Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole were in the home stretch of the 30 interviews their handlers had scheduled for them on Thursday, a day set aside to discuss their new show, on TSN, and their homecoming. They were mulling the serious questions.



O’Toole: “How many children have been conceived during the SportsCentre morning loop?”



Onrait: “How many kids were named Jay and Dan over the past 15 years?”



O’Toole: “Seriously. It’s got to be in the hundreds, if not thousands.”



Onrait: “Thousands. There’s probably a commune in rural Ontario that’s just all Jay and Dan.”



Jay and Dan were not in rural Ontario, but they were back in Canada, stationed in the corner of a fifth-floor downtown Toronto boardroom. And they will be back on Canadian television on Sept. 4, with the launch of their expansively self-titled show: SC With Jay and Dan Presented by Tim Hortons.



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