TORONTO (Nov. 3) — This was a typical day in the life of the Canadian Football League.
Particularly, in the life of the 2024 Toronto Argonauts, who are still standing despite a season full of peculiar game plans and play… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 26) — That was quite a badge of honor the Maple Leafs anointed their new bench boss on Thursday. “Oh, right, you used to coach this team. Damn. Wish it mattered.” Or, words to that effect which materialized… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 22) — Too bad, for the Maple Leafs and their fans, we aren’t six months down the road. Were this Apr. 22, 2025, I suspect our city would be on its collective ear. Reason is simple: the Leafs… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 14) — Having lost my father, Irv, ten days ago, I’ve been in a reflective mood. Which isn’t unusual for me. Dad was, foremost, a kind, gentle man with remarkable generosity and unwavering business ethics. A role model… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 10) — Your father dies… and they drop the puck. Yes, life goes on. As it should.
The 2024–25 season for the Toronto Maple Leafs began somewhat ominously on Wednesday night with a 1–0 loss at Montreal. Thereby… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 5) — This morning, for the first time in nearly 66 years, I woke up without a father. I wondered if some wave of latent emotion might wash over me. Instead, I felt the same inner–peace and comfort… Read More
TORONTO (Oct. 2) — A supper–hour radio show that tested the water for a ballsy format change launched here in town 35 years ago: Oct. 2, 1989. Created by Allan Davis, John Rea and Larry Green. Hosted by Bob McCown.… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 28) — Apart from the usual and tiresome narrative involving success in the regular season and collapse in the playoffs, there is virtually no way to forecast how the Toronto Maple Leafs will fare this season.
Not with… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 24) — I’ve written this before and I’ll continue to pound away until it happens: Lance Hornby should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. That the Selection Committee continues to overlook the dean of Canadian hockey writers… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 21) — I’ve been on this bandwagon for weeks now, but I didn’t believe Ryan Dinwiddie would directly cost his team a win. Until it happened on Friday night at BMO Field. So, I’ll say it again: If… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 18) — The evil empire has swallowed its petulant cousin.
Hockey’s most–popular team is now fully owned by one of Canada’s most–unpopular labels: Rogers. Or, “Robbers”, as the company is often referred to in on–line babble.… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 14) — The latest media buzz about Mitch Marner went to print on Friday, courtesy Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star. Arthur’s theory made the most sense for the Maple Leafs… because it made the least sense.
Only… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 12) — I feel a gnawing sensation in my gut when I ponder Craig (Can’t–Smile) Berube spending a full National Hockey League season in charge of William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Morgan Rielly. Why… Read More
TORONTO (Sep. 7) — You may not realize it, but the Toronto Argonauts are in terminal condition. With an uncommunicative coach that has lost the dressing room. A quarterback who presents the characteristics of an emotional featherweight. And, worst of… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 31) — People who are observant, religiously, will often say “you can question God; you can be angry at God… but you can never dispute the existence of God.” For whatever it’s worth, I ascribe to the aforementioned… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 29) — This one makes a bit of sense. Amid all the gibberish involving Mitch Marner and the Maple Leafs, the gifted forward accepting a trade to Pittsburgh is far from implausible. Given, of course, that the Penguins… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 17) — It was another media catastrophe; this time involving one of the primordial radio outlets in all of Canada. CHML–900, the voice and conscience of Hamilton, Ont. for nearly 100 years, is no more.
Hasn’t been since… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 15) — The actual “Summer of Love” was 1967, when hippies and counter–culturists gathered in San Francisco, crowding the intersection of Haight/Ashbury while tripping on psychedelia in Golden Gate Park.
Simultaneously, 123 miles south of the Bay Area,… Read More