Toronto Legends

Retired CBC Sports broadcaster Scott Russell talks about his time on Hockey Night in Canada, covering 17 different Olympic Games, his upcoming induction into the OSHOF, his new role as Chancellor at North Bay’s Nipissing University, his mentorship of Devin Heroux, his interactions with Jean Beliveau, Don Cherry, Nelson Mandela, Knowlton Nash, Ernie Afaganis, Brian Williams, Harry Neale, Don Wittman, George Stroumboulopoulos, Dick Irvin, Scotty Bowman, Mike Modano, Bob Cole, Mario Lemieux, Kelly Hrudey, Patrick Roy, Peter Mansbridge, Glenn Healy, running the Boston Marathon, and why everyone mistakes him for Scott Oake!

Scott and his fellow Class of 2025 Inductees will go into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Toronto’s Granite Club on October 16th...for full event details, please visit https://ontariosportshalloffame.com/

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Memorabilia Mogul Hersh Borenstein talks about getting into the business via Pavel Bure’s desire to ride roller coasters, his relationships with Gordie Howe and Johnny Bower, his final goodbye to The King Borje Salming, his time with William Shatner, Ralph Macchio, Heather Locklear, Dogpool and Michael J. Fox at Fan Expo, cleaning 30 years of bird poop off of the signature sign atop Wayne Gretzky’s Restaurant, his sly technique to get autographs from a reticent Ken Dryden, his interactions with Alex Ovechkin/The Killer Doug Gilmour/Carmen Electra/Vladislav Tretiak/Iron Mike Tyson/Donald S Cherry/Snoop Dogg/Marc-Andre Fleury/Dan Marino/Roger Clemens/Charles Barkley/Chuck Norris/Joe Carter/the Hanson Brothers, the market for celebrity-signed cancelled cheques (including one from Walt Disney), and how he acquired the varsity jacket Gordie Howe wore on The Simpsons!

For everything Hersh, please visit the Frozen Pond at https://frozenpond.com/

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Journalist/Broadcaster Marty York talks Globe & Mail, TSN, Sportsnet, The Fan, Metro Newspapers and shares stories upon stories upon stories with a cast of characters including Muhammad Ali, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, Doug Flutie, Bobby Orr, Donald S Cherry, Pat Gillick, John Tory, Paul Beeston, Damaso Garcia, George Bell, Kelly Gruber, Dave Stieb, Isiah Thomas, Marv Levy, Condredge Holloway, Hank Aaron, Cito Gaston, David Stern, Pinball Clemons, Harold Ballard, Don King, Bob McCown, Vince Carter, Terry Greer, Steve Simmons, Michael Landsberg, Scott Moore, Cliff Johnson, Norm Rumack, Marcel Dionne, Willie Wood, Ernie Whitt, Wayne Gretzky, Hank Ilesic and more! Prompting this question in the spirit of Steve Simmons: hey, whatever happened to Debbie Van Kiekebelt?

Marty has tirelessly worked for nearly a decade with B’nai Brith Canada advocating for human rights...see what they are up to at https://www.bnaibrith.ca/

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Gymnast Curtis Hibbert talks about his upcoming induction into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, his 7 medals (5 of them Gold) in a single Commonwealth Games, representing Canada at two Summer Olympic Games, his front-row memories of the Ben Johnson scandal in 1988, his post-gymnastics careers as a high diver at Canada’s Wonderland and as a Hollywood stuntman and as a Toronto police officer, his interactions with Jackie Chan/James Brown/the Prince of Monaco/Belinda Stronach, and why you might just see him breeze past you on an electric unicycle!

Curtis and his fellow Class of 2025 Inductees will go into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Toronto’s Granite Club on October 16th...for full event details, please visit https://ontariosportshalloffame.com/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Edmonton transplant/singer/songwriter Moe Berg talks about the ongoing concern that is The Pursuit of Happiness (TPOH), his supergroup Trans-Canada Highwaymen (TCH), meeting Jeff Bezos, the rocketship that was I’m An Adult Now, touring with Duran Duran/Eurythmics/The Replacements, meeting his idols Todd Rundgren/Alice Cooper/Jeff Lynne, the nemesis that was The Parachute Club, his love for the Chicago Blackhawks, throwing out the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game, his multiple appearances on TSN’s Off The Record, and having a TPOH video critiqued by Beavis and Butt-Head on MTV!

