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This week’s episode features TSN and NBC’s Chris Cuthbert, a legendary Canadian play-by-play broadcaster with over 30 years experience. He’s called Stanley Cup playoffs, Grey Cup championships, and multiple Olympic events including the 2010 men’s hockey final between Canada and the USA. Cuthbert discusses how he got his big break after a power outage took an NHL game off the air, returning to CBC years after he was infamously fired during the 04-05 lockout, and his all-time favourite play-by-play assignment.

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The Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos have had their name since the late 1890s, but the name has drawn ire for being disrespectful to Inuit people. This week’s episode features a conversation with Norma Dunning (@Norma__Dunning), an Inuk PhD student in Indigenous People’s Education at the University of Alberta and the 2018 winner of the Danuta Gleed Award for the book Annie Muktuk and Other Stories. She speaks about the history of the term and why it’s derogatory to the Inuit community.

Further reading:
https://theconversation.com/edmonton-eskimos-is-a-racial-slur-and-its-time-to-stop-using-it-87721
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-eskimos-name-change-inuk-critic-1.4401422
https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/author/normadunning/
http://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/edmonton-eskimos-defensive-name/

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Montreal Gazette and Howler Magazine’s own David Rudin (@DavidSRudin) joins The Scrum Podcast this week to discuss all of the big stories of the past month, including Canada, USA and Mexico’s successful joint bid for the 2026 World Cup, Erik Karlsson’s wife being a victim of cyberbullying via his teammate’s girlfriend, more cyberbullying talk via Sportsnet’s Damien Cox’s comments on radio, an innappropriate incident at the most recent Pitch Talks event in Toronto, and DAZN acquiring European football rights including UEFA Champions League.

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This past week, the 2026 FIFA World Cup was awarded to Canada, the United States, and Mexico. We spoke to Sportsnet’s head soccer writer John Molinaro (@JohnMolinaro) about the news.

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Steve Dangle Glynn (@steve_dangle) is a hockey YouTuber known for the LFR YouTube show. His YouTube channel has over 85,000 subscribers and he’s amassed over 20 million views.
He’s also a podcast host and content contributor for Sportsnet. We spoke to Steve about his setup for his YouTube videos, how he came up with the name Steve Dangle, making connections to move ahead, the famous YouTube couple who broke up, and why Tristan shouldn’t drink four coffees a day.

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Marshall Ferguson (@TSN_Marsh) is the play-by-play man for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League, and the co-host of the Marsh and Melo show on TSN 1150 in Hamilton. Ferguson was also a quarterback himself, playing for the McMaster Marauders university football team and was a game away from winning a Vanier Cup against the Université de Montréal Carabins at Molson Stadium in 2014. He’s been covering Johnny Manziel pretty closely, the former star Texas A&M and NFL quarterback who resurfaced in Canada with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last month. We got to speak to him about his coverage and how he’s looked in training camp.

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Julian wasn’t able to make it in studio this week so Tristan D’Amours is joined by guest host Safia Ahmad, media relations coordinator at Les Canadiennes de Montreal and freelance journalist. Safia and Tristan welcome co-host of the Upford Network’s Habemus Pod – A podcast about HBO’s The Young Pope, Harrison Milo Rahajason (@har_ri_son) to go over some of the media stories for the month of May.

On the docket for this month’s MSM segment: Francoise Abanda and her press conference regarding racial treatment in Canadian tennis, The Athletic entering the soccer game in North America, how to cover Johnny Manziel in Hamilton and the continued coverage of athletes having gone through scandals using the example of Patrick Kane at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

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Kevin Laramée (@KevLaramee) is a host and producer of a number of sports podcasts including Soccer Today, 5 Rings Podcast and the Scuderia F1 Podcast. All these podcasts, and more, can be found on his own network, the Sports Podcasting Network. We chatted with him about how he got into the podcasting game, how to stand out, and how to get into podcasting if you've been thinking about doing it yourself!

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Craig Button (@CraigJButton) is a hockey analyst and broadcaster for TSN. Before joining TSN, he was a Director of Scouting and later the Director of Player Personnel for the Dallas Stars, winning a Stanley Cup in 1999. Button was also the general manager of the Calgary Flames and a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. We spoke to Craig about what it's like covering the NHL Draft as a member of the media versus working at the draft for a team.

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Stephanie Labbé (@stephlabbe1) is a Bronze medal winning goalkeeper for Team Canada women’s national soccer team. Recently, Labbé tried out with the Calgary Foothills of the Premier Development League and was granted a spot with the team, only for the league to deny her a place because she’s a woman. She joined The Scrum to discuss the media attention surrounding her story and her experiences with the Foothills.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/top-female-soccer-player-barred-from-mens-league-1.4644837

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