I was 26 years old and watching from a hotel in Winnipeg when the Blue Jays defeated the Yankees (above and below) on Oct. 5, ...

TORONTO (July 8) — It was an alarming bit of speculation from a media source familiar to everyone in the Canadian sports television industry: “We may not recognize the Hockey Night In Canada panel ...

TORONTO (Sep. 2) — I am convinced that if wandering through the rainforests of the Congo, in deepest Africa, I’d come across a venue named after Rogers Communications. Here in Toronto, you cannot turn ...

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 ...

TORONTO (Sep. 18) — Training camp in the National Hockey League is a time of whimsical hope. Invariably, players speak the same language — almost to a word — when encountering the media on Day 1 of ...

TORONTO (June 20) — Something tells me the world’s most–gifted hockey player was not impressed when his team flipped between goaltenders late in the Stanley Cup final. Stuart Skinner or Calvin Pickard ...

TORONTO (Oct. 30) — There is no way to sugarcoat, embellish or minimize what I’m about to say. So, here it is: On three occasions in the past month, my great friend and former FAN–590 colleague, ...

A RE–POST FROM FEBRUARY 2021, DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC: TORONTO (Feb. 15) — It was Apr. 27, 2006 and I felt sorrowful. IN MY YEARS KNOWING JIM PROUDFOOT, HE WOULD POINT TO MILT DUNNELL AND SAY, ...

TORONTO (July 1) — Don’t be angry with Brad Treliving. Even if his “big” Canada Day signing was a player that erupted for zero points in 25 games with Montreal last season. There really wasn’t a lot ...

TORONTO (Jan. 25) — Nothing in professional sport is more amusing than hindsight. And, hindsight may never be quite so amusing as in the blog you have started right here; right now. Or, nearly as ...

TORONTO (Mar. 9) — This story and this blog is about the man who provides the soundtrack of sports on television in Canada. You know, instantly, that I’m referring to Chris Cuthbert; or C.C. as those ...

Trailing the Winnipeg Jets, 3–2, at Scotiabank Arena, Sheldon Keefe pulled Frederik Andersen for a sixth attacker. The Jets had two opportunities to seal the victory with an empty–net goal that most ...