Inside Sports

Entering the final weekend of regular season action, Alberta Golden Bears basketball coach Geoff Pippus joins Brenden Escott to recap the regular season so far and help preview what’s coming up next against Lethbridge this weekend and beyond into the post-season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Hodge from 3 Down Nation joins Brenden to discuss the CFL’s legal tampering window, additions the Elks have reportedly made ahead of the free agency window opening next week and much more. Find John’s work at 3DownNation.com and follow him on X at (@JohnDHodge). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott is joined by David Morassutti from Locked On Leafs to tee up the Oilers and Maple Leafs game. Get thoughts on their difficult season, Craig Berube’s impact on the team, the absence of Mitch Marner and how much of this season’s struggles can be attributed to that and much more. Find David’s work anywhere you get your streaming audio by searching for Locked On Leafs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the February 2 show with reaction to recent Edmonton Oilers action and the latest headlines from around the sporting world. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off a contract extension, Edmonton Elks defensive lineman Jared Brinkman joins Brenden Escott on Inside Sports to talk about why now was the right time to add some years to his Elks tenure, what his experience was like in 2025, his high pain threshold and much more. Don’t miss out on this conversation and make sure you subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. You can also follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edmonton’s eight game homestand is winding down and the Minnesota Wild are back in town, having pocketed two wins over the Oilers in December. We set up the matchup with Locked On Wild’s Seth Toupal for thoughts on Quinn Hughes, the Wall of St. Paul, Jesper Wallstedt, Matthew Boldy and more. Find Seth on X (@SethToups) and download the Locked On Wild podcast anywhere you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and Coach Adam Manah connect for another edition of the Minor Hockey Spotlight presented by Lexus South Pointe. This week, the focus is on bench management, what it is and why it’s important for coaches to have a good grasp of it. More information is always available at ManahsHockeyDevelopment.com. You can also find Adam on X (@AdamRManah). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 30 edition of the show with analysis of the Edmonton Oilers first three-game winning streak of the season. Plus, Tre Ford is cut by the Edmonton Elks. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, learn everything you need to know about the newest rec centre in Edmonton, featuring a state-of-the-art triathlete training facility. Then, it’s the Bears and Pandas Report where Brenden catches up with the coach of the no.1 ranked women’s volleyball program in Canada, Carolyn O’Dwyer, for a review of the season and a preview of the final two weekends of action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edmonton is set to welcome the San Jose Sharks to Rogers Place. Get a full preview of the game and all the Macklin Celebrini content you can ask for in a conversation between Brenden Escott and NHL.com’s Max Miller. Make sure to follow Max on X (@Real_Max_Miller) and find his work at SharksHockeyDigest.com and NHL.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and the Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta get together again to go right around the NHL rumor mill, featuring discussion points on the Oilers, New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks and more. Follow Dave on X (@TheFourthPeriod) and be sure to find his work at TheFourthPeriod.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 28 show looking back at recent Oilers action and ahead to Thursday’s game against Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks. Hear audio from Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Coach Kris Knoblauch, and don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get updated on all things Edmonton Oil Kings from G.M. Kirt Hill, who joins the show ahead of mid-week action down the QE-II in Calgary against the Hitmen. Find out how the roster has responded to the trade deadline moves and much more from the man who assembled a team he hopes will compete for a league championship and, ultimately, a Memorial Cup. All your Oil Kings info is available at chl.ca/whl-oilkings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Super Bowl is set after a wild weekend of championship play in the NFL. Brenden Escott is joined by Sportsnet.ca writer Emily Sadler for her thoughts on the games that set up the big one, and Super Bowl LX itself. Make sure to follow Emily on X (@EmmySadler) and find her work at Sportsnet.ca/football/nfl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and Cam Moon cut it up over the Edmonton Oilers, their recent results and upcoming action against Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks. Don’t miss a moment of conversation between these two friends and coworkers as they get you up to speed on all things Edmonton Oilers hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 27 show with a look back at Edmonton Oilers action against Washington and Anaheim with audio from Coach Kris Knoblauch, Leon Draisaitl, Mattias Ekholm and more. