TORONTO (Aug. 4) — This will not be the worst season, by record, in the 42 years since the Toronto Blue Jays joined Major League Baseball — a distinction that belongs to the 1979 club, which compiled a mark of… Read More
TORONTO (July 29) — It is merely a whisper at this point and has a number of moving parts. But, a source tells me the Toronto Maple Leafs, interminably looking for a big–time defenseman, and the St. Louis Blues, in… Read More
TORONTO (July 22) — One day in March of 2014, I was feeling silly. Or, for today’s blog: narish.
I began to think about my late mother, Sandee, and how she would launch into Yiddish on the telephone (with another… Read More
Twenty–four years after trading for a guy named Sundin at the 1994 NHL Draft in Hartford, the Leafs chose a guy named Sandin Friday night in Dallas. Will Rasmus turn out anything close to Mats? In the meantime…
TORONTO (June… Read More
TORONTO (June 16) — A cynic would contend it is thoroughly emblematic of this city that our three “least–fashionable” sports teams have won championships in the past 6½ months. No disrespect to the Argonauts, Toronto F.C. or the Marlies, but… Read More
TORONTO (Apr. 28) — Let’s assume, for a moment, that Don Cherry is unlikely to be a mainstay on Hockey Night In Canada for another 38 years. Though Donald S. seems indestructible — in our livingrooms each Saturday since 1980… Read More
TORONTO (Mar. 8) — With the National Hockey League trade deadline out of the way and the Toronto Maple Leafs comfortably in a playoff spot, Kyle Dubas is the flavor–of–the–week.
If you’re not sure who Kyle is, don’t fret. He’s… Read More
TORONTO (Mar. 4) — There is no attempt here to jump on a bandwagon with the Maple Leafs in their first minor funk since mid–January (0–2–1 on a four–game road trip that concludes Monday night in Buffalo). This is still… Read More
TORONTO (Jan. 20) — For more than 2½ years, in what is often described as the National Hockey League’s toughest media market, it’s been “hands off the head coach”. That privilege, it seemed, arrived in our town with the largest… 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