Reading Time: 4 minutes Petulant, indifferent young stars are in charge, thanks to their huge contracts. Coaches pay the price
Tag: NHL
How to fill the void left by Don Cherry
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time for Hockey Night in Canada to do something radical and relevant to expand its viewership
Progress? Sport? The two shall never meet
Reading Time: 4 minutes From disputed strike zones to goal-line uncertainty to bloody high-sticks, major-league officiating can’t seem to embrace high-tech
Has hockey lost its one-for-all gene when it comes to contracts?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the future of big-league sports, which will depend on a merger of sports and the star-making machine of the culture industry
Sportsnet can’t dig out of hole created by NHL contract
Reading Time: 5 minutes As the media giant sheds pricey on-air talent, the league has been unsympathetic. Where will the bleeding end?
The man who brought down Alan Eagleson
Reading Time: 5 minutes Russ Conway was an old-school journalist: principled, detail-driven and thorough to a fault. His tenacity paid huge dividends and taught great lessons
Big shots in Toronto, long shots in Calgary sports markets
Reading Time: 4 minutes In both markets, money is an issue. That makes sense in Calgary, but not so much in Toronto
Coming to grips with the gay reality in sports locker rooms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Professional male sports teams are a cross-section of many cultures. But the idea that they agree about much beyond winning is a fabrication. It’s time to open up.
Canada’s great basketball awakening
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Raptors’ win was transformative for the league, the business of sport and for Canada in general
Tanking takes the heart out of statistical analysis in sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes Only the purity of competition assures that the resulting data has relevance and application in a sport