The Player's Experience

Season 1, Episode 61: Join us as we chat with the manager of communications for the Toronto Argos, Chris Balenovich. Chris chats about his role, journey into football and his motives behind working in public relations. We also chat about his advice for the next generation of sport professionals and how to break into the industry.

Season 1, Episode 60: Join as us we chat with the Senior Coordinator of Season Ticket Sales & Service of the Peterborough Petes OHL team. Mike chats about breaking into the sports industry, how much an informational interview can be so valuable and much more!

Season 1, Episode 59: Join as us we chat with former captain of the TFC and MLS Alumni, Dwayne De Rosario! We chat about his soccer career, playing for his hometown team as captain, what the best Jamaican patty place is to go to in Scarborough and so much more!

Season 1, Episode 58: Join us as we chat with former Team Canada and CWHL hockey player, Kelly Terry. We chat with Kelly about her career, passion for hockey, becoming a Doctor of Physiotherapy and more!

Season 1, Episode 57: Join us as we chat with the man behind the mic at Leaf's games, Mike Ross. Mike shares his journey into announcing, what it's been like to go from covering Senator games to Leafs and his look at the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Season 1, Episode 56: Join us as we chat with former Canadian tennis pro Daniel Nestor on his career, favourite moments and experiences. Daniel chats about his Olympic experience, playing in different countries, his involvement with Motionball and so much more!

Season 1, Episode 55: Join us as we chat with former Argo, TiCat and Rough Rider...Shane Herbert. We chat about his journey through the CFL, what it was like to play on both sides of a heavy rivalry, his mentorship advice and more!

Season 1, Episode 54: Join us as we chat with The Bob Father, Bob MacKenzie on his illustrious broadcasting career with TSN. We chat about getting into broadcasting, what some of the best sport events he got to cover over the years included, his work on the Special Olympics Canada Champions Network and more!

Season 1, Episode 53: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic rowing gold medalist, Marnie McBean. Marnie chats about her rowing career, friendship with the late Kathleen Heddle her work with Special Olympics and much more!

Season 1, Episode 52: Join us as we chat with former MLB and Blue Jays pitcher, Casey Jannsen. Casey chats about his time in Toronto, going from starter to reliever, what the game looks like today and his favourite experiences of his time in the show.

Season 1, Episode 51: Join us as we chat with NBA TV & Raptors Reporter, Savanna Hamilton. We chat with Savanna on her journey into basketball, playing for Ryerson while taking sport media. How it's been to be able to represent the Toronto Raptors over the past few years and her take on the trade deadline last week.

Season 1, Episode 50: Join us as we chat with 2x Olympic gold medalist, Alexandre Bilodeau. We chat with Alex about his career, journey through the Olympics, what family means to him as well as his induction into the Canada Sport's HOF.

Season 1, Episode 49: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic Skeleton Racer & host of The Amazing Race Canada about his journey through the Olympics, what it was like to represent Canada and the feeling that Vancouver brought. We also chat about his induction into the Manitoba Sports HOF and what it's like to host The Amazing Race Canada.

Season 1, Episode 48: Join us as we chat with WNBA player, Kayla Alexander. Kayla chats about her journey through basketball, what it meant to represent BLM during the bubble, how women's sports is continuing to evolve and more.

Season 1, Episode 47: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni Theo Fluery on his journey in the NHL, what it was like to win the Stanley Cup, the experiences that you strive for in hockey as well as the stories that took place off the ice.

Season 1, Episode 46: Join us this week as we talk about some legacy pieces of the Edmonton Oilers with former head of equipment, Barrie Stafford. Barrie shares what it was like to work during the Gretzky, Messier, Coffey era and getting to work alongside the late Joey Moss. As well, he chats about post career in NHL Alumni relations and more!

Season 1, Episode 45: Join us this week as we chat with Canadian Olympian, Motivational Speaker and Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Mark Tewksbury. Mark shares what it was like to get into swimming, his experiences around coming out as gay, his motivation to further the sport's world and inclusion for athletes and more.

Season 1, Episode 44: Join us as we chat with Olympic snowboarder, Mercedes Nicoll on her journey through the Olympics, her passion for hitting the slopes, what it was like to battle injury challenges and the determination to place at 4 Olympics.

Season 1, Episode 43: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni Andy Delmore on his career in the NHL, what it was like to battle in the AHL and fight to the NHL as well as the North American game compared to the European game. Andy also shares his favourite moments and challenges from throughout his career.

Season 1, Episode 42: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic Sprinter Aaron Brown on his career thus far, what it was like to race against Usain Bolt, what his favourite event to compete at has been and more.

Season 1, Episode 41: Join us as we chat with Ailish Forfar about her career in the CWHL, a look at the NWHL, her work in sport journalism and what the future of women's hockey looks like.

Season 1, Episode 40: Join us as we chat with Sportsnet and Blue Jays reporter, Shi Davidi. Shi chats with us about his work in sport, what it's like to be able to report for an MLB team, his favourite stadiums, experiences, and more!

Season 1, Episode 39: On this week's episode, we chat with Olympic gymnast, Kyle Shewfelt on his career, what it was like to compete at the Olympics and Commonwealth games, challenges he had to overcome and more.

Season 1, Episode 38: Join us as we chat with former MLB player, Todd Stottlemyre. Todd chats about his experiences in the show, what it was like to play with the Jays including his famous Game 4 story. Todd also talks about what he had to overcome from his childhood and his new book which highlights everything we chat about and more!

Season 1, Episode 37: Join us as we chat with TSN host and Raptors commentator, Rod Black. Rod chats with us about his work in broadcasting, what it's been like to work in sports, his profound inspiration to be part of the Special Olympics movement and more. He also has a great impersonation of his friend, Mike "Pinball" Clemons you won't want to miss!