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Welcome to Growing The Game With Ballsy, Michael Ball. This podcast is dedicated to growing the sport of football in Canada. On this podcast, you’ll find a mix of interviews with young local talent, CFL players, and other important figures in the sporting community.
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Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
1ST QTR
Ballsy catches up with Seattle Seahawks assistant coach and Riders royalty Kerry Joseph.
2ND QTR
Guelph Head Coach Ryan Sheahan has been a big influence on Riders players like AJ Allen, Kiann Schaffer Baker, Micah Teitz and Mike Edem. Ballsy sits down with Gryphons bench boss.
3RD QTR
Rob Bell is a top ranked sports psychologist who has done seminars at the NFL Combine. He talks to Ballsy about mental toughness.
4th QTR
Canadian QB Nathan Rourke was the biggest off-season story in the CFL. Ballsy catch up with Rourke after he signed his first NFL deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
1st QTR
Ballsy catches up with Zejlko Stefanovic to talk about a big January for the Selects Football Program.
2nd QTR
The Regina NFL YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE is a North American success story and director Mike Thomas checks in to talk about the 2023 season.
3rd QTR
CFL free agency is just over 1 month away and Ballsy goes behind the scenes with player agent Rob Fry.
4th QTR
Pending free agent wide receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. talks to Ballsy about winning Grey Cup 109 with the Argos in Regina and his recent workout with the NFL's Patriots.
Extra Point
The South Dakota State Jack Rabbits won the NCAA FCS championship and 2 Regina boys were on the team; former Miller Marauder Ethan Vibert and former Sheldon Williams Spartan Max Polischuk. We had a chance to chat with Polischuk before the title game.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
1ST Quarter
Ballsy kicks off the podcast by chatting with legendary broadcaster Chris Cuthbert about his time behind the mic and his thoughts on Grey Cup 109
2nd Quarter
Regina's Mason Nyhus wrapped up a 6 year career as a starting QB for the U of S Huskies. Nyhus sits down with Ballsy prior to the Vanier Cup to talk about disappointment over not being named the Hec Crighton Trophy Winner.
3rd Quarter
U Sports President Pierre Arsenault gives us his thoughts on the Vanier Cup and the awards voting process.
4th Quarter
U of R Rams running back Kyle Borsa talks about his decision to unretire and play 1 more season!
Extra Point
This Gospel According To Ballsy talks focuses on the bogus politics of USports
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
1ST QUARTER
Ballsy catches up with former U of S Huskies safety Josh Hagerty who is in his 2nd year as a defender with the Toronto Argonauts..
2ND QUARTER
Dave Jackson is on of the great coaches of the Regina Thunder coaching staff. As you'll hear he's proud of the culture they've created.
3RD QUARTER
Ballsy chats with 4th year U of R Rams kicker Aldo Galvin who hails from Mexico City.
4TH QUARTER
If you're looking for a book as a stocking stuffer this Christmas, I suggest The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football," a cross-country search for football's soul: It's written by Tyler Dunne an NFL beat writer from the website golongtd.com
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
1ST QTR..
The first ever Football Weekend In Saskatchewan was held in Regina recently and Ballsy catches up with podcast sponsor and 3-time Grey Cup Champion Paul Woldu. This guy could be considered a face of this event!
2ND QTR
The U of R Rams will have to play the season without star running back Kyle Borsa after losing him to a knee injury. So, one of the next men up is the athletic bowling ball type Chris Katende. Ballsy catches up with the former Winston Knoll Wolverine.
3RD QTR
Every young football player needs motivation from time to time and Growing The Game with Ballsy has just what you need in 2-time Super Bowl Champion and original Carolina Panthers defensive back Tyrone Poole.
4TH QTR
Ballsy hosts the Sport Cage on 620 CKRM every afternoon at 4 pm and on that show he's got the local scene covered from sideline to sideline! HIs colleague Blaine Weylund recently caught up with Thunder QB Carter Shewchuk to talk about the great start to the season.
EXTRA POINT
The high school football season is in full swing around the province and we talk with Regina Highschool Athletics' Commish Aaron Anderson
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
1ST QTR..
