Instigating with Clarkey and Drury

Ryan and Clarkey get the swords out and battle it out over the Leafs losing to Montreal 1-0 to start their 2024-25 season. Clarkey doesn't think it's a big deal but Ryan very loudly voices his frustration with the team in blue and white. The guys debate Ryan's early assessment of the Leafs in the new Rate the Take segment with Producer Adam, as the group discusses the recent frustrating history of...

Toronto Sun Jays beat reporter Rob Longley joins the guys to discuss the disastrous year end presser held by Jays President Mark Shapiro and GM Ross Atkins. The guys go off on some of the wilder and more bewildering quotes from the pair, the awful year the Jays just had, and where it goes from here. Ryan loses it a bit at one Shapiro quote in particular as Longley tries to explain what happened. F...

Ryan welcomes on longtime WHL referee Steve Papp while Clarkey is away, and they dig into Steve's extensive officiating career in the Western Hockey League, one of the best junior leagues on earth under the Canadian Hockey League umbrella. Steve shares stories of how he got his career started, run-ins with coaches, the ongoing shortage of young officials in sport due to abuse, as well as some...

Steve Dangle comes back on the show to chat with Ryan and Clarkey about the Rogers buyout of Bell for their shares of MLSE, and what he thinks that may mean for the Leafs going forward. Dangle also digs into the Marner contract thing, the new coach, new leadership at the top of MLSE and his outlook on how the Leafs may look this year, plus his new book coming out soon. Be sure to follow SDPN and c...

The guys welcome back friend of the show, Mike Gentile of Sportsnet TheFan590, to discuss the Leafs and the signings of Nick Robertson, Max Pacioretty and Jani Hakanpää. Mike also touches on the Blue Jays and the emerging star that is Bowden Francis, as well as recent comments from former Raptor Demar Derozan that the Raps would have still won in 2019 with him and not Kawhi. After that, friend of...

Ryan and Clarkey welcome back friend of the show and Homestand Sports contributor, Albert Vartanian. Albert chats about the Canada Soccer drone scandal, the Premier League, and offers thoughts on the Leafs and some NFL thoughts. Following that, Ryan and Clarkey address the horrible tragedy that befell the Gaudreau family, after Johnny and Matthew were killed by a suspected drunk driver in Oldman&#...

The guys welcome back friend of the show and voice of the Toronto Argonauts, Mike Hogan, to discuss the Argos season thus far. Mike goes over the team fighting through the 9 game suspension to Chad Kelly, Kelly's return, the Argo's chances, and the wild fight for position in the standings this year. Following that, pro golfer and instructor Ian Doig jumps on to discuss his recent tear of s...

Clarkey returns this week as he and Ryan welcome on Listowel Legionnaires U-22 Head Coach, Jeff Bannerman, after the team won the Midwestern Ontario Senior Baseball League's U-22 Championship. Jeff discusses going through the challenges of the season, when the team had a shaky start and injury woes, followed by a great end of the season run and dominant walk through the playoffs with 6-0, 14-8...

Ryan welcomes on guest host and friend of the show, Steve Sabourin of CKNX Jr Hockey, as they sit down with Justin Pooni of Homestand Sports to make NFL season predictions. Picks are made for MVP, Offensive and Defensive POTY in the AFC and NFC, and the guys pick division winners for all 8 NFL divisions, too, with a couple surprising picks. Following that, Justin, who also hosts Homestand Leafs, g...

Ryan and Clarkey welcome on Mia Valcke, a veteran of the Team Canada Women's Baseball and Softball teams, who recently helped lead Canada to a bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Cup of Baseball. Mia discusses the tournament and Canada being the youngest team, goals for the future, her life growing up in baseball, and the differences between playing softball and baseball. Following that...

Our friend and baseball expert, Tom Valcke, a longtime pro level scout and coach, hops on live from the Women's Baseball World Championships in Thunder Bay where his daughter Mia is representing Canada. Tom discusses the Jays trade deadline, his thoughts on management and where the Jays need to go from here, while also detailing what the newly acquired prospects need to do to thrive. Clarkey t...

The guys welcome back Al's Brother, aka Michael Distefano, from TSN1050 Overdrive and Game Play, to discuss a number of topics in the Toronto sports world. First up, the Jays and the upcoming trade deadline are mulled over as Michael gives his take on what the team should be doing and how dismal the year has been. Next up, Michael, who hosts the Locked On Leafs podcast, shares his take on Mitc...

Ryan and Clarkey are on location in Clarkey's Leafs cave, and they tee up more bonus content from last week's guest, 2004 Open Champion Todd Hamilton. Todd discusses his career in Japan and on the Asia Tour, the golf course itself at Royal Troon and some highlighted difficult spots, as well as a great story of bringing the Claret Jug to a restaurant after he won. After that, the guys engag...

