Saturday night's all right for fighting, or perhaps - fighting for.
A new book written by David Shoalts (Globe and Mail) examines how Hockey Night in Canada, the crown jewel of Canadian sports broadcasting properties, changed hands from CBC to Rogers Communications in shocking fashion prior to the 2014-15 NHL season.
Shoalts joins Neil Acharya & Neate Sager to discuss Hockey Fight in Canada (Released Sept. 29), exploring the inner workings of the $5.2-billion deal that ended the 62-year reign of a CBC institution.
Don't know much about Keith Pelley, or John Collins? Why is NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to be underestimated only at one's peril?
Find out the answers to these questions and more on the latest episode of SportsLit.
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 8) - Jim Lang - Everyday Hockey Heroes, Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 7) - Joshua Kloke (The Athletic) - Come on You Reds, The Story of TFC
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 6) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Hockey Card Stories 2
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 4) - Rob Simpson - No Heavy Lifting, Globetrotting Adventures of a Sports Media Guy
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 3)- Daemon Fairless - Mad Blood Stirring, The Inner Lives of Violent Men
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 2) - Dan Robson (Sportsnet) - Killer, My Life in Hockey - Doug Gilmour
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 1) - Karl Subban - How We Did It, with Scott Colby (Toronto Star)
SportsLit (Episode No. 3) - - Stacey May Fowles - Best Canadian Sports Writing with Pasha Malla
SportsLit (Episode No. 2) - Greg Oliver (Slam! Wrestling) - Gratooney The Looney - Gilles Gratton
SportsLit (Episode No.1) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Dennis Maruk
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