The Steve Warne Project - Ottawa Sports Talk

We discuss how Amazon is going to own everything soon, including their own NFL TV ratings. The NHL is looking at an international hockey event in 2025, and then alternating Olympic participation and World Cups every two years. Tyler Toffoli wasn't fond of Darryl Sutter's mind games in Calgary. AI helps to get rid of awful Zoom quality audio.

Jim's buddy gets two hole-in-ones in the same round. Phil Mickelson and Gambling, and the future of Fighting in Hockey

We discuss Bryson DeChambeau's 58; the exciting debut of the Davis Schneider in Toronto; the big fight between Cleveland and the White Sox; the bizarre suspension of a Baltimore Orioles announcer for mentioning the club's poor recent record against Tampa; the Erik Karlsson trade and more...

Vladimir Tarasenko signs for less in Ottawa and fires his agent. Player agents don't always bat 1000. Jimmy talks about the time his own agent tuned him up. Jim has a weird plant in his hotel room. Ray Romano's unusual movie choices.

We consider renaming the show "That's news to Jim."

Once we get Jim up to speed on ChatGPT, we mess around with it a little, letting it write our new show intro. Brooke Henderson shoots a 29, the best front nine in majors history. We talk about year-round training for sports and how Gretzky's "try other sports in the summer" isn't realistic anymore. Not if you want to make the NHL.

Jim fails to break 100 at his favourite hometown golf tournament. Brian Harman wins the British Open. The REDBLACKS win again. Lionel Messi makes a great first impression.

We've got your general silliness and hoopla, plus the latest on the NHL, including Alex DeBrincat, Michael Andlauer, summer hockey, and the future of Hockey Night in Canada.

We get a little off the rails in this one. Jim talks about shmoozing his future wife at Gretzky's wedding. Steve talks about his current addiction to sausages. The new NHL maximum salary for one year is about seven times more than Guy Lafleur earned in his 17-year career. Bob Cole turns 90 and much more!

Steve and Jim discuss the layoffs and station shutdowns at Bell Media and TSN 1200. Jim marvels at online shopping. We also discuss an amazing week of golf, with a Canadian winning the Canadian Open and then a relative unknown holding off Rory McIlroy to win the US open.

Jim tries out his stand-up comedy material for Steve who has to delete almost all of it. We get into the PGA Tour's merger with LIV Golf. We discuss the Stanley Cup Final. A Vegas business tries to provide extra incentives for the Golden Knights. The Columbus Blue Jackets have a couple of controversial acquisitions.