Lock The Doors, Larry

TORONTO (Jan. 15) — As the largest individual shareholder at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, it is incumbent upon Larry Tanenbaum to bar the entrance of Scotiabank Arena on all future game nights. Send fans away. Issue full ticket–refunds. Instruct… Read More

Only Once — And Never Again

TORONTO (Mar. 15) — This website is blatantly hockey–centric, which belies the fervor with which I followed the National Football League during my teenage years in the 1970’s. What an era that was — with the Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers,… Read More

The Sky Above The Earth Below

TORONTO (Dec. 25) — I launched this website back in June 2011 to show people that I am able to put together English sentences. Those same people have forever–been more enthralled with the photos I’ve taken while hauling around a… Read More

Taking Bobby Orr to SoCal

ANAHEIM (Aug. 24) — As I write this blog from a hotel room two blocks south of Disneyland, I’m still rather incredulous about flying nearly five hours from Toronto to Los Angeles on Tuesday to deliver a small piece of… Read More

Opponents Revving Up For Leafs

TORONTO (Jan. 11) — We can stack on another reason, for now, why the Toronto Maple Leafs — after a 1–7–2 October — have no chance of making the playoffs. As evidenced in recent losses to the New York Islanders,… Read More

Stamkos Affair Requires Logic

TORONTO (Dec. 11) — The circus is coming to Air Canada Centre Tuesday on the same night the arena is booked for a hockey game. That’s because the Tampa Bay Lightning — with cause celebre, Steven Stamkos — visits Toronto… Read More

Scenic Route: Vancouver to L.A.

By HOWARD BERGER LOS ANGELES (Apr. 15) – Hockey, west-coast style, recommences tonight here in SoCal when the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings resume their Western Conference quarterfinal with Game 3 at the Staples Center. Needless to say, it … Read More