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
139 episodes
June 2024 - Sports Lunatics - 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees Named
On June 24, 2025, the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted eight new members and Shawn and Howie were standing by with their thoughts and opinions on the inductees and some of the players who did not make into the class of '25.
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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37:13
June 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Toews and Pain & June 22 in Sports History
In this episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Howie talks about the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup and their celebrations with the trophy. He talks about Jonathan Toews signing with the Winnipeg Jets and his hopes for next season for T...
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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32:18
June 2025 - Sports Lunatics - ChatGPT Posted Top Ten CFL Players of All Time List
Shawn and Howie had so much fun discussing ChatGPT's Top Ten Stanley Cup Heroes list that they decided to check out a similar list for the Canadian Football League. There were some surprising results, both on the list and off. Give it a listen ...
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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36:40
June 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering NFL Defensive Lineman Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall was a great defensive end for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the Cleveland Browns and most notably, the Minnesota Vikings. He was truly an ironman. His NFL career lasted 20 seasons. He was an All-Pro, and the Vikings captain as a me...
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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34:20
June 2025 - Sports Lunatics - ChatGPT Spits Out Top Ten Stanley Cup Heroes Since 1970
The Sports Lunatics are never afraid of trying something new. With the Stanley Cup Final Series now taking place, Shawn asked ChatGPT to make a list of the Top Ten Stanley Cup Heroes since 1970. Shawn and Howie were somewhat surprised at the pl...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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35:00
May 2024 - Sports Lunatics - 2025 NHL Playoffs, Handshakes, Jim Irsay, George Wendt and Rick Derringer
As the 2025 NHL Postseason heads into the Final series, Shawn and Howie look at how this year's Panthers-Oilers final series may be different from last year's. They also examine the handshake line, Paul Maurice's take on the coaches and other s...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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46:20
May 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Leafs Lose After Second Round, What Next?
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost Game 7 in their Atlantic Division Final Series against the Florida Panthers amongst the boos and the tossing of jerseys by the fans that remained in the building. The way they lost incensed and infuriated the team's...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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35:46
May 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Pete Rose & Shoeless Joe, Musberger and Chet Lemon
It's a packed show as Shawn and Howie discuss the removal from the Ineligibility List of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and others by Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and what it all could mean. They also talk about the upcoming recognition o...
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54:02
May 2025 - Howie Talks Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson on CJBQ-AM in Belleville
On May 13, 2025, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred took Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson off the ineligibility list, allowing them to be included on ballots for Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Howie appeared on CJBQ-AM in Belleville, Ontario ...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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12:11
May 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Pop, Eddie and Bobby Orr's Iconic Goal
In the latest Sports Lunatics Show episode, Shawn and Howie get back together after both were involved in the odyssey of moving. Howie is now back in Ottawa, where he grew up. The boys discuss the stroke that forced Gregg Popovich to have to le...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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36:53
May 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Ed Van Impe
The great Philadelphia Flyer defenseman Ed Van Impe passed away on April 29. We wanted to put a segment together that remembered Van Impe, a true hard-rock D-man in an age of them. In his rookie year, he was runner-up for the Calder Trophy as t...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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19:29
May 2025 - Sports Lunatics - May 4, 1980, 1989 & 1993
Howie is hosting and flying solo and he hits the Wayback Machine to go back to May 4 in 1980, 1989 and 1993. He looks at a night in Bloomington, Minnesota when the Flyers' Bill Barber scored four goals to help his team to a win over the hometow...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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38:23
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