The Scrum Podcast

The Scrum Podcast

Analyzing the Canadian sports media landscape one facet at a time. Podcast hosts: Julian McKenzie & Tristan D'Amours. Email us your questions at thescrumpodcast@gmail.com. Support us at patreon.com/thescrumpodcast

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May 19, 2021 72 mins
This week’s guest is Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston. He’s an NHL insider who can be seen on Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts Saturday nights. He’s covered a bunch of Stanley Cup finals and Olympics. And he recently completed a marathon while raising funds in support of the organization Conquer Covid-19.
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The latest guests on The Scrum Podcast are Christian Polanco and Alexis Guereros, also known as The Cooligans. Christian and Alexis are New York City stand-up comedians that started a podcast which claims to be “the funniest and the gulliest” soccer show in the land. Their podcast led to their own television show “The Cooligans” on Fubo TV. They also host “The Prem Show,” a Premier League podcast live on their Twitch channel.

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The latest guests on The Scrum podcast are Daphnee Malboeuf and Emna Achour. Daphnee broke out in the sports media world in the past few years. After spending time at The Canadian Press and 91.9 Sports, she is now covering the Laval Rocket for RDS and also co-hosts Les Trois Etoiles on the same channel. Emna has also worked in sports media for The Canadian Press, LNH.com and The Athletic but has since left journalism to focus on ot...
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The latest guest on The Scrum Podcast is Olivier Brett. If you’re a soccer fan from Montreal, you probably know him already. He was the colour commentator of the inaugural Montreal Impact MLS broadcast team on TVA Sports before moving to RDS where he started his play-by-play career. He is one of the few who has done play-by-play in both French and English thanks to his work on TSN690AM in Montreal. He is now the play-by-play commen...
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The latest guest of The Scrum Podcast is Jason Concepcion of Crooked Media’s “Takeline” Podcast and ALL CAPS NBA Show on YouTube. Concepcion is also the former host of the Emmy Award-winning NBA Desktop and co-host of the podcast Binge Mode. Julian and Tristan speak to Jason about his new ventures at Crooked Media, his old ones with The Ringer, and they ask him about his New York Knicks.

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The Scrum Podcast has reached the centennial mark. Julian and Tristan couldn’t celebrate alone, however. They got a bunch of special guests to celebrate in a super special episode. Guests include: Kevin Raphael, Shireen Ahmed, Steve Dangle, Daphnee Malbeouf, Max Van Houtte, Avry Lewis-McDougall, Sofiane Benzaza, Safia Ahmad, producers Tom Zalatnai and Kevin Laramee, and Tony Marinaro.

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Julian and Tristan return to discuss some Canadian sports media personalities who’ve recently been laid off from Bell Media, while also considering their own careers in sports media. The duo also looks ahead to their 100th episode.

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The Scrum Podcast is back for 2021. Julian, Tristan and producer Kevin Laramee discuss the media and fan fallout from CF Montreal (formerly the Montreal Impact)’s rebranding event with special guest Jeremy Filosa of 98.5 FM in Montreal.

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December 8, 2020 91 mins
This week’s episode sees Julian and Tristan count down the 30 best Canadian sports media professionals in Canada. You might even hear from some of the list’s members in this week’s episode!

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November 16, 2020 38 mins
This week’s episode features TSN’s James Duthie. In addition to working as a host for TSN’s hockey coverage and a number of marquee sports events, he is the writer of “Beauties: Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories” (and the host of its accompanying podcast). Duthie joins Julian and Tristan and talks about the book, plays a voice memo he received from a future Hall of Famer, and tells us his favourite moments from hosting TSN’s TradeCe...
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This week’s guest is Jose M. Romero of the Arizona Republic. He and Craig Harris were the two writers who wrote about Mitchell Miller, the Arizona Coyotes draft pick who had previously been convicted for bullying a mentally disabled Black teenager. Romero discusses how he came across the story, his thoughts on Miller showing no remorse, and what the Coyotes need to do to make this situation right.

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This week’s episode of The Scrum Podcast features four-time Olympic champion and former Team Canada and Brampton Thunder forward Jayna Hefford to discuss Secret Deoderant’s $1 million dollar investment to the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association.

Hefford discusses specifics of the investment, the dynamic between men’s players when it comes to supporting women’s players, and more.

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This week’s episode features Renee Hess, the executive director and founder of the Black Girl Hockey Club.

Renee discusses how she fell in love with the sport of hockey, her impressions of the NHL’s attempts at being more inclusive and diverse, and the Hockey Diversity Alliance.

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This week’s episode of The Scrum Podcast features Arcadio Marcuzzi, a former journalist and soccer colour commentator turned media liaison for the Montreal Impact. Marcuzzi reveals what led to him joining the Montreal Impact organization, the first game he ever worked as a colour commentator on radio, and whether or not he misses being a reality TV star on the popular Quebecois show Loft Story.
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This week, Tristan and Julian speak to former Canadian women’s national team Bronze medallist Carmelina Moscato about her work on OneSoccer and as part of LeagueOne Ontario. Moscato also gives her thoughts on whether or not a National Women’s Soccer League team would work in Canada.

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This week, Julian and Tristan discuss the protest efforts of major sports leagues in light of a Black man, Jacob Blake, being shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Julian and Tristan also focus on how late the NHL was in participating and if they've made up for it.

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This week’s guest is Maxime Van Houtte of 91.9 Sports FM in Montreal. Van Houtte tells us what it’s like for Quebec francophones trying to enter the realm of sports journalism, how he ended up in radio, and why his hair is blonde

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This week’s episode features Avry Lewis-McDougall, who talks to Tristan and Julian about the latest over the Edmonton football team and the city hosting NHL hockey in the coming days. Julian and Tristan also discuss the lack of women’s sports available to Canadians during the pandemic.

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In this week’s episode, Julian and Tristan talk to Washington Post writer Sam Fortier about the latest developments surrounding the Washington Football team name’s potential change, as well as a bombshell report in the Post revealing 15 female employees alleging sexual harassment and verbal abuse from fellow employees.

More than a dozen women allege sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former team employees at Redskins Park (Washi...
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This week’s episode of The Scrum Podcast features TVA Sports’ Kevin Raphael who discusses his podcast Sans Restriction before jumping into a ton of topics ranging from NASCAR, Barstool Sports, and who should be in the conversation for the greatest Canadian athlete of all-time.

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