Bleav in The Pressrow

Legendary Canadian Broadcaster Chris Cuthbert joins Jonah Sigel #inthepressrow to talk about this career, covering the NHL, MLB, Olympics and the CFL. Chris and Jonah discuss his roots, calling a game remotely when the power went out in Montreal, his preparation for Sydney Crosby's Olympic Gold Winning Goal and this transition back to Hockey Night in Canada covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hosted...

Rick Westhead has had an atypical career as a journalist. Many say they have done it all, when in fact he has. Rick worked in sports, covering games days, press conferences etc early in his career but got the unique opportunity to head over-seas covering major news stories. He then returned to Toronto and is now a senior correspondent for TSN and a contributor to CTV National News and W5 . Today,...

On August 10th, after over 15 years in the sports broadcast world in Toronto Michelle Sturino took to Twitter announcing she had enough. " Whatever you think or believe about how far we have come as an industry/society in terms of equality simply isn’t true. Sexism and gender bias are still prominent. ” Tired of being treated differently and generally fed up with the lack of progress in the male d...

We hear all the time of good stories where athletes come from nowhere to be stars in their sport at all levels, so why not add one from the other side to the feel good list? We all could use a heart warming tale no? Well, this isn't as much of a tale as it is a discussion about all things Blue Jays, but a discussion with Andrew Stoeten is in fact a good story. Andrew tells how he came to be one of...

Kevin McGran has been covering the NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Toronto Star since Mitch Marner was two years old! There is not much he hasn't seen over his years on the beat. While the NBA has made admittance to its Corona Hub expensive, the NHL has chocked off the NHL media from covering practices or games entirely. Numerous members of the media who are used to covering practices and...

Today you can see and hear him on B/R Betting the Bleacher Report show, but before that he was amongst one of the most popular and most recognizable personalities in sports in Canada. That's not to say he only did work with Canadians, no, he is well known for interviewing global talent, athletes and entertainers from the NBA, MLB, NFL and more. Cabral Richards, or Cabbie as we all know him, along...

New York Times best selling author and former major league baseball player and broadcaster Dirk Hayhurst openly talks about the "un-glorifying" life of a minor league baseball player, the transition to broadcasting and the extension of the sexual harassment/ misogyny of the locker room into the broadcast booth with Jonah Sigel In The Pressrow brought to you by Bleav. While others in minor league b...

In the world of Sports radio there are hundreds of personalities who have earned the icon moniker. Being the first voice on the radio for ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio and hosting for over 50 years definitely lands Tony Bruno in that class. From his early days in Philadelphia to broadcasting today from his "basement" in Philadelphia, Tony has amassed on of the most incredible sports radio careers....

Canadian hockey player Brock McGillis played both OHL and professional hockey . Brock played professionally in both the United States and Europe . While all of that alone is a great Canadian story, you probably know Brock McGillis as he was the first professional hockey player to openly come out as gay. Since leaving the game, Brock has become an influential advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Amid...

For 36 seasons he was the voice of the Blue Jays, along with his broadcast partner Tom Cheek and then several others until he elected to retire to lighten his load and focus more on his health. Jerry Howarth came to Toronto via Salt Lake City and Tacoma WA, a long way from California. Yet, Toronto for Jerry is home and we caught up with him today prior to his regular bridge game. Jerry sounds iden...

From coast to coast and around the globe there may not be a more recognize-able active face or name in hockey than Ron MacLean. From 1986 to today, minus the two first years of the Rogers NHL deal Ron has been the host of not only the NHL on Hockey Night in Canada but also the host of the controversial Coaches Corner with Don Cherry as well as the Olympics and countless other sporting events. The...

One day, a college quarterback at Central Michigan University who was born, raised and living in Windsor Ontario (just outside of Detroit) got a call from a scout from the Montreal Expos to try out for their team. The rest is history. You've heard him on the radio and you've seen him on TV. If you are at all like me you probably don't know much about Joe Siddall. This is his story and it is a mix...

When we think about the shutdown of sports we think about players, we think about fans, GM's, coaches, play by play teams and all those directly involved in sports as perceive them. We often don't think of those we don't hear or see and there is a large army of them out there; the freelancers. Leagues, teams, networks and outlets had been doing the best they can in most cases to address the needs...

