''Drive This!'' was a

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produced from

The Score Television Network Sportsnet 360 (SN360) is a Canadian discretionary specialty channel owned by Rogers Media. The channel was launched in 1994 as the licence-exempt service Sportscope, which featured a display of sports news and scores. In 1997, the network was ...

studios in Toronto, Canada. It was

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weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET on

Hardcore Sports Radio Score Media Inc. was a Canadian media company. Partially owned by Alliance Atlantis and later Canwest, its main asset was The Score, a national specialty television service providing sports news, information, highlights, live events, and other ...

Sirius channel 98 with various repeat times and

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except on Tuesdays, beginning January 7, 2008.Hardcore Sports Radio
It ended on April 9, 2009, when host

Richard Garner Richard Garner (born April 20, 1969) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, producer and the former vice-president of programming at The Score Television Network. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Garner grew up in Aylmer, Quebec, where he learned to speak Fre ...

left Hardcore Sports Radio.

Format

The program was hosted by Richard Garner, with co-hosts Cam Stewart and Sarah Meehan.

Gabriel Morency Gabriel Morency (born August 10, 1970) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, who hosted the daily shows Morency and Covers Experts on Hardcore Sports Radio as well as Sports Rage on both Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) and The Score Television Network. He ...

also made daily appearances.Hardcore Sports Radio
The most interesting, bizarre, hilarious, hot button issues from the world of sports were discussed in a completely uncensored, thought provoking and genuinely passionate manner unlike any other sports radio show. On television however, most of the profanity was

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. The 2 hour program consisted of 6 segments: Segment 1: 4:00 p.m. - 4:14 p.m. ET (approx.) Segment 2: 4:17 p.m. - 4:27 p.m. ET (approx.) Segment 3: 4:31 p.m. - 4:51 p.m. ET (approx.) Segment 4: 5:00 p.m. - 5:11 p.m. ET (approx.) Segment 5: 5:16 p.m. - 5:31 p.m. ET (approx.) Segment 6: 5:36 p.m. - 5:51 p.m. ET (approx.) Part of the show consisted of callers, usually whom were regulars, voicing their opinions on the topics being discussed on the show or simply commenting on the show itself. E-mails sent in by listeners were also often read on the program, especially those that tended to criticize the hosts or the program. The first three segments also included a TV-only feature called ''Txt TV'', where people could send in messages via

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or an online form, and discuss anything sports related, not always pertaining to the current topic, and vote in daily polls. On Fridays, Sarah Meehan surprised her co-hosts with a special secret guest and interesting story which reminded people why they loved sports so much. The segment was entitled "Storytime with Sarah".

Hosts

* Cam Stewart (co-host) * Sarah Meehan (co-host) *

(daily guest) * Geoff Fienberg (Txt TV moderator) * Chris Dart (Producer) Occasional Guest co-hosts: *

Greg Sansone Greg Sansone is a Canadian sportscaster. He was an anchor and reporter for The Score and later became vice president of television for the network. He is currently the VP of programming and general manager of Sportsnet 360, the Canadian sports cha ...

(

) * Tim Miccalef (

) * Sid Seixeiro (

) *

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(

) * Cabral Richards (

) * Pierre Aubry (

) * Eric Cohen (

)

Past notable guests

José Canseco José Canseco Capas Jr. (born July 2, 1964), nicknamed Parkway Jose, Mr. 40-40 and El Cañonero Cubano (The Cuban Cannon), is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter. During his time with the Oaklan ...

Willie O'Ree Willie Eldon O'Ree (born October 15, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, best known for being the first Black player in the National Hockey League (NHL). O'Ree played as a winger for the Boston Bruins. O'Ree is referred t ...

Randy Couture Randall Duane Couture (; born June 22, 1963) is an American actor, former United States Army, U.S. Army sergeant, former mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and former Collegiate wrestling, collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman ...

Jack Morris John Scott Morris (born May 16, 1955) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers. Morris won 254 games throughout his career. Armed ...

* Sam Mitchell *

Dana White Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who serves as president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organization. In August 2019, White's net worth was estimated at $500 milli ...

* John McCarthy *

The Amazing Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge; January 12, 1935), also known as Kreskin, is an American mentalist who became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip ''Mandrake the Mag ...

Rick Jeanneret John Richard Jeanneret (born July 23, 1942)Pergament, Alan (October 5, 2014)‘I feel like an American,’ Jeanneret says, as he gets cancer treatment here ''The Buffalo News''. Retrieved October 5, 2014. “Jeanneret received his first radiatio ...

Larry Merchant Larry Merchant (born Larry Kaufman; February 11, 1931) is an American sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO sports presentations of ''HBO World Championship Boxing'', ''Boxing After Dark'' and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, called "the great ...

Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada co-authored the book ''Game of Shadows'' while they were reporters for the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. For their investigative work in the field of steroids, Williams and Fainaru-Wada were given the 2004 Georg ...

Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-ti ...

Bill Daly William "Bill" L. Daly III (born May 1, 1964) is an American attorney and the current deputy commissioner and chief legal officer of the National Hockey League (NHL) under Commissioner Gary Bettman. He is also a Hockey Hall of Fame board membe ...

Jim Lampley James Lampley (born April 8, 1949) is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner. He was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on ''HBO World Championship Boxing'' for 30 years. He also had covered a record 14 O ...

References

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External links

Program official page
Canadian sports radio programs 2000s Canadian sports television series 2000s Canadian television talk shows