A Sun headline today: MATTHEW KNIES BELIEVES THE POST–MITCH MARNER LEAFS CAN SUCCEED. The delusion is never ending. It ...

“Only Elliotte Friedman Is Safe” 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 ...

Marner’s Tantrum Was Too Late TORONTO (May 19) — For the first time in nearly a decade with the Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner blew his cover. Midway through the second period on Sunday night, with he and ...

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 ...

My Pal Stormin’ Norm Rumack 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 ...

The Morning After: May 3, 1967 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.

It’s Impossible To Predict The Leafs TORONTO (Sep. 28) — Apart from the usual and tiresome narrative involving success in the regular season and collapse in the playoffs, there is virtually no way to ...

Bowen, Ralph Can Blame Themselves TORONTO (May 4) — If they weren’t so damned polished and professional. Those two grizzled broadcasting icons that date to my time covering the Maple Leafs for The FAN ...

For the series to continue after tonight, the Maple Leafs will need more than a large uptick in performance. The Panthers will, simultaneously, have to remove their feet from the pedal in an ...

Pelley Should Run The Leafs 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 ...

Only Three More Years, Folks TORONTO (May 15) — Here’s what we know, for certain, about the Toronto Maple Leafs: Unless they triumph at Florida on Friday night, Brendan Shanahan and Mitch Marner will ...