Ballsy is back with another installment and we kick things chatting with grade 11 offensive lineman Kyle Magnien of the Miller Marauders.
2ND QTR
The Regina Thunder is making CJFL history by hiring the first full-time female coach Adrienne Zuck. Zuck talks to Ballsy about coaching the team's defensive backs.
3RD QTR
This quarter is dedicated to the memory of long time RMF President Kelly Hamilton who recently passed away at the age of 62, after losing a battle with cancer. Ballsy caught up with his lifelong friend Len Antonini.
4TH QTR
During this final stretch we catch up with Regina Football Royalty punter Jon Ryan as he made the CFL wire again when he was traded from Hamilton to Edmonton..
EXTRA POINT
Since it's been a while between installments of the podcast we decided to go longer as Ballsy is in conversation with the 2022 3rd overall pick out of the U of S Nathan Cherry, who is a now a member of the B-C Lions
Saturday May 14, 2022
Saturday May 14, 2022
1st QTR
620 CKRM broadcast it's first ever CFL draft show and Ballsy caught up with Nathan Cherry of the U of S after he was picked 3rd overall by the B-C Lions.
2nd QTR
U of R Rams receiver Riley Boersma was taken in the 8th round of the CFL draft by the hometown Riders. Boersma is proving in camp right now, that it was a great selection. But he predicted that when speaking with Ballsy.
3rd QTR
Dakota Gawel is a grade 11 RB in Melville that recently turned quite a few heads. Ballsy recently caught up with the emerging star tailback!
4th QTR
The Regina Thunder has a handful of players working out at Rider training camp as TERRITORIAL ATHLETES. Head coach Scott MacAulay talks about that and looks ahead at their upcoming PFC season.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
1st QTR
A celebration of female football in Canada is coming to our nation's capital next month and Ballsy catches up with the Executive Director of Football Canada Shannon Donovan to talk about it!
2nd QTR
U of R Rams LB Ryder Varga reflects on his CFL COMBINE experience and discusses with Ballsy his decision to return to school this year!
3rd QTR
Clair Dore is the FIRST EVER FEMALE of the U-18 Team Saskatchewan football squad. She talks to Ballsy about her rise through the coaching ranks to this position.
4th QTR
Former U of R Ram and current Calgary Stampeders Assistant coach Marc Mueller joins the podcast and tells Ballsy what he has learned from Bo Levi Mitchell plus he gives his thoughts on the naturalization of Americans!
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
1ST QTR
Ballsy catches up with the newly appointed CEO of U Sports Pierre Arsenault
2nd QTR
One of the best athletes to come out of the Regina High School sports scene in the last 10 years in Charlie Parks from Sheldon Williams Collegiate. Parks talks about why he chose to continue his football career up north!
3rd QTR
It's time to chat with U Sports Football Coach Of The Year, the U of S Huskies Scott Flory. Flory talks about the run to the 2021 Vanier Cup and how proud he is of the 4 players who took part in the recent CFL Combine!
4th QTR
Regina's Josh Hagerty, who played DB for the Huskies, turned heads last summer making the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and in the process earned the nickname "Swagerty." Well now it's his sister's shot to turn heads at the Nationals! Hannah is a track and field star with the U of R and Ballsy asks her who is the best athlete in the Hagerty household?
And a Gospel According To Ballsy you don't want to miss!!!!!
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
1ST QTR
Some national and international football competitions are coming to Edmonton beginning this summer. Ballsy asks Football Canada President Jim Mullin if Regina or Saskatoon might be on the radar in the near future?
2nd QTR
U of R Rams linebacker Ryder Varga is going to show his stuff at the CFL National Combine. Ballsy preps the engineering student for the interview process!
3rd QTR
The Regina's Thunder's Eric Maximuik is also trying to catch the eye of CFL scouts! The powerful kicker will be in Edmonton for the West Regional Combine. in his final year of CJFL eligibility, Eric tells Ballsy he's excited for a chance to keep his football career going.
4th QTR
What the heck is going on at the U of S? We wrap the podcast up with another GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BALLSY!