I'll Have Another

If there’s anything that irks Smith more than Blue Jays fans worrying about future trades midway through the season ― like the frenzy of talk about Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista after Smoak’s new deal was announced this weekend ― it’s people fiddling with O Canada. He’s got a better idea for how and when Canada’s national anthem should be played. Plus, Smith and Armstrong get a head start on previewing the Rio Olympic, talking the long list of athletes who have already dropped out and looking at Canada’s women’s soccer team’s chance at securing back-to-back podiums.

Drinking Stella Artois while dissecting the European Champion final, Milos Roanic’s Wimbledon loss and whether or not anyone cares about Major League Baseball’s All-Star game. Plus, Smith makes a public apology to Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman in this week’s Cheers and Jeers.

Co-hosts Doug Smith and Laura Armstrong, along with producer Paul Watson, recap the holiday that included the beginning of NBA free agency — and a momentous signing in the Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan — 19 innings of Blue Jays and the European Championship quarter-finals. Plus, they continue their series of Mt. Rushmore debates, this time veering away from sports in favour of another favourite summertime activity: beer drinking.

Smith makes the case for sending Marcus Stroman to Buffalo. Armstrong predicts who will come out on top, as the European Championship enters the quarter-final. And the two continue their Mount Rushmore debate, this time looking at soccer’s all-time greats.

Co-hosts Doug Smith and Laura Armstrong question who will be Toronto’s newest athletes after the NBA and NHL drafts; discuss the shambles that are this summer’s Rio Olympics, before the event has even kicked off; and pay homage to LeBron James for his NBA Finals win with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a victory that earns him a spot on basketball’s Mount Rushmore. Producer Paul Watson even chimes in for his first time on the show, wondering what kind of etiquette is required of professional athletes outside the stadium.

Golf-world darling Brooke Henderson, sports icons Gordie Howe and Muhammad Ali, plus bad behaviour in sports.

On tap for week one? Smith and Armstrong touch on everything from Dwane Casey’s new contract, the beginning of the European Championship, whether or not anyone’s thinking about the Stanley Cup Finals and the fallout from last summer’s Pan Am Games.