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A Rally in Raleigh
2007-12-19 07:20:00 The Toronto Maple Leafs were up to their old tricks last night in Raleigh . Up 2-0 with a minute and a half left in the game the Leafs once again imploded, in fine fashion I might add. Chalk up another overtime loss for the boys in blue and white. Ah, the dreaded 2-0 lead. The worst lead in hockey, so they say. Whoever "they" are, the Leafs are proving them right. Toronto just couldn't hold on, More About: Rally
The Plague Strikes Again
2007-12-16 21:50:00 The Toronto Maple Leafs were all but fully healthy and, finally, playing good hockey. In retrospect, it was only a matter of time before the MLSE injury plague struck this team again, and strike did it ever last night. With a vengeance. The Leafs lost much more than their game to the Montreal Canadiens last night. Gone is their momentum from the last two weeks and, more importantly, gone is
Steroids!?!? What Steroids!?!?
2007-12-14 07:50:00 It's time to weigh in, my friends. Here's what's on the dish, and it's baseball heavy: the Mitchell Report, Greg Zaun, Alex Rios, Josh Towers, David Eckstein, T.J. Ford and our dinosaurs of the hard court the Toronto Raptors, and Bates Battaglia. And maybe some more. You'll have to read on to find out! The Mitchell Report (cue dramatic music): So, uh, baseball's got a steroids problem. Who's More About: Steroids
A Beat Up Ford
2007-12-12 07:52:00 If you were watching the tilt between the Toronto Raptors and the Atlanta Hawks on the tube last night you saw T.J. Ford hit the deck. If you were in Atlanta at the Philips Arena, you heard T.J. Ford hit the deck. The Toronto point guard was enjoying a fine evening - 26 points on 11 of 15 shooting from the floor, eight assists, two rebounds and only two turnovers in an efficient 29 minutes - More About: Beat
A Change Of Heart
2007-12-11 04:23:00 After some reflection and reconsideration, and some advice from my man Jeff Blair at The Globe, maybe Toronto trading Alex Rios for pitcher Tim Lincecum isn’t so bad after all. I’ve had what is called a change of heart. Let’s do the damn thing. I’m an emotional guy. When I heard JPeezy was dangling Rios in front of the Giants I acted, well, emotionally. No shit. It’s what I do. Rios is the man, More About: Change , Heart
Baseball On The Brain
2007-12-06 06:21:00 It's December 6th. We're two months into hockey season and a month into the basketball campaign. It's already butt-numbing cold outside, but I've got the boys of summer on my mind. First of all, great move by the Toronto Blue Jays to bring back the retro uniforms (pictured) for Flashback Friday's this season at the Rogers SkyDome Centre. I've always loved the old-school logo and these days it's More About: Baseball , Brain , The Brain
Raptor Reflections
2007-12-04 22:21:00 No Chris Bosh, no Andrea Bargnani and no T.J. Ford for the Toronto Raptor s last night. Didn’t matter much, as the Raptors cruised to a 21-point win. Thank goodness the Charlotte Bobcats are one pathetic excuse for a basketball team. More About: Reflections
Sobering Statistics
2007-11-30 00:05:00 Tim Wharnsby, one of the good folks at globesports.com, posted some sobering statistics documenting the Maple Leafs’ early-season struggles. I said I’d wait 20 games until I passed judgment on the Leafs and, like Wharnsby says, the numbers never lie. I’m not going to talk much about the stuff we already know. The Leafs can score goals, although the well has begun to dry a little, and they can’t More About: Statistics , Erin , Sobe
Maurice Must Be Sacrificed
2007-11-28 08:05:00 The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a free-fall. They've lost seven of their last eight games, including last night's 4-3 decision to the Montreal Canadiens. It's time for a change. It's time to fire head coach Paul Maurice . I've had enough. Something needs to give. The Maple Leafs have managed to win only eight of their first 25 games. Someone needs to be held accountable. I like head coach Paul
The Rebirth of Brett Favre
2007-11-23 07:14:00 Two months ago, as I expressed my love for Toronto Blue Jays everything man Matt Stairs, I said he had found the fountain of youth. Check that. It's Brett Favre who has found the fountain, and he's led the Green Bay Packers to an astounding 10-1 record. I'm torn in deciding what is more amazing - the fact the Packers are 10-1, or the fact that Brett Favre, the 38-year-old Favre, is playing like More About: Rebirth
Redemption for Rask
2007-11-21 07:09:00 June 24, 2006 - a day that will live on in infamy for Toronto Maple Leafs fans. It was the day the Leafs traded goaltending prospect Tuukka Rask to the Boston Bruins for Andrew Raycroft. Hey, John Ferguson, good call. The Bruins were in town last night to face Toronto and guess who was manning the pipes for Boston? Tuukka Rask, the bright-eyed 20-year-old rookie, making his first start in the More About: Redemption
My Favourite General Manager
2007-11-17 00:20:00 I love Brian Burke. In a perfect world he would be the general manager of the pathetic Toronto Maple Leafs. He makes shrewd business decisions, and doesn't care who he upsets in the process. He's a winner but most importantly, he's loyal to his players. There ain't a lot of loyalty left in pro sports, but you can find some in the Orange County office of my man Brian Burke. He is, in my mind, More About: General , Manager
Jiri's "Tlusty"
