The Sports Lunatics Show
Shawn Lavigne, a longtime Toronto radio producer, and Howie Mooney, Ottawa television sports personality and author, discuss sports and sports history and delve into why what happened in the past is relevant today. Fun sports talk, lively interviews and always a good time.
Podcasting since 2023 • 150 episodes
The Sports Lunatics Show
Latest Episodes
Aug 2025 - Sports Lunatics - CFL Interviews, A Look Back
In this rebroadcast episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Howie has compiled excerpts from three interviews with former Canadian Football League personalities, Jo-Anne Polak, the first female general manager of a North American pro sports franch...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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57:51
Aug 2025 - Sports Lunatics - 1976 Canada Cup and Lionel Taylor
This one is for the hockey fans. Specifically, this one might be for the older hockey fans. Shawn and Howie talk about what might be a forgotten Canadian hockey landmark - the 1996 Canada Cup. Sandwiched between the 1972 Canada-Russia Summit Se...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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56:33
Aug 2025 - Sports Lunatics Short - August 12 in Canadian Baseball History
If you ask come Canadian baseball fans of a certain age what August 12 means to them, they may or may not have a memory of 1994. If they do, that date will bring sadness. On that date, the Montreal Expos were in first place in the National Leag...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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10:24
Aug 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Sports Tragedies
On August 2, we observed a tragic anniversary. On that date in 1979, Thurman Munson perished in a small plane crash in Ohio. He was practicing takeoffs and landings in his personal Cessna jet when he missed the runway and died at the scene. His...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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1:06:45
July 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Ryne Sandberg
In this edition of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie look back at the career and the life of Chicago Cubs great, Ryne Sandberg. From how he got to the Cubs, to that magical game in 1984 that propelled the team to the National League Cha...
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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38:44