By TSM Born in Montreal and Raised in Halifax, Tara Slone lived an impressive life journeying to her current post as the Co-Host of Rogers Hometown Hockey, part of the Hockey Night in Canada Family. Tara tells her musical career story, from lead singer with Joy Ride to a Canadian participant on the hit TV Show Rockstar INXS where getting booted off the show led to a career change in TV. Tara gradu...

John Couch was employee 54 at Apple, hired directly by Steve Jobs. He became Vice President Product and led the launch of the Lisa computer. By his own admission, he had made enough money to warrant the 20 hours a day workstyle he had at Apple leaving in 1984 and eventually taking over k-12 school. After a quick tour in biotech, John once again answered Steve's call and returned to Apple as the fi...

By TSM From NCAA Men’s College Basketball and Major League Baseball telecasts for ESPN to play-by-play for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet Dan Shulman is usually a busy, busy man. With the sporting world shutdown Danny spent some time with Jonah SIgel talking about life in big leagues, covering MLB and NCAA basketball. You can hear his calls on Saturday Primetime men’s college basketball games...

By TSM The current host of the daily radio show, Leafs Lunch on TSN1050 in Toronto Andi Petrillo joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow. Andi got her start in regional cable tv and worked her way up, way, way up to eventually becoming the first-ever female desk host of Hockey Night In Canada, one of the most recognizable brands in sports. Andi shares her story, growing up in the GTA, how she had to pat...

For over 20 years Howard David has called NFL football games for various networks both for teams and on national networks. Howard has worked for the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Cosmos in addition to CBS Radio Monday Night Football/Sunday Night Football and at one time a morning host, WQAM/Miami. Howard shares his unique stories from the...

Don Kollins has spent his entire life in radio from Saskatchewan, to Ottawa and back, then to Kitchener and Toronto and then to San Fransisco. As Program Director for the Fan 590, Toronto's original all sports radio station he led the programming changes that saw some of the biggest names in Canadian broadcasting come and go, leading the station to some of the largest ratings the station ever had....

Diamond Dallas Page , better known as DDP is a Hall of Fame wrestling legend. He has been involved in the game either as a manger, wrestler, commentator, advocate or coach since the 1980's. From the early days in legion halls to WrestleMania he has seen it all. Today, besides owning a gym which this week was the subject of an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper DDP is founder and operator of DDPY...

Dr. Charles Tator is a Canadian neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital and a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto whose research has transformed our understanding of spinal cord injury and concussions. He is amongst the leaders on sports concussions in the world. He founded Think-First Canada, an injury-prevention foundation which is now part of Parachute Canada, where he is al...

On April 13, 2019 one year ago from today, the Toronto Raptors embarked on a historic playoff run resulting in a franchise first NBA Championship. For 12 years Matt Devlin has been the voice of the franchise and he stepped into the Pressrow today. A personal look at the life of the Raptors TV voice, insights on how family life is right now for the usually on the road father of 3 and some great sto...

Originally from Ottawa, James Duthie is THE host of sports television in Canada. James shares his career story with Jonah, from the newsroom in Ottawa and Vancouver where he won an Edward R. Murrow Award for news reporting to Olympic games, the CFL, NFL, PGA, NBA and of course NHL. A constant presence on all things sports in Canada, James mantle is full of broadcast awards including Best Host in a...

During this unprecedented sports hiatus, Jonah Sigel learns about the popularity, size and economics of the Fantasy Sports and E-Gambling World in discussions with expert Benny Ricciardi. Benny has over 20 years experience in the fantasy sports world and currently works with The Elite Fantasy Network. Benny explains the algorithms that professional players use, the frequency of the bets and just h...

Julie Stewart-Binks is an inspiration to many in the media world, not just sports. From growing up in Toronto and heading to London where she met Wikki-Leaks founder Julian Assange, she worked with Peter Mansbridge and a gig with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Julie took the leap and headed to Winnipeg and then Regina Saskatchewan where she paid her broadcast dues which led her to an exceptional career...