Don Cherry, 91, signs off podcast after 313 episodes, future uncertain

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 10:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 24

Famed Canadian sportscaster Don Cherry signed disconnected from his podcast for the last clip — oregon truthful it seemed.

The 91-year-old Cherry had hosted "Don Cherry's Grapevine Podcast" since August 2023, producing 313 episodes successful total. His lad and co-host, Tim Cherry, said connected the finale that it had racked up 6.5 cardinal downloads.

"Well, Tim, this is our past show. ... Thanks everybody for listening and toodaloo," Cherry said connected the occurrence posted Monday.

Cherry's authoritative X relationship shared a nexus to the occurrence with the caption, "Don Cherry Says Goodbye successful Final Podcast," reinforcing the content that the bid had travel to an end. But successful a Tuesday interrogation with the Toronto Sun, Cherry said the goodbye was meant arsenic a seasonal sign-off, not a imperishable farewell.

Even so, Tim Cherry told The Canadian Press helium doesn't foresee immoderate caller episodes successful the future.

"That being said," helium added, "if thing chaotic happens similar McDavid being traded to the Leafs, I'm definite Don volition privation to bash a speedy podcast astir it. As for the commencement of adjacent year, we'll see."

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The podcast has been Cherry's astir regular level since his departure from tv — a continuation of a storied and often arguable vocation successful broadcasting.

His bold suits were matched lone by his adjacent bolder opinions.

For astir 40 years, Cherry — a pugnacious erstwhile insignificant league defenceman who aboriginal coached the NHL's Boston Bruins and Colorado Rockies — made his sanction connected Coach's Corner during Hockey Night successful Canada.

Cherry had agelong been known arsenic a polarizing dependable successful hockey circles, but nary infinitesimal near a lasting people rather similar Nov. 9, 2019, erstwhile helium delivered a televised rant astir radical not wearing poppies, seemingly aimed astatine immigrants.

Cherry, who denied targeting caller Canadians, was fired 2 days later.

Rogers Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley announced the decision, saying Cherry "made divisive remarks that bash not correspond our values oregon what we basal for."