There is not much that Gary Lawless has not seen or covered in the world of sports. He worked in Winnipeg covering the Jets for the local paper and also hosted his own, top-rated sports talk show forever. He began as a beat writer and columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press. He covered the Winnipeg Blue Bombers(CFL). In 2006 he created “Hustler and Lawless”, a radio show on TSN 1290 AM, where he remained until 2017. Lawless regularly appeared as an analyst on multiple television programs, including TSN That’s Hockey, TSN Sportscentre and TSN’s broadcasts of Winnipeg Jets home games. He also contributed regular columns and feature stories on TSN’s website as their Senior Correspondent.
In Vegas, he is the team insider. He creates content for their website, handles color commentary on the radio side, do pre and post-game as well as having a first intermission segment as well.
In this episode, Gary discusses his career in sports, the evolution of radio and print and what the pandemic has done to both, the evolution to team controlled content and voice away from the media, and what things could and should look like in Seattle leading up to and during the release of the Seattle Kraken.