Deal gives Canada’s Rogers Communications significant stake in several Toronto teams
"Arguably the most powerful sports ownership entity in the world has now officially been formed."
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Joe Bowen says next season will be his last with Toronto Maple Leafs
“Holy Mackinaw!” Joe Bowen’s run with the Leafs is coming to an end.
Brad Marchand claims Leafs’ fans and media ‘beat the pressure’ into the team
"You see the fans and the way they talk, they just beat the pressure into this team."
TNT missed a Game 7 Panthers’ goal for a replay
"Reinhart just put the puck into the back of the net."
ESPN analysts slam ’embarrassing’ Maple Leafs after blowout loss
"The lack of emotion that I see, I would be pissed off. I would be sitting there dejected, at a loss for words as to how we just laid an egg..."
TNT Sports to call three more NHL playoff games with remote broadcasters
Predictably, the decision was primarily made for financial reasons.
ESPN blasted for Leafs-Senators audio mix
"Audio engineers need to figure it out!"
NHL world mourns former player, broadcaster Greg Millen’s death at 67
"Greg was a trusted and familiar voice in the homes of millions of Canadians for more than 30 years."
Paul Bissonnette was distraught after learning about Panthers trade for ‘Mr. TNT’ Brad Marchand
"I said get out of the East, Brad!"
Chris Cuthbert executes reverse announcer jinx on NHL player’s first goal
"...looking for his first National Hockey League goal..."
TSN exits team-owning business, with Sportsnet parent Rogers buying control of MLSE
Canada's two big cable sports broadcasters are ending their joint operation of the company that owns the Leafs, Raptors, and more.
Bruins-Maple Leafs Game 7 hits 12-year high on ABC, first round up 17% overall
The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on ESPN networks are flying.
Sean McDonough accurately predicted Bruins’ series-winning goal from David Pastrnak
"I'm gonna say David Pastrnak re-emerges and the Bruins win on a key goal by Pasta."
Jack Edwards given rousing ovation by Bruins crowd during Game 7 victory over Maple Leafs
Jack Edwards was given a huge ovation by the Boston Bruins crowd even though he wasn't at the mic for Game 7 against the Maple Leafs.
Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro have ultimate reverse announcer jinx in Game 7
"The timing on this was insane."
Anaheim Ducks take issue with Toronto Sun’s headline on Lukáš Dostál
The Toronto Sun's use of "no-name" to describe Ducks goalie Lukáš Dostál sparked debate over recognizing lesser-known athletes.
After remote broadcast shaming, Leafs’ radio announcers will be allowed to go on road for second round
Once again, public shaming leads to a remote broadcast reversal.
Leafs’ radio announcer Joe Bowen says remote broadcast caused series-winning call error
"...It’s rather difficult to make the call off the TV monitor."
Phil Esposito viciously insulted Leafs fan on-air: ‘You’ve got a fat woman who’s yappin’ like crazy!’
"You’ve got a fat woman who’s yapping like crazy here, or is that a guy with long hair? I can’t tell."
Toronto Maple Leafs head south — without their broadcasters
"Our radio broadcast plans for the playoffs will be consistent with the regular season."
CFL division final time changes illustrate a flexible and local-focused scheduling approach, and there’s logic to that
In many cases, leagues and teams are reluctant to move games (especially playoff games) based on what's going on elsewhere. But the CFL moved their West Final once it was determined Winnipeg would host it, and that makes sense for both TV and in-person fans.
The Toronto Sun’s “Running Choke” Leafs front page included seven past front pages and sports fronts with Leafs’ failures
The Sun included seven past fronts and sports fronts on Leafs' failures in their coverage of the latest failure.
Sportsnet’s 23 NHL personalities who submitted a Leafs-Canadiens pick all picked the Leafs, and were wrong
This is just the latest case of unanimous predictions going badly.
The next version of Amazon Prime’s All or Nothing docuseries will follow the Toronto Maple Leafs
The show will be filmed throughout the NHL's upcoming, abbreviated season.