There was a moment in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semi Final that continues to define Montreal as the greatest hockey city on Earth. Nearing the end of pivotal penalty kill, the Canadiens spent the last...
I was a year old the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup and I don’t much remember the parade.
Back in high school - in the mid 80s - my...
Imagine something taken from you – not misplaced, not borrowed, but taken – leaving behind only absence. Years pass. Life goes on, yet the loss never quite heals. Instead, it settles into deep scar tissue.
We all know what’s happening. The league knows what’s happening. The teams know what’s happening. The only people pretending not to know are the ones cashing the cheques.
It’s called tanking. Not so much...
I think the wheels first came off when we started thanking Jesus for helping us win the game and score the goal. That this all-knowing deity – whatever you call it – has a vested interest in...
We all love to hate the Vegas Golden Knights. Myself included. At least, historically.
Finding a reason to hate them is easy. Sin City was not only gifted an NHL franchise in 2016 but...
One of the most enduring sports moments I’ve ever witnessed was Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater in the 2019 playoffs that sent the Toronto Raptors on the road to an NBA Championship and the Philadelphia 76ers home to...
A new religion is forming before our very eyes. Only this one doesn’t ask you to believe – it asks you to comply. Its deity is data. Its gospel is probability and, in a world, obsessed with...
March 30, 2026.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in Anaheim to take on the Ducks. The puck drops and so do the gloves of Toronto’s Max Domi and Anaheim’s Radko Gudas. From the very...
Imagine having to choose between two quarterback prospects. One with textbook mechanics and familiar metrics and another who’s raw, athletic and unconventional. Both have a similar upside but one comes with more inherent risk.