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Olympics are just a couple weeks away and with that in mind, Brenden Escott tracked down Donnovan Bennett, who’s covering the games for the CBC, to learn all about the Canadian medal hopefuls, stories he’s following and what it means to him to have the opportunity to report on the spectacle. Find Donnovan on X (@DonnovanBennett). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott is joined by the Hockey News’ Sammi Silber who covers the Washington Capitals. Get a full preview of Alex Ovechkin’s trip to Edmonton, thoughts on Canadian Olympic team members Tom Wilson and Logan Thompson and much more. Be sure to follow Sammi on X (SammiSilber) for more on the Capitals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Minor Hockey Spotlight is back for another week featuring insight from resident coach Adam Manah from Manah’s Hockey Development. This week’s conversation highlights integrity with respect to selecting rosters and how associations should go about selecting those evaluators. More information is always available at ManahsHockeyDevelopment.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 23 show live from Rogers Place with a recap of the Oilers loss to Pittsburgh and a look around the rest of the sporting world. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The University of Alberta Pandas curling team is Canada West champions after a slick weekend of work at the Saville Community Sports Centre. Brenden Escott chats with skip Gracelyn Richards for insight and reflection on a 9-0 championship weekend, what’s fueling the team’s success and what lays ahead in U Sports Nationals in mid-February. More information is available at bearsandpandas.ca/sports/womens-curling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MLB off-season rolls along and with it, the departure of Bo Bichette from the Toronto Blue Jays has come and gone. Brenden Escott and Brayden Ewakso from the Locked On Blue Jays podcast explore his legacy as a Jays player and look ahead to what the next era of Blue Jays baseball will bring in the post-Bichette-Guerrero Era. Listen to Locked On Blue Jays anywhere you get your streaming audio and make sure to follow Brayden on X (@Brayden5Ewasko). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott is joined by Josh Yohe from the Athletic in Pittsburgh to help tee up the Oilers and Penguins game on Thursday night. Get insights into Crosby and Malkin’s never-ending production and why this team finds itself in playoff position in a year nobody predicted they would. Don’t miss this segment and make sure you follow Josh on X (@JoshYohe_PGH). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 21 show with a look back at Edmonton Oilers action and audio from Connor McDavid, Tristan Jarry and Kris Knoblauch. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bills beat writer Ryan Talbot breaks down another heartbreaking playoff loss for the Buffalo Bills and the aftermath that followed. Hear about the firing of Head Coach Sean McDermott, who his replacement is likely to be and much more analysis. Find Ryan on X (@RyanTalbotBills) and read his work at Syracuse.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Edmonton Oilers host the New Jersey Devils as part of this season-long, eight-game homestand. Neil Villapiano from the Devils State of Mind podcast joins Brenden to bring insight on the season and help preview the action. Find Neil on X (@theNVPshow OR @DevilsState). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott is joined by David Pagnotta from The Fourth Period for the latest on the NHL rumor mill and reaction to trades involving Rasmus Andersson and Kiefer Sherwood. Find Dave’s work at TheFourthPeriod.com and hear him regularly on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 19 show by recapping back-to-back Oilers shutout victories and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ 1000th NHL game. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, it’s the weekly Bears and Pandas Report, which checks in on Golden Bears and Pandas curling with coach Rob Krepps ahead of this weekend’s Canada West curling championships. Then, with the NLL’s Unboxed Series set to take over Rogers Place with a tilt between the Calgary Roughnecks and Georgia Swarm, we chat with Roughnecks defenceman and Edmontonian Bennett Smith to discuss the significance of the game in our city. More info on the Unboxed Series game is available at NLL.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Edmonton Oilers are set to host the New York Islanders in their second meeting of the season. Hear how things have gone for Patrick Roy’s team since they last clashed back in mid-October, all about rookie sensation Matthew Schaefer and much more. Find Andrew on X (@AGrossNewsday). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott is joined by David Pagnotta from The Fourth Period for a rip around the NHL headlines and rumors from the week that was. Hear about the situations in Columbus, New Jersey, Calgary, Vancouver and of course Edmonton as well. It’s the latest info on trades and other moves that we need to keep our eyes on. Find Dave’s work at TheFourthPeriod.com and hear him regularly on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 14 show with some exciting news about soccer in Edmonton and analysis of recent Oilers action. