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  • Julia Ranney on writing for Man City, Interviewing De Bruyne, Canada vs Ireland, WWC and Project 8!
    (0:00) Julia on her start in writing, working for Man City and writing process (9:50) Interviews with Kevin De Bruyne and others! (16:00) Advice for Women in Soccer media and impact of Women’s Soccer (23:40) Project 8's impact on Women's Soccer in Canada (26:00) Canada vs Ireland and Canada’s WWC so far, lineup decisions (40:30)Expectations for Canada at the WWC (46:45) Man City and Man Utd’s upcoming seasons, will City Repeat as Treble winners?Like and please Subscribe!! Available everywhere!Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMw7Pi6U6QFollow on Twitter: @AlexAdamsBTP and @BehindthePlay_ IG:BehindthePlayPod
    57 min
  • Dean Brown on Career, Sens, Andlauer, DeBrincat trade, Korpisalo, Sens D-Corps, Alfie, PxP and more!

    (00:00) Dean shares his career journey(4:45) Keys to being a good play by play announcer and his partners in the booth (14:00) Difference between radio and TV announcing (17:30) Origins of Scramble! And his famous calls (20:45) Dean’s most memorable moments! (25:20) Advice for young Broadcasters coming up! (30:30) If Dean was Commissioner, what rule he’d change (37:20) Andlauer new ownership reign and future! (40:55) DeBrincat trade (45:15) Korpisalo and Sens goaltending for next year (48:00) Sens D-Corps best defence in a long time? (50:00) Fan questions, on Alfie returning, closeness of the team important to winning and Dean’s relationship with Gord Wilson!

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Kyle Bukauskas on working at Sportsnet by 20, Charles Barkley hair comment, Sens and on Career!

    (00:00) Kyle shares how he got to Sportsnet at age 20 (11:40) Kyle’s Interview process (16:20) Brad Marchand incident and managing players (19:50) Charles Barkley calling Kyle Canada Tom Brady (22:40) Kyle’s hair and prep for being on TV (26:50) Advice for young journalists coming up! (30:45) If Kyle was Commisioner, what rule he’d change and favourite Arenas (32:40) Vegas vs Florida Cup and what it means for the game (35:30) Sens new ownership under Andlauer and future! (38:15) Which Canadian team will be the best next year? (40:50) Kyle as an Elite Hockey Prospect ;)

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    47 min
  • Oliver Platt Previews the WWC for Canada, Fleming, Sinclair, Project 8, CANMNT, Herdman and more!

    (0:00) Canadian Soccer landscape after the Men's World Cup and how Oliver Interviews (7:50) CANMNT, Herdman's tactics and criticism and CPL impact on CANMNT(13:00) Project 8's impact on Women's Soccer in Canada (16:00)WWC Preview for Canada, Canada's Scoring/Depth,and Fleming (24:40)Sinclair's importance to the team (26:30)CSA and Women's team and CSB deal and CSA new leadership (32:10)Fun Questions, Jonathan David Future, Saudi league, MK Dons and One Soccer's coverage

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    42 min
  • Tic Tac Omar on the Leafs, Nylander's future, Diversity in Hockey, No-trade clauses, Tandem goalies and more!

    (0:00) Omar on Nylander potential trade and his contract

    (9:05) Omar on his career and how he came up with Tic Tac Omar

    (21:00) Omar talks about diversity in hockey and its media

    (25:00) What rule Omar would change in the NHL if he was commissioner for the day

    (28:20) No-trade Clauses in the NHL and its impacts on Canadian teams

    (33:10) Are tandem goalies the future of the NHL?

    (38:50) Lack of Officiating in the NHL playoffs

    (45:50) Toronto Maple Leafs Off-season and 23-24 Outlook

    (52:50) Omar’s Confidence in 23-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

    (54:25) Core-4?

    (56:47) Is Nylander a Leaf next year!

    (58:20) Most Fascinating NHL Canadian team next year!

    1 hr 4 min
  • Jesse Granger on Vegas' Golden Knights cup run, Adin Hill, Marchessault, and is Vegas a Hockey Town?
    (0:00) Jesse talks about Vegas’ Cup run(6:00) How Jesse prepared an Adin Hill story in advance and his relationships with players(12:10) Marchessault, team chemistry and how Vegas won the cup!(15:30) Adin Hill and how to value goalies in the NHL (20:45) Why Vegas was so good defensivel(25:00) Will teams try and emulate the Vegas team construction and be cutthroat!?(29:20) Vegas a hockey market?? And keys to expansion(38:15) Advice for journalists!
    42 min
  • Dan Shulman on Blue Jays, Bichette/Vladdy seasons, keys to Play-by-Play, Canada Basketball and more!
    (0:00) Dan on his career and journey from Western to ESPN and calling the Blue Jays (9:50) Keys to Play by Play, difference between Basketball/Baseball announcing (15:00) his relationships with Buck Martinez, Jay Bilas and Dick Vitale (22:45) What to make of Blue Jays season so far (25:40) Vlad Guerrero and Bo Bichette’s years so far (30:30) Jays pitching has been its best in the past couple years? (33:00) Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro’s tenure as GM and President of the Blue Jays (38:10) Canada Men’s basketball, their road to the Olympics, SGA’s importance and more!
    47 min
  • Adam Iafrate on NHL Canadian Teams, Raptors, Bertuzzi, Debrincat, Habs 5th pick, and Canadian Soccer
    (00:00) Leafs Off-season and Bertuzzi (19:30) Sens and Debrincat/Korpisalo (28:00) Jets Dubois trade, Wheeler, Hellebuyck/Scheifele future (35:00) Habs, Reinbacher pick and (44:30) Flames future, Lindholm, Toffoli and more (50:08) Oilers/Canucks (57:55) Raptors Fred Vanvleet and future without him (1:18:00) Canadian Soccer and future of the Game, CPL and more! And Adam’s chat with Nick Bontis… (1:32:30) CANMNT gold cup/Nations league and future (1:44:45) CANWNT World Cup hopes (1:56:50) Max Domi to Leafs??
    2 hr
  • Salim Valji on Flames, Toffoli, Lindholm, Babcock's advice to Salim, Diversity in Hockey and Career!
    (0:00) Salim explains his career, Babcock’s advice to him (7:00) Salim’s process for writing (10:40) Transition for Salim from writing to TV (14:50) Salim’s interacting with players and management (18:45) Salim talks about diversity in hockey and its media (22:40) Toffoli trade and what happened and Lindholm (26:00) Future’s of Lindholm, Hanifin, Backlund and more (28:30) Why players want out of Calgary (32:00) What Conroy and Huska bring to the flames (34:40) What the Flames did at the Draft! (36:50) Dustin Wolf an NHLer Next Year?(38:40) Expectations for the Flames next year
    43 min

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Behind the Play: Examining the sports world from different angles, through interviews, analysis and exciting sports discussions. Hosted by Alex Adams