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.
Episodes
127 episodes
Apr 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Rory Gets His Slam, It's NHL Playoff Time, Remembering Ray Shero
In their latest episode, the Sports Lunatics, Shawn and Howie, look at Rory McIlroy winning the 2025 Masters and achieving his career Grand Slam. They talk about why it was such a compelling weekend of golf television. It's NHL Playoff time and...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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1:04:16
April 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Ray Shero and his father Fred Shero
Long time NHL executive Ray Shero passed away this week at the age of 62. In this episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie look back on Ray's career and they reflect on the career of his father, Fred, as well. Ray was the assistant ...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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31:27
April 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Alex Ovechkin Passes Wayne Gretzky with Goal #895
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, Alex Ovechkin scored a goal against the New York Islanders in a 4-1 Caps loss. That goal was the 895th of his career allowing him to surpass Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer. Shawn and Howie disc...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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36:19
April 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Vladdy Jr. Signs, Greg Millen, The Clemente Debacle in Pittsburgh
It seems like there is so much happening at the same time these days. At the same time as Alexander Ovechkin was scoring the goal that broke Wayne Gretzky's NHL record (another episode), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was agreeing to terms with the Toro...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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34:13
April 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Scottie, Tiger, Jack; Mark Laforest; The Ovie Chase
In this episode of The Sports Lunatics, Shawn and Howie start off with a quote from Bubba Watson about how Scottie Scheffler's 2024 season was better than Tiger Woods' 2000 year. They bring up a number of great years and great eras in golf hist...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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32:53
Mar 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering George Foreman
In this episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie look back at the life and the many sides of the former heavyweight champion, George Foreman. They also look back on what was the greatest era of boxing in their lifetimes. The good, t...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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35:37
Mar 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Tiger Woods and Various Impactful Athletes of our Lifetimes
This episode began as a discussion of Tiger Woods and his dominance of golf through his prime years and it became a conversation of great and impactful athletes who dominated during the lifetimes of Shawn and Howie. It brought back memories for...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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35:55
March 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Feinstein, Trautwig, Oliver Miller and Junior Bridgeman
As they've done many times in the past with other sports figures, Shawn and Howie look back and celebrate the lives of John Feinstein, Al Trautwig, Oliver Miller and Junior Bridgeman.
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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37:02
Mar 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Elbows Up, Canada and Remembering Mike Lange
In this episode, the boys talk about the meaning of 'Elbows Up', the toughness of Gordie Howe, Alex Ovechkin's chase of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record and Shawn tells a touching story about his conversations with the late Mike Lange. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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31:08
Howie Appears on The Lorne Brooker Show on CJBQ with Zach McGibbon and Ted Bradford
On March 5, 2025, Howie was a guest on The Lorne Brooker Show on CJBQ AM800 in Belleville. Zach McGibbon and Ted Bradford had a fun conversation with Howie as they talked about his latest book, The Consequences of Chance. The book is available ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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14:40
Mar 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Four Nations Faceoff and The Tarnishing of The Great One
Shawn and Howie get together to discuss their feelings about the outcome of the NHL's outstandingly successful Four Nations Face Off and the fallout of the Canadian victory in both a hockey milieu and everything else that came with that. They a...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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38:21
Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Miracle on Ice 45th Anniversary & Five Years of The Sports Lunatics - Their First Show
February of 2025 marks the 45th anniversary of the United States' Miracle on Ice victory over the Soviet Union at Lake Placid in 1980. It's also the anniversary of Shawn and Howie's first show which happened to discuss that American victory at ...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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55:30
Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Oh Canada! 4 Nations Face-off Reaction
In this episode, Shawn goes solo with his impassioned reaction to the Four Nations Face Off and Canada's dramatic overtime victory over the United States.
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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18:35
Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - The Super Bowl Fallout, Pro Football Hall of Fame and Baseball Hall of Fame
In the latest episode of the show, Shawn and Howie talk about the Super Bowl, whether the Kansas City Chiefs are a dynasty or if they're finished, whether Patrick Mahomes is on his way to becoming the GOAT or not and Sequon Barkley's place in f...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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50:25
Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Sports Dynasties, Present and Past, Good or Bad?
It's that time of year, time to find out which NFL team will achieve supremacy. Will the Kansas City Chiefs establish themselves as a true dynasty? What about other teams that have proven themselves as a dynasty? Both today, or in the 2000s or ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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53:44
Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Torts' Milestone, Flower's Legacy and Remembering Shawn Simpson
In this episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie discuss John Tortorella's career and highlights after he coached his 1,600th NHL game this past week. They also look at the career of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, especially punctuat...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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33:09
Jan 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Bob Uecker
On January 16, 2025, Bob Uecker passed away. Shawn and Howie discuss the life of the catcher-turned-play-by-play man, pitchman, actor and personality. Howie's grandmother used to say that "It takes a brilliant man to play the clown." Uecker's a...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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49:45
Jan 2025 - Sports Lunatics - January 1 Bowl Games and Remembering Greg Gumbel
In this episode, Shawn and Howie discuss how January 1 Bowl games seem different today from the way they used to be. They talk about their thoughts on the playoff system in college football today and their memories of some their first January B...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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35:42
Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Rickey Henderson
On December 21, 2024, Rickey Henderson passed away. He was a Hall of Famer who was one of the greatest baseball players of his generation. He had strength, speed and personality. He stole more bases and scored more runs than anyone else in the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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42:24
Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Festivus Airing of Grievances
In this episode, Shawn and Howie celebrate Festivus and in so doing, they have their Airing of Grievances. They talk about a bunch of things that bother them in sports today. Pricing at sports events, break dancing at the Olympics, bad owners o...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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35:40
Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Dick Allen, Dave Parker Get Into BBHOF, 40th Anniversary of Gary Carter Trade
After a long wait, Dick Allen and Dave Parker have selected by the Era Committee to enter Baseball's Hall of Fame. Shawn and Howie discuss the two men and their feelings about their selections. Shawn has mixed in some wonderful audio as well. A...
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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36:04
Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - December 8 In Three Different Years Past
Back when Shawn and Howie started The Sports Lunatics Show, one of their ideas for the show was to talk about things that had happened on that day in years past. In this episode, Howie talks about three different things that happened on Decembe...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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28:39
Nov 2024 - Memories of The Bob Guertin Arena with Ken Warren
This was a great conversation between Howie and the Ottawa Citizen's Ken Warren. Ken used to be a part of the sports department and now writes news. But as soon as the two men began talking they reverted back to the 1990s when they crossed path...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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30:10
Nov 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Is McDavid a 2000-Point Man? How Good Is Vasilevskiy? Memories of the Astrodome.
In a multi-layered episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie discuss the efficiency and speed with which Connor McDavid was able to reach the 1,000-point mark. But, can he make it to 2,000 points? What will the major impediment be fo...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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39:14
Nov 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Jeremy Roenick's Speech, The Fragility of Pro Careers, John Robinson
On Monday, November 11, the Hockey Hall of Fame held their induction night. Among the many speeches, one stood out. Jeremy Roenick gave a speech that had everyone, not just those in the venue itself, but all those watching on television and loo...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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33:26