I had a couple of special guests drop by the studio on a Tuesday night:-) 

Does Bo Levi Mitchell have what it takes to play in the NFL?  What about the threat of the new XFL and the Alliance of American Football?  We check in with the former Stampeder head coach and Senior VP. 

He has won a championship as a player, an offensive coordinator and now as a head coach.  Why was this championship more special than the others?  Give a listen and find out. 

Jacques Thibualt is an Olympian, the former GM of the Olympic Oval, an original member of Canada's Own the Podium Program, He has worked with the Russian OTP program and now consults for China.  While high performance sport has always been his life, his real passion is Special Olympics and now he is changing expectations with a new book and program for invividuals with an Intellectual Disability. 

On a half hour with the coach for Tom's House of Pizza, Dave Dickenson had some interesting thoughts on the new TD celebration rules and he thinks it's time this league goes to a single divsion. 

If these walls could talk - Stories from the Calgary flames ice, locker room and press box.  My former colleague Peter Maher dropped by the studios to talk about his new book. 

In case you missed it, Jeff Garcia visited Calgary Stampeders podcast and got the team pumped up for the big Labour Day Classic. Here's what the Wall of Famer had to say.

Hosts Joe McFarland and Dave McIvor chat with Calgary Stampeder play-by-play great Mark Stephen. Mark called the pressbox at Foothills Stadium home for years and recently went on a tour.

Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson joins Dave McIvor to review the week 11 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and the performances of players like Bo Levi Mitchell, Ja'Gared Davis and Kamar Jorden.

Co-Hosts Dave McIvor and Joe McFarland chat with Darren Dekinder, Executive Director of Baseball Alberta, about the gassroots of the game and how Baseball is growing in the province and in the Country.

Hosts Joe Mcfarland and Dave McIvor chat with Spencer Clarke, a local Calgary gamer and organizer, about ESports. How big has it gotten, where is it going and what professional sports leagues have already done to start growing themselves in the wolrd of ESports.

Why haven't we seen an LGBTQ pro athlete come out publicly? Can change happen at the pro level or will it left to future generations to change? Hosts Dave McIvor and Joe McFarland delve into the topic with former pro hockey player Brock McGillis, who was recently through Edmonton for a speaking engagement.

Hosts Joe McFarland and Dave McIvor discuss how things said behind closed doors in dressing rooms, and board rooms are finding their way into the public. Is this a good or bad thing in sport?

The Stampeders were far from perfect against the Hamilton Tiger Cats but they did manage a 14 point win in week one.  

Thanks to social media, fans now have some special access to some of their favourite athletes. But there is a downside to it, particulary for the stars but also for the organizations. Dave McIvor and Joe McFarland sit down with Calgary Stampeders Communications Director Jean Lefebvre and Calgary Hitmen GM Jeff Chynoweth to discuss the opportunities the players have in building their own brands, but also the challenges social media can present.

Guest host Dave McIvor sits down with Erin Walton and Charlene Dalit, two members of the Calgary Rage in the Wester Women's Canadian Football League, about how they got into tackle football and about their current playoff run.

Ever run into that woman or man who just goes way to hard in rec sports. Us to! Dave McIvor and Joe Mcfarland talk about the darker side of rec league sports. The side where people just want to win too badly.

This weeks episode of The Arena with co-Hosts Joe McFarland and Dave McIvor features a conversation with former Stampeders quarterback Andrew Buckley about how being a football player was kind of his Plan B. Also, psychologist Dr. Patrick Keelan about burnout in athletes. 

UFC Fight night in Calgary on July 28th at the Scotiabank Saddledome and the main event will feature a great battle between Alveraz and Dustin Poirier. 

Why does The Rock consider Doug Flutie to be a "foe" and not a "friend"?  Listen in a find out. 

More soccer talk as we check in with the man who will build Calgary's team in the CPL.

The Arena has a schedule and an update on where and how you can listen every week. Co-Hosts Joe Mcfarland and Dave McIvor break down the new schedule and what you can hear in the upcoming weeks

Professional soccer is coming to Calgary!

What's next for the former Calgary Stampeder?  We discuss his options on Sportstalk with Jock 

Joe Mcfarland and Dave McIvor talk to Jeff Ovens, Co-Owner of Global Sport Academy, and Richard Monette, Managing Director and Editor in Chief for Active for Life, about whether kids should specialize in one sport or play several sports.