On the 57th edition of the show I had the absolute honour of being invited to the TFC training facility at the BMO Training Ground and to be joined by, TEAM PRESIDENT for Toronto FC and Toronto Argonauts of the MLS and CFL....BILL MANNING❗️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is sponsored by: The Bottom Line...restaurant and bar downtown Toronto. #MammaMia #FootyEdition #TorontosClassiestSportsBar #TFCLive

On the 56th episode of MAMMA MIA THIS IS FIRE TALK, I have the great honour to be joined by…Toronto Maple Leafs Legend and NHL Alumni: Rick Vaive‼️ Vaive played 13 season in the NHL from 1979-1992…with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres.   Rick is the first 50-goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE Bottom Line ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto! Go to the Bottom Line #TorontosClassiestSportsBar and have the best chicken wings in the city and that's the BOTTOM LINE!   #MammaMia #SportsPodcast #NHLAlumni #Legend 🔥💯

On an historic 55th episode of the show, I had my 1st FEMALE on, MAMMA MIA THIS IS FIRE TALK.....Emma Woods. Emma is a professional hockey player for the Toronto Six of the Premier Hockey Federation, formerly known as the NWHL.   Woods, an Assistant Captain with the first place Toronto Six this season, has also played NCAA D1 with the Quinnipiac Bobcats in Hamden Connecticut, United States for all four years. Emma has also played professionally in China with Vanke Rays & Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays while in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, as well in Sweden with Leksands IF.    The Burford, Ontario, Canada native currently has 8 goals, 9 assists totalling 17 points, in only 18 games this season this season for her hometown team! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto! Go to the Bottom Line #TorontosClassiestSportsBar and have the best chicken wings in the city and that's the BOTTOM LINE!   #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #MammaMia #SportsPodcast #WomensHockey

On the 54th edition of the show, I had the pleasure of being joined by Canadian professional ice hockey player...Brandon DeFazio! DeFazio is currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the top level of Hockey in Germany.   Brandon has played 2 games in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, along with playing professional in 7 different leagues and 5 different countries.   His brother Cole the current goaltender for the Oakville Blades in the OJHL, is following his brother's Brandon footsteps, as DeFazio played for the Oakville Blades between 2005-2007. Mentioning that the Oakville Blades organization set him up to receive his NCAA D1 scholarship to play at Clarkson University.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto! Go to the Bottom Line #TorontosClassiestSportsBar and have the best chicken wings in the city and that's the BOTTOM LINE!   #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #MammaMia #SportsPodcast #TorontosClassiestSportsBar

We are back talking some HOOPS and on the latest third edition of the series and the 53rd overall episode of the show, I had the pleasure of being joined by, Jack Armstrong. The Toronto Raptors (NBA) Broadcaster and NCAA D1 College Basketball Analyst on TSN, known for covering the March Madness tournament.   Jack has been with the Toronto Raptors and TSN since 1998 and has won 3 Canadian Screen Awards for the Best Sports Analyst in a Sports Program or Series.   Check out his Hellooo Jack MERCH at: https://hellojack.entripyshirts.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk​ #MammaMia​ #SportsTalkShow​ #HOOPTALK​ 🏀🔥💯 #TorontosClassiestSportsBar

On the 52nd edition of the show I had the pleasure of being joined by, newly signed defender for Toronto FC of the MLS, Lukas MacNaughton!  Lukas is joining on a two-year contract through 2023 with options for the 2024 and 2025 season.   MacNaughton just won the Canadian Premier League (CPL) championship with Pacific FC in the 2021 campaign.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MammaMia #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #SportsTalkShow #TorontosClassiestSportsBar #FootyEdition ⚽️🇨🇦🔥💯

On episode 51 of the show I was joined by professional soccer goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos, who plays for York United FC of the Canadian Premier League (CPL).    Niko has played professional in Australia and in the CPL with Calvary as well.! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MammaMia #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #SportsTalkShow #TorontosClassiestSportsBar #FootyEdition ⚽️🇨🇦🔥💯

On an historic 50th episode of the, MAMMA MIA THIS IS FIRE TALK podcast, I had the honour to chat with, Toronto FC and Canadian Men's National Team midfielder...Jonathan Osorio, on "Footy Edition" number 11!   We spoke about several things in his career and especially Oso's journey, the 2017 MLS Cup run for TFC, the CONCACAF Champions League run and MUCH MORE..! Canada is currently battling for a spot in the CONCACAF Qualifying, for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, in Qatar.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MammaMia #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #SportsTalkShow #TorontosClassiestSportsBar #FootyEdition ⚽️🇨🇦🔥💯

On the 49th edition and (FOOTY EDITION Episode #10), I was pleased to be joined by, Anthony Totera...who is the Lead Domestic Scout and Head of Community Engagement for York United FC of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the professional men's soccer league in Canada.    An very well-known and highly-regarded figure within the domestic game, Totera joins from the Canadian Premier League’s Football Operations Department where he served as Football Development & Special Projects Liaison.   The role saw Totera specialize in talent identification and the shortlisting of players, specifically across the CPL's initial 'Got Game' program and also the comprehensive and invaluable U Sports draft that's been in place since 2018.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  #MammaMia #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #SportsTalkShow #TorontosClassiestSportsBar #FootyEdition ⚽️🇨🇦🔥💯

On the 48th edition of the show, I was pleased to be joined by professional National Reporter for Rogers SPORTSNET...Arash Madani.    Arash has been with Sportsnet since January 2009 and has covered several of the following events: • Winter and Summer Olympics, Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, The Masters, Grey Cup, U.S. Open tennis, Davis Cup.   He also has worked in: • Sideline reporter, Hockey Night in Canada • Play-by-play, Canadian university football and basketball • News and feature writer for Sportsnet.ca.  • Regular fill-in host on FAN 590 sports radio  Madani, won the 2017 George Gross Award Winner for Canada's top sports broadcaster of the year.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is Sponsored by: THE BOTTOM LINE ... restaurant and bar in downtown Toronto! Go to the Bottom Line #TorontosClassiestSportsBar and have the best chicken wings in the city and that's the BOTTOM LINE!   #MammaMiaThisIsFireTalk #MammaMia #SportsPodcast