TORONTO (Apr. 8) — I’ve told this story before and it speaks volumes about the time and money wasted by the companies that have run the Toronto Maple Leafs since the club last appeared, 24 years ago, ...

TORONTO (May 15) — My favorite professional sports team; in fact, the only team for which I maintain an emotional attachment, appears to be imploding before our very eyes. Or, at least partially ...

TORONTO (June 14) — This blog intends no disrespect toward one of most–dignified players in the modern history of the Toronto Maple Leafs. And, we are delighted that he quickly recovered from the ...

TORONTO (Nov. 23) — Hold one hand close to your face and read the following sentence through the gap between your fingers. It’s a chilling prospect for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yet, undeniable at the ...

TORONTO (Feb. 11) — It’s a moment I’ll never forget. Even if occurring nearly 54 years ago. Maple Leaf Gardens was filled to near–capacity for a game between the Leafs and Montreal Canadiens alumni ...

TORONTO (Apr. 28) — So, really, it comes down to this: In order to avoid sweeping change in the hockey department — involving, minimally, Brendan Shanahan and Sheldon Keefe — the Maple Leafs ...

TORONTO (Oct. 8) — I wonder if Ross Atkins truly felt he could pull it off? Sitting, yesterday, in a room full of reporters and columnists smelling blood, did the general manager of the Toronto Blue ...

TORONTO (Apr. 12) — Amid the usual corporate roguery at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment — with the hockey club disgracing itself, most nights — a fundamental issue has reared its ugly face. Yet ...

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 (Mar. 25) — The text message came out of nowhere; clearly in response to my recurrent theme about Auston Matthews, yet unsolicited. From a man with whom I haven’t been in recent contact, yet a ...

TORONTO (June 17) — Rummaging through my large collection of newspapers and sports publications is an ongoing pursuit… and probably will be until I’m beneath the grass. Most items were purchased (or ...

TORONTO (Feb. 28) — I’m wondering if someone in the hierarchy of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment would make an unprecedented ruling: that Auston Matthews become the first captain of a team in the ...