Moe and The Pursuit of Happiness are playing a FREE show at the Town of Aurora’s Ribfest on Saturday August 23...details for the tastiest event of the summer are available at https://www.aurora.ca/ribfest

For everything TPOH, please visit http://www.tpoh.net/

For everything TCH, please visit https://transcanadahighwaymen.ca/

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World Series Champion and former Toronto Blue Jays catcher/broadcaster Gregg Zaun talks about his Uncle Rick and Uncle Pat forging his path as a pro catcher, getting drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, winning a World Series with the 1997 Florida Marlins, his five productive seasons with the Blue Jays, playing for a variety of managers including Jim Leyland/John Gibbons/Cito Gaston/Carlos Tosca, catching the late great Roy Doc Halladay, his on-air chemistry with his Blue Jays Central ‘Brother From Another Mother’ co-host Jamie Campbell, his abrupt #MeToo-driven dismissal from Sportsnet in 2017, and why he has done his time/apologized and should be back in baseball!

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1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue Jays World Series Champion Todd Stottlemyre talks about growing up at Yankee Stadium (Mrs Babe Ruth supplied the ice cream), his dad Mel Sr’s amazing life in baseball, getting drafted not once not twice but three times before joining the Blue Jays, that historic 1992 World Series championship, the World Series back-to-back repeat in 1993 featuring the Bloody Chin incident (and telling Philly’s Mayor which body part he could kiss), why he did NOT know that Joe Carter hit that championship-winning walkoff home run, thoughtful memories of the late Rickey Henderson/Jim Clancy/Yogi Berra/George Bell, and fun anecdotes with Dave Stewart/Pat Borders/Dave Stieb/John Kruk/Paul Molitor/Robbie Alomar/Dave Winfield/Kelly Gruber/Neon Deion Sanders/Jose Canseco/Cito Gaston/Pat Gillick!

For everything Todd Stottlemyre, please go to https://toddofficial.com/about

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Martha and the Muffins co-founder Mark Gane talks about his debut solo album called Garden Music, his creative and life partner Martha Johnson, their song Echo Beach putting him into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, being signed to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin UK record label, sharing a Juno Award with Anne Murray, having three albums produced by Daniel (then Danny) Lanois, touring with the Eurythmics, why they changed their name to M + M (and subsequently back to Martha and the Muffins), their battles with Live Nation over naming of their Echo Beach venue (why no plaque?!?), and why he is at peace with the notion that ONCE a Muffin, ALWAYS a Muffin!

To get Garden Music, a collection of instrumentals based on common plant names, please visit https://markgane.bandcamp.com/album/garden-music

For everything MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS, please visit http://marthaandthemuffins.com/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Tim Cherry talks about Everything Cherry: the publication of his late sister Cindy’s The Don Cherry Story, how dad Don is doing as he approaches his 92nd birthday, the status of Don Cherry’s Grapevine Podcast after 313 episodes, the ramifications of Coach’s Corner ‘Poppygate’ six years later, the current status of the Ron & Don relationship, Don’s latest visit from BFF/Greatest Player of All Time Bobby Orr, the definitive histories of Blue the Bull Terrier(s)/Rock’em Sock’em Hockey/Don Cherry’s Sports Grill/Grapevine with Brian Williams, his mom Rose’s calm leadership to get through 52 family moves, and Don’s memories from his one NHL game with the Boston Bruins!

The Don Cherry Story by Cindy Cherry is available now at https://www.amazon.ca/Don-Cherry-Story-

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Journalist and Author Morgan Campbell talks about racing against his wife World Champion hurdler Perdita Felicien, his early football career interactions with CFL Superstar/US College Hall of Famer Chuck Ealey, walking on as a wide receiver for the Northwestern University Wildcats, his 18 years writing for The Toronto Star at 1 Yonge Street, his pivot to contributing to CBC Sports and the NY Times, developing a working relationship with Jose Bautista that began pre-bat flip, and the positive reaction to his debut memoir My Fighting Family!

For everything Morgan Campbell including My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and the Battles That Made Us, please visit https://bymorgancampbell.com/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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