Ryan and Clarkey open the episode with a frank conversation about the Jays and their ongoing disappointing season, before turning things around with a huge guest. Golf analyst and pro Ian Doig jumps on alongside his longtime friend and winner of the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon, Todd Hamilton. Todd recounts his massive win, which was a huge part of his 2004 PGA Rookie of the Year season....

Ryan checks in from his birthday vacation out in Port Moody, BC, and gives his thoughts on the happenings around the NHL free agent frenzy. Clarkey and Ryan discuss the Leafs bulking up their D, Ryan’s Caps as big winners, Stammer leaving Tampa and much more, including winners and losers. Golf pro and instructor Ian Doig hops on and discusses his thoughts on Marner and Morgan Reilly in Leaf Land,...

The guys welcome back host of TSN 1050's First Up, Aaron Korolnek, who hosts the weekly morning show Mondays through Fridays 6-10 a.m. alongside former Leaf Carlo Colaiacovo. AK digs into the Cup Final, McDavid winning the Conn Smythe in a losing effort, the Leafs and Mitch Marner, needs for the team, and much more. AK also weighs in on the sad state of the Blue Jays, where they go from here,...

Ryan sits down with Jonny Lazarus, analyst on NHL Network and host of the Blue Crew Pod, among many other things, to discuss the Stanley Cup Final. Can the Oilers come all the way back and be the 2nd team to ever come back from 3-0 down in a final to win? Is McDavid on one of the greatest individual runs ever? Is Bobrovsky elite? Jonny tackles that and some recent big trades. Following that, Clark...

Ryan and Clarkey welcome back longtime journalist and umpire, Jim Cressman, and Gaming News Canada's Steve McAllister, who officiated hockey at many levels for years. The guys discuss Angel Hernandez, the state of pro umpiring, NHL officiating in playoffs vs. regular season, player's associations becoming more involved and much more. Also, the abuse being hurled at young up and coming offi...

A very special episode as Clarkey is joined by golf analyst Ian Doig to welcome on longtime PGA Tour pro and longtime golf analyst, Gary Koch. Ian and Clarkey talk to Gary about many things in the golf world, including LIV, the PGA and the PIF deal, Canadian golfers on tour and the history between Doigy and Gary, who have been friends a long time. To end off, Ryan and Clarkey give their Cup Final...

Ryan and Clarkey welcome back friend of the show Rob Longley, Toronto Sun Jays beat reporter, to discuss the messy Jays season so far. Rob digs into the hitting woes, the overabundance of "coaches", the fan's outlook and the danger of potentially entering a rebuild. Following that, Al McArthur of the Listowel Squash Courts hops on to chat about his exciting purchase of the Listowel L...

Justin Pooni, host of Homestand Leafs and a huge Canucks fan, hops on to chat about the revival of his Nucks, the playoffs so far and how he sees the conference finals shaking out. Following that, pro golfer and friend of the show Ian Doig hops on to chat Leafs, the Scheffler incident, the PGA Championship pickoff results, and an exciting week ahead for him on the course. To end, Ryan and Clarkey...

Ryan welcomes on a cast of characters from the 2023-24 GOJHL Sutherland Cup Champions, the Listowel Cyclones, who became GOJHL champs for the second time ever and first since 2018 alongside a fourth Cherrey Cup. The conversation starts with star goalie Dixon Grimes. Ryan and he discuss his return to Listowel where his junior career started, the season he had with goalie partner Riley Arts, and his...

Well...here we are again. The guys welcome on host of Homestand Leafs, Albert Vartanian, to discuss what went wrong this time with the Leafs. Is it the goalies? Mitch Marner's future. Core 4 failures? Albert gives his thoughts on a number of issues including the firing of head coach Sheldon Keefe. Following that, Todd Crocker, PxP voice of the Marlies, comes on to discuss Sheldon and his exper...

The fellas welcome back great friend of the show and Leafs super fan, Jason Maslakow, aka Dart Guy to discuss a massive Game 6 win for the Buds over the Bruins to force, of course, a game 7. The heroes for the Leafs are discussed, including Max Domi, Matthew Knies and of course, Joseph Woll, who has been stellar since taking over for Samsonov. Predictions and storylines are given out for Game 7, a...

First up, longtime coach Jason Brooks jumps on to dissect the first three games of the Leafs/Bruins series. Marner, Samsonov, power play struggles and more are touched on, as well as what the Bruins are doing well. Following that, longtime Hockey Night in Canada producer, Mark Askin, comes on the share tales and insights into the man, the myth, the legend, Bob Cole, who passed away this week at th...