Author: torontosportsmedia
TSN Reporter, Rick Westhead Joins Jonah Sigel #inthepresstrow by @bleavpodcasts & Sleepenvie News/Sports journalist talks about his career, his upcoming book and covering difficult stories in sports today
By TSM Rick Westhead has had an atypical career as a journalist. Many say they have done it all, when in fact he has. Rick worked in sports, covering [...]
Toronto Sports Hibernation Pt. Deux
By TSM Amazing how quickly we have gone from 7 days a week, non-stop sports to no local professional big three sports at all. The Maple Leafs didn't [...]
Back To The Grind? Toronto Sports Media Equality Question How are you watching habits evolving? Where are the women in radio in Toronto?
By TSM Editors note: Sunday night addition! Michelle Sturino joined me #inthepressrow to talk about her career and her story of being passed ove [...]
A Review of the Shapiro/Atkins Body of Work & More With Andrew Stoeten Andrew Stoeten covers The Toronto Blue Jays for The Athletic, this is his take on all things Blue Jays.
By TSM We hear all the time of good stories where athletes come from nowhere to star in their sport at all levels, so why not add one from the othe [...]
Toronto Sports Media Generational Gap, NHL Media Rates & Give Huey A Break Audience age is as evolving as much as content creators, Rogers oversold the NHL return audience and kapanen Scores or did he?
By TSM I have a few favorite episodes of Happy Days the TV show. The first one is the Jump The Shark episode where Fonzie on waterskis attempt to ju [...]
Cabbie Richards Unplugged In The Pressrow on Kobe, Iron Mike, Jordan, The Raptors and More BR Betting Host and creator of Cabbie Presents and Cabbie on the Street shares his career story, tales of interviews with Kobe Bryant, Mike Tyson, and why the Raptors have a chance to repeat! Type
By TSM Today you can see and hear him on B/R Betting the Bleacher Report show, but before that he was amongst one of the most popular and most recogn [...]
Dirk Hayhurst Unplugged: Minor League Extortion, Porn In Broadcast Booth & More Former major league baseball pitcher and broadcaster talks about life in the minor leagues and how broken the system is and how sexism transferred over to the broadcast booth too and much more.
By TSM New York Times best-selling author and former major league baseball player and broadcaster Dirk Hayhurst openly talks about the "un-glorifying [...]
The Dean Of Sports Radio, Tony Bruno In The Pressrow with Jonah Sigel by Bleav Legendary sports radio host Tony Bruno shares his best stories and reasons for success spanning over 50 years in the business.
By TSM In the world of Sports radio, there are hundreds of personalities who have earned the icon moniker. Being the first voice on the radio for ESP [...]
Hipaa, Pipeda, Corona, Hazing & Sports Media Been the craziest 72 hours in sports media issues since covering sports media
by TSM Editor's note: On June 22nd, I interviewed Brock McGillis. The interview is below. Happy Father's Day weekend all! Things remain steady her [...]
The Voice of The Toronto Blue Jays Jerry Howarth In The Pressrow With Jonah Sigel Jerry Howarth was in the booth for the Toronto Blue Jays for 36 years, hear his story on how he got there, his partnership with Tom Cheek, Joe Siddall, a voice that came to him in the booth and more
By TSM Jerry Howarth came to Toronto via Salt Lake City and Tacoma WA, a long way from California. Yet, Toronto for Jerry is home and we caught up wi [...]
Sportsnet’s Hockey Night In Canada & Hometown Hockey Host Ron MacLean In the Pressrow with Jonah Sigel Sportsnet's Hockey Night In Canada & Hometown Hockey Host Ron MacLean In the Pressrow with Jonah Sigel
By TSM I will have a regular post/podcast later this week. This interview stands alone and I wanted to bring it you while it was fresh.. From coast [...]
NBA, NHL Creep Towards A Return, Baseball Not So Much & Check in With Joe Siddall The NHL and NBA are inching towards plans for the re-birth of the 2019-20 Season while MLB suffers in-fighting and we talk to Joe Siddall
By TSM EDITED: As if hockey fans needed another reason to get excited about the return of the #NHL on @Sportsnet ...Welcome to the team, Chris Cuthb [...]
Freelancers, The Sports Media Forgotten And The Future Of Fan Experience Many people are responsible for the production of the sports media we consume; during the pandemic some are forgotten, these are the freelancers
By TSM When we think about the shutdown of sports we think about players, we think about fans, GM's, coaches, play by play teams, and all those direc [...]
Rogers Hometown Hockey Co-Host & Singer Extraordinaire Tara Slone In the Pressrow by Bleav with Jonah Sigel Rogers Hometown Hockey Host and Joydrop lead singer joins Jonah in the Pressrow talking about her background, life during the Corona, the Canadian Heritage Act and much much more.
By TSM Going to try to mix it up for you a bit. Let me know if this works: adding in some content to a podcast post; read if you like, listen if that [...]
An Incoherent Toronto Sports Media Post With no sports taking place, and the likelihood of them starting any time soon, some rambling thoughts on life from someone trying to not go mad
By TSM I've read, listened to, and talked to many of you about the lack of fresh posts from me lately. I greatly appreciate the thirst and hunger for [...]
NCAA Basketball, ESPN Sunday Night Baseball & Toronto Blue Jays Broadcaster Dan Shulman #inthepressrow by Bleav with Jonah Sigel From the early days on the Fan590 and Prime Time Sports to NCAA Basketball, Sunday Night Baseball and a return to play by play of the Toronto Blue Jays Dan Shulman talks about modern life as a sports broadcaster.
By TSM From NCAA Men’s College, Basketball and Major League Baseball telecasts for ESPN to play-by-play for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet Dan Sh [...]
Leafs Lunch Host & Broadcaster Andi Petrillo In The Pressrow by Bleav with Jonah Sigel The first woman to host Hockey Night in Canada and to have her own daily radio show on an all-sports radio station joins Jonah talking about York Region restaurants, tattoos in the workplace, Jeff O'Neil and more.
By TSM The current host of the daily radio show, Leafs Lunch on TSN1050 in Toronto Andi Petrillo joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow. Andi got her sta [...]
NFL Play By Play & Sports Broadcaster Howard David Joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow by Bleav Current podcaster with Twitch and Bleav, longtime sports broadcast and play by play man shares the best of his amazing career.
By TSM For over 20 years Howard David has called NFL football games for various networks both for teams and on national networks. Howard has worked f [...]
Former Fan 590 Program Director Don Kollins Joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow, by Bleav Former Fan 590 PD tells what life was like managing Bob McCown, Greg Brady, Andrew Walker, Scott Moore, Tim and Sid and more.
By TSM Don Kollins has spent his entire life in radio from Saskatchewan to Ottawa and back, then to Kitchener and Toronto and then to San Fransisco. [...]
WWE Hall Of Fame Wrestling Legend Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) @realddp Joins Jonah Sigel & Page Magen in the Pressrow by Bleav Diamond Dallas Page (DDP), Hall of Fame semi-retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor, motivational speaker, and actor joins Jonah Sigel and Page Magen to talk about a life lived in professional wrestling and the importance of yoga and a healthy lifestyle in the Corona era.
By TSM Diamond Dallas Page, better known as DDP is a Hall of Fame wrestling legend. He has been involved in the game either as a manager, wrestler, c [...]