2007-11-15 07:50:00 I've always heard that chicks from the Czech Republic are a little "wild." They like to drink, party, and have a good time. It seems the men of the Czech Republic are no different. Just ask 19-year-old Maple Leafs rookie Jiri Tlusty... The morning after the Leafs lost 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens in overtime, it was Tlusty who made the front page of the Toronto Sun. And not because he scored a
The Same Old Story
2007-11-14 08:13:00 Another game against a divisional opponent and another blown third period lead. Up 3-2 in the third period, this was a game the Leafs should have won. It's disheartening. I'm starting to think Paul Maurice isn't the right man to coach this team. It's looking less and less likely that the Leafs will qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nineteen games are in the books, as are 19 points, and More About: Story
The Beating of Ontario
2007-11-08 01:18:00 Another installment of the Beating of Ontario went into the books last night. This time it was a 5-1 spanking of the Maple Leafs by the Ottawa Senators and, with it, the realization that the Sens are a great team while the Leafs are not. Games like last night’s test my will as a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. I reached for my remote on three separate occasions but couldn’t pull the trigger and
The Weigh In #3
2007-11-04 17:05:00 It's time to step on the scales for another edition of The Weigh In. Here's what's on the brain: Vesa Toskala, Martin Brodeur and Wade Belak, Matt Stairs and baseball happenings, the Toronto Argos, and Super Bowl 41 and a Half... Weighing In on the Leafs Seriously, how great was Vesa Toskala last night? He put on an unbelievable display of goaltending on the road against a tough Montreal
A New Jersey Night
2007-11-03 08:53:00 It was all about the Garden State last night. The Leafs were in Newark visiting the New Jersey Devils while the Raptors were in the swamp looking to avenge last year's playoff-series loss against the New Jersey Nets. The Good News Let's go with the good news first: the Raptors look mighty fine after their first two games of the season. Visiting the Nets for the first time since their season More About: Night
Guess Who's Bizzack?
2007-10-31 22:12:00 Our favorite dinosaurs of the hard court, that’s who. The Toronto Raptors open their new season tonight at home against the Philadelphia 76ers, but I’m more upset than excited. The Raptors are being shown no love and I won’t stand for it much longer. First of all, what the hell is a 76er? I’m curious as to: a) how Philadelphia’s franchise got that name b) why Philadelphia’s franchise got that More About: Guess Who , Guess
Crashing Back Down To Earth
2007-10-30 05:22:00 Last night's Capitals/Leafs game should have been played on Halloween because, oh my, it was scary. After playing their two best games of the young season the Leafs returned home and, as they've done with frightening regularity, stunk up the joint. After the Leafs' impressive wins on the road in Pittsburgh and New York, I naturally pulled out the blue prints for the Toronto Stanley Cup parade More About: Earth , Back
A-Rod Opts Out
2007-10-29 05:24:00 It's official, folks. Alex Rodriguez is leaving $72 million in guaranteed salary on the table and opting out of the remaining three years of his contract with the New York Yankees. Apparently, $25 million a season isn't enough. First of all, this isn't shocking news. Most people in the baseball community saw this one coming. A-Rod is represented by uber-agent Scott Boras and Boras has let it be
The Leafs Finally Deliver
2007-10-26 07:19:00 It took a while - only 11 games - but the Toronto Maple Leafs finally put in a quality 60 minutes of hockey last night. They played about as perfect a road game as you can play, and I couldn't be happier with their performance, a 5-2 dubya. I'll be honest, I figured the Leafs were in for another beating last night in Pittsburgh vs Sidney Crosby and company. The Penguins are an offensively gifted More About: Finally
The Red Sox Did It Again
2007-10-23 02:05:00 The great teams, in any sport, have a switch they turn on when their backs are against the wall, when they are facing elimination, when there is no tomorrow. The Boston Red Sox have that switch. Down three games to one to the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS, they turned it on. The Boston Red Sox are a great team, and they’ve gone and done it again. For the Fenway faithful, it’s another monumental
The Weigh In #2
2007-10-20 12:40:00 It's time for another installment of The Weigh In. In this edition: Manny Ramirez, the baseball playoffs, Joe Torre, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Buffalo (or should I say Toronto?) Bills. How big of a douche bag is Manny Ramirez? On Thursday night he hits a bomb to centre field, with two outs, that goes off the top of the wall and comes back into play - about as close
A Night to Remember...
More articles from this author:2007-10-12 08:13:00 Last night in Toronto, Mats Sundin scored his 390th goal and 917th point as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, making him the franchise's all-time leading scorer. And I was there. After the laugher of a hockey game the Maple Leafs played on Tuesday night - it's a stretch to even call it a game since the Leafs didn't bother showing up - I was looking extra-forward to last night's visit from the More About: Night 1, 2, 3 |
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