“We’re here for a good time, not a long time…So have a good time, the sun can’t shine every day.”— Trooper, 1977
TORONTO (Sep. 30) — Note to fans of the Maple Leafs: As the song goes, be… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 2) — For as long as I can remember, dating to my grade–school years, there have been magazines that preview the National Hockey League. In the mid–to–late 1960’s, my dad brought home these items — whereupon I would… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 9) — Through much of the 1980’s, a haunting refrain could be heard with respect to the pitiable Toronto Maple Leafs: The club would never win anything of consequence until Harold Ballard died.
Once that event occurred —… Read More
TORONTO (July 19) — The prevailing response to the Raptors trading DeMar DeRozan this week was so Toronto. The city that has hardly ever known prosperity among its major sports teams went all mushy.
“Poor, mistreated” DeMar has to take… Read More
TORONTO (Apr. 26) — This is not to invoke the blame game. And, yes, hindsight is an incomparable ally. But, in the end — when the fat lady approached the microphone in this record–breaking season — the Toronto Maple Leafs’… Read More
TORONTO (Apr. 15) — So, this is what you get for 50 million dollars?
Okay, I’m being a trifle facetious… but c’mon. The Maple Leafs did not lure Mike Babcock from Detroit with the National Hockey League’s most–lucrative coaching pact… Read More
TORONTO (Mar. 12) — The playoff season in professional sport is often unpredictable and promises can rarely be kept. If form prevails, however, this spring could be like none other in our city’s history.
The weekend past provided yet another… Read More
TORONTO (Feb. 17) — As the Toronto Maple Leafs soar through the most stellar and meaningful hockey at this juncture of a season in 25 years, there remains the urge from within to allay expectation. To fundamentally minimize a remarkable,… Read More
Argos In A Hellacious Scenario
Egad! The Leafs Look Playoff Ready
A New Era Begins For The Leafs
Sadly, Jew Haters Are Everywhere
Remembering Legends From Above
Berger & Rumack: Would You Watch?
Ron and Don: Together Again?
For the Maple Leafs, it’s all the same
Only the Toronto Star Had Gonads
No More Excuses For The Leafs
Leafs Need Goaltending Assurance
Everyone Missed The Point
Rielly Goes Full–Hunter On Greig
Tanenbaum / Bell Tear Down Argos
Oh no, The Leafs Are “Satisfied”
The Maple Leafs Are Still No. 1
The Longer We Live…
MLSE Is Looking Bipolar
Leafs Wading Into Death Valley
Coach Killers Will Claim Another
Can These Leafs Knock Off Florida?
Sports Media “Wars” Are Amusing
TSN Changed; The Leafs Did Not
The Two Solitudes of Leafs Coverage
The MLSE Hockey Blueprint
Could Leafs Acquire Juuse Saros?
Hockey Tales From The Road
Healy: “Samsonov Fu**ing Cares!”
Still Too Much Matthews Drivel
The Leafs Won’t Trade Nylander
Ohtani Numbers Defy Comprehension
Ohtani Pursuit Indecent, Nauseating
Admit It: The Maple Leafs Are Musty
Those First Visits to the Gardens
Argos Join the City’s Choke Parade