Robson's new book about the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs netminder, but there is also more. What was his original last name? Why did he change it? Where did he learn his patented poke-check? Not every question

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SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 8) - Jim Lang - Everyday...

SportsLit ·

2018/11/01

As hockey continues to evolve, so to do the people within the game, and those surrounding it. Everyday Hockey Heroes: Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice (Simon and Schuster) highlights individuals who have triumphed over adversity, overcome great odds and blazed new trails. From household names like Wayne Simmonds (Philadelphia Flyers) and Andi Petrillo (TSN) to those who go about their lives far away from the spotlight, veteran broadcasters / writers Jim Lang (105.9 The Region, formerly

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SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 7) - Joshua Kloke (The...

SportsLit ·

2018/10/25

Come On You Reds! For fans of TFC, uttering those words must have rung hollow through much of the club's existence. The organization appeared to be constantly resetting, apathy was setting in. Where had the joy of being a shiny new franchise gone? Eventually they did get it right and won the MLS Cup in 2017. Joshua Kloke (The Athletic Toronto) chronicles their story from inception in 2005, through the worst years, to the title run, in his latest book: Come On You Reds - The Story of Toronto FC

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53:56

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 6) - Ken Reid...

SportsLit ·

2018/10/04

When Ken Reid (Sportsnet Central) is not busy doing TV, or raising his young family, he is collecting hockey cards and moreover, writing about them. In 2014, he released Hockey Card Stories: True Tales from Your Favourite Players - which was a Canadian best seller, since then he has released two other books (One Night Only: Conversations with the NHL’s One-Game wonders & Dennis Maruk: The Unforgettable Story of Hockey’s Forgotten 60-Goal Man). Now he is back with Hockey Card Stories 2, where he

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01:08:51

SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 5) - David Shoalts...

SportsLit ·

2018/10/02

Saturday night's all right for fighting, or perhaps - fighting for. A new book written by David Shoalts (Globe and Mail) examines how Hockey Night in Canada, the crown jewel of Canadian sports broadcasting properties, changed hands from CBC to Rogers Communications in shocking fashion prior to the 2014-15 NHL season. Shoalts joins Neil Acharya & Neate Sager to discuss Hockey Fight in Canada (Released Sept. 29), exploring the inner workings of the $5.2-billion deal that ended the 62-year reign of a

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