TORONTO (Dec. 29) — Call Edward Rogers anything you wish (and the off–color names will surely intensify, next summer, when he assumes controlling interest in the Toronto Maple Leafs). Just do not call ...

TORONTO (Dec. 23) — Forget the consecutive home losses to the New York Islanders and Winnipeg before the Christmas break in the National Hockey League. I’m still back in Buffalo, last Friday night, ...

TORONTO (Dec. 14) — Of all the stories I’ve told from my 17 seasons covering the Toronto Maple Leafs on radio at The FAN–590, this one stands alone. So claims my 28–year–old son, Shane, a lifelong ...

TORONTO (Dec. 9) — It has been more than 10 years since Hall–of–Fame coach Pat Quinn died (Nov. 23, 2014) of a liver ailment. Quinn coached and managed the Maple Leafs from 1998–99 to 2005–06, which ...

TORONTO (Nov. 30) — Let me start, today, by repeating the impetus for my last blog: If the Maple Leafs allow Mitch Marner to don another National Hockey League jersey, it will be the largest blunder ...

TORONTO (Dec. 17) — After 31 games this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have amassed 40 points. After 31 games last season, the Maple Leafs had amassed 40 points. And, yet again, we appear to be ...

Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 for 23 years (1988-2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto Blue Jays 1992 and 1993 World ...

TORONTO (Nov. 7) — I am forever baffled over the propensity, in this sports market, to draw conclusions from one day to the next. Starting with the first shift of the National Hockey League season.

Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 (now Sportsnet–590) for 23 years (May 1988 to June 2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto ...

TORONTO (Dec. 11) — Want to know something about a colossal amount of money? Talk to a person who handles it. Routinely. Such as Michael Benjamin, third–generation owner of the funeral chapel for ...