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
In this episode, Shawn and Howie look back at the life, career and legacy of Mike Ditka. He played for the Bears, the Eagles and the Cowboys. He was an associate head coach of the Cowboys with Tom Landry and, of course, the coach of the Super Bowl Champion Bears in that historic 1985 season. He was also iconic as a football analyst after his playing and coaching careers were done. The boys tell some stories from his life and those ...
In a free-form discussion, Shawn and Howie start by discussing Alexander Ovechkin's decision to retire at the end of the 2026-27 season, the latest edition of Jeff Pearlman's Press Box Chronicles podcast in which he talks about the life and career of Gary Carter and how teammates mocked his personality while he played but they knew they could depend on him as the great catcher that he was. The boys also talk about Canadian Universi...
Craig Wallace is a Toronto author. He's written a new book on the 1974 series between the Canadians in the World Hockey Association and the Soviets. He joined Howie to talk about that series and the two go pretty in-depth on the whole subject. The conversation was great. And it helped set the stage for the very first Canada Cup two years later.
After a brief hiatus, Shawn and Howie are back with a brand new episode of The Sports Lunatics Show. In this edition, they discuss the lives and legacies of George Gillett, Barry Melrose and the great George Chuvalo.
On September 1, Howie was a guest on the Gridiron America podcast with the hosts, Dave Cieslinski, a former sports executive, Mike Tackett, a former pro football player in Europe and Greg Saint James, a sports historian from Chicago originally but residing now in Japan. The guys love the Canadian Football League and a good portion of the show was on what happened the weekend before in the CFL. The show went on for more than ninety ...
On September 1, Howie was a guest on the Gridiron America podcast with the hosts, Dave Cieslinski, a former sports executive, Mike Tackett, a former pro football player in Europe and Greg Saint James, a sports historian from Chicago originally but residing now in Japan. The guys love the Canadian Football League and a good portion of the show was on what happened the weekend before in the CFL. The show went on for more than ninety ...
On September 1, Howie was a guest on the Gridiron America podcast with the hosts, Dave Cieslinski, a former sports executive, Mike Tackett, a former pro football player in Europe and Greg Saint James, a sports historian from Chicago originally but residing now in Japan. The guys love the Canadian Football League and a good portion of the show was on what happened the weekend before in the CFL. The show went on for more than ninety ...
Among those sports figures we've lost in August of 2026, Shawn and Howie go back and look at the lives and careers of the great pioneer and pitcher Tommy John, Hockey broadcaster Peter Maher and CFL and NFL champion O.J. Brigance.
Shawn and Howie continue their series of great sports stories from individual decades. This episode, they talk about the 1980s. If you were alive then, you probably have memories of each of these. Great moments for sure! What are your memories? Go to the Sports Lunatics Show page on Facebook and let the guys know!
Shawn asked AI to pick the Top Ten sports stories from the 1970s that people still talk about and will continue to talk about in the future. He and Howie discuss the list and add memories of their own. It's a fun show with some great old audio clips added.
At the beginning of this episode, Shawn nails it. It's a bit of a mish-mash. Shawn and Howie discuss the 1976 Olympics and how the Games changed after 1976 with the boycotts in 1980 and 1984 and the loss of amateurism in the games over that time. They also talk about the remarks of the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong about the actual existence of Babe Ruth. Also, Canadian news legend Lloyd Robertson passed away on August 4, 2026. The boy...
Howie sat down and did a segment on four things that happened in Baseball History on August 4. You'll likely have a memory of each of them. The earliest one goes back to 1980. The most recent one took place in 1993.
It's August, the meat of the summer. We've put together a 'best of' show for you. Three clips from past shows. First, I talked with former Edmonton Eskimos special teams great, Jed Roberts, about the passing of the great wide receiver Waddell Smith. Next, Shawn and I talked about the anniversary of the passing of Thurman Munson on August 2, 1979. Lastly, Shawn has talked often of the greatness of Bo Jackson. Here's one of those occ...
Shawn asks Howie about Ottawa football history and Howie talks about the Ottawa Bootleggers and how they should be in the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
Howie talks about the players who will be in Ottawa for Legacy Night. Clements to Gabriel. One of the greatest moments of the last fifty years.
This episode goes in a bunch of directions, before finishing back in Ottawa. Shawn and Howie talk about Lebron James signing in Philadelphia and the possibilities for him there. They also talk about the Macklin Celebrini signing and the ramifications of the offer sheet for Leo Carlsson and what may be next in hockey. Then they move on to the Baseball Hall of Fame inductions and the lack of that 'it' factor. They also go back to tha...
In this multi-pronged episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie take one last look at the World Cup, the sudden and tragic loss of Duane Ward and his career, the passing of Ron Hunt and his impact on the Expos in his time in Montreal and his career and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
In the final installment of this mini-series, Howie and SiriusXM's Mick Kern count the Top Five NHL teams, according to The Sporting News, down from Number 5 to Number 1. The discussion is fast and fun.
The summer is usually a quiet time on the sporting landscape, but with the Home Run Derby and the baseball All-Star Game going on and the World Cup heading for their grand finale, the summer of 2026 has been buzzing with excitement and activity. Shawn and Howie discuss all of that and also possible impending labor strife in Baseball in 2027. Also, the boys look back on the life and career of former CFL All-Star Jim Corrigall.
Howie and SiriusXM's Mick Kern continue their look at the Sporting News' list of the NHL's greatest teams. In this episode, they look at the teams from #10 to #6. Do they agree with the teams on the list? Not always. Do they agree with each other all the time? Again, not always. It's a fun look back on some great NHL teams and Howie and Mick inject some really interesting facts into the whole conversation.
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