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World Juniors have come and gone and so too has the junior hockey trade deadline up here in Canada. Sportsnet’s Sam Cosentino joins the show to gives his assessment of Canada’s performance at the World Juniors, how other countries have grown and become much more competitive over the years, draft eligible players like Gavin McKenna and Keaton Verhoeff and how their stock rose or fell at the tournament and much more. Then, a look at the massive deals we see across the CHL as teams push for league championships and a Memorial Cup birth. Read Sam’s work at Sportsnet.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers have met four consecutive times in the playoffs and now they’re set to lift the lid on the season series in 2025-26. To get caught up on all things Kings hockey, Brenden is joined on Inside Sports by The Fourth Period’s Dennis Bernstein. Find Dennis work at on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, at TheFourthPeriod.com and on X (@DennisTFP). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and Adam Manah are back with another Minor Hockey Spotlight for Lexus South Pointe in Edmonton. This week, discussion surrounds a scenario where a U13 player finds themselves on a team where winning is prioritized over development. Coach Manah explains how to deal with that as a hockey parent and brings a coach’s perspective to the conversation. Find more information at any time on Adam’s website, ManahsHockeyDevelopment.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 9 show with a look back at Edmonton’s win on the road over the Winnipeg Jets. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TGL golf is back for another season and Brenden Escott is joined by Sportsnet’s golf reporter Adam Stanley to get a feel for what the league is, what it’s done for golf and other headlines from the golf world. Find Adam’s work on Sportsnet.ca and follow him on X (@Adam_Stanley). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Winnipeg Jets have lost 10 games in a row as they get set to host the Oilers in a Thursday night affair. Get the complete lowdown on what’s been ailing Central Canada’s team, get an update on Hadyn Fleury after he was stretchered off the ice and much more from friend of the show Jamie Thomas from the Winnipeg Jets. Find Jamie on X (@JamieThomasTV). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and David Pagnotta link up to go around the NHL’s rumor mill and address everything that’s generating headlines in the National Hockey league. Hear about Andrew Mangiapane’s future with the team and what other teams may be a better fit for the disgruntled forward, New Jersey’s 9-0 loss to the New York Islanders and everything else in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 7 show with a recap of the Edmonton Oilers win over Nashville on home ice and a look at their next game against the Winnipeg Jets out on the road. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a battle of the top-two teams in the country this weekend at the Saville Community Sports Centre with the Saskatchewan Huskies coming to town to visit the Pandas basketball team in a two-pack of games. Head Coach Scott Edwards joins the show to discuss the first half of the season, the rivalry with the Huskies and much more in a conversation with our Brenden Escott. Find Scott on X (@UAPandasCoach) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott and Dalton Wasserman discuss the 2025 NFL regular season now that it’s officially in the books. Hear about the teams and players that made the biggest impact in 2025, from QBs who excelled to players who regressed. Plus, a look at the coaching carousel and the powerhouse that Indiana has become in college football with projected no.1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza having helped elevate their status this season. Follow Dalton on X (@PFF_Dalton). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get set for the Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators as Brenden Escott sits down with Willy Danuic from the FanDuel Sports Network down in Nashville to bring you all the information on the Preds. Hear about Jusse Saros, Ryan O’Reilly, Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi and more and get a visitor’s perspective on what challenges the Oilers present. Find Willy on X (@WillyD1025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenden Escott opens the January 5 show with a look at Edmonton’s 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers and Hockey Canada’s World Junior program only managing bronze at the U20 championship. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Olympic hockey rosters have been named and we take a look at who made the cut and who got the snip from Team Canada, Team USA, Finland and Sweden. Then we open it up for discussion as to who you think is the tournament favourite. Don’t forget to follow Brenden on X (@BrendenEscott) and subscribe to the show wherever you get your streaming audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Pagnotta, the Editor-in-Chief of the Fourth Period, joins Brenden Escott to review the Olympic hockey roster selections for Team Canada, Team USA, Finland and Sweden and to discuss Andrew Mangiapane’s future in Edmonton and other trade rumors from the NHL. Find David’s work online at theFourthPeriod.com and follow him on X (@TheFourthPeriod). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices