In a free-form discussion, Shawn and Howie start by discussing Alexander Ovechkin's decision to retire at the end of the 2026-27 season, the latest edition of Jeff Pearlman's Press Box Chronicles podcast in which he talks about the life and career of Gary Carter and how teammates mocked his personality while he played but they knew they could depend on him as the great catcher that he was. The boys also talk about Canadian University Sports' greatest spectacle, the Panda Game that is held every year between the University of Ottawa Gee Gees and the Carleton University Ravens at TD Place in Ottawa every year. Shawn also remembers race car driver Gordon Johncock who passed away at the age of 90 this week.

Craig Wallace is a Toronto author. He's written a new book on the 1974 series between the Canadians in the World Hockey Association and the Soviets. He joined Howie to talk about that series and the two go pretty in-depth on the whole subject. The conversation was great. And it helped set the stage for the very first Canada Cup two years later.

After a brief hiatus, Shawn and Howie are back with a brand new episode of The Sports Lunatics Show. In this edition, they discuss the lives and legacies of George Gillett, Barry Melrose and the great George Chuvalo.

On September 1, Howie was a guest on the Gridiron America podcast with the hosts, Dave Cieslinski, a former sports executive, Mike Tackett, a former pro football player in Europe and Greg Saint James, a sports historian from Chicago originally but residing now in Japan. The guys love the Canadian Football League and a good portion of the show was on what happened the weekend before in the CFL. The show went on for more than ninety minutes, so it's been broken up into three digestible segments. Here's the second part.

On September 1, Howie was a guest on the Gridiron America podcast with the hosts, Dave Cieslinski, a former sports executive, Mike Tackett, a former pro football player in Europe and Greg Saint James, a sports historian from Chicago originally but residing now in Japan. The guys love the Canadian Football League and a good portion of the show was on what happened the weekend before in the CFL. The show went on for more than ninety minutes, so it's been broken up into three digestible segments. Here's the first part.

Among those sports figures we've lost in August of 2026, Shawn and Howie go back and look at the lives and careers of the great pioneer and pitcher Tommy John, Hockey broadcaster Peter Maher and CFL and NFL champion O.J. Brigance.

Shawn and Howie continue their series of great sports stories from individual decades. This episode, they talk about the 1980s. If you were alive then, you probably have memories of each of these. Great moments for sure! What are your memories? Go to the Sports Lunatics Show page on Facebook and let the guys know!