There is chatter that the Leafs have asked Rielly for trade permission prior to Mar. 6. Bottom line, Leaf zealots, is you’ve got to let this season go. Challenging for a bogus wild card spot won’t ...

TORONTO (Jan. 31) — Finally, the media template. I owe you one, Luke Fox. Not that I couldn’t count on you to offer the delusion that prevails through a large faction of media and fans here in the Big ...

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 (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 (Sep. 6) — For sure, the news hit hard. A man of my vintage occasionally rises in the middle of the night with a bloated bladder. As did I after 2 a.m. today. Once back in bed, I perused the ...

TORONTO (Jan. 20) — From its earliest days in the middle–1980’s as Canada’s first all–sports television network, TSN has valued the presence of female voices. This may be disputed by Sheri Forde and ...

TORONTO (Jan. 1) — The Maple Leafs came up with their biggest victory of the season on Tuesday night, blanking the New Jersey Devils, 4–0, at Scotiabank Arena. Clearly, it couldn’t have happened ...

TORONTO (Dec. 19) — The “Coach Killers” will strike again. Very soon. It says here that Peter DeBoer will replace Craig Berube behind the bench of the Toronto Maple Leafs, perhaps as early as next ...

Burke Discusses the Doddering Leafs TORONTO (Dec. 25) — I begin tonight by sincerely hoping that everyone on board here enjoyed a merry Christmas; a quiet, pleasant day replete with treasured family ...

TORONTO (Dec. 25) — I begin tonight by sincerely hoping that everyone on board here enjoyed a merry Christmas; a quiet, pleasant day replete with treasured family time and lots of love. “I don’t know ...

TORONTO (Dec. 22) — With the Maple Leafs, three days before Christmas, sitting but three points above last place in the National Hockey League standings, it is fair to wonder whether the battery of ...

TORONTO (May 22) — There’s no need to search for a hockey executive to replace Brendan Shanahan as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The club’s parent company, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, ...