The Leafs had a 20% chance of winning tonight's 2016 NHL Draft Lottery and the balls bounced in our favour for once. We've won the lottery and will draft first overall on June 24. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty happy. It's nice to know all that losing
Let's go back to the Rudy Gay trade. It was late 2013, and the Raptors traded Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings in a 7-player deal. The Kings sending John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to Toronto in exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy. That's
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In this 170th episode, Mike chats with Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons about his years at the Sun, his relationships with Damien Cox, David Shoalts and James Mirtle, his thoughts on analytics in hockey, his Phil Kessel story about hot dogs, how he got Howard Berger fired and what it
In this 169th episode, Mike chats with PJ Fresh Phil about his decade on YTV working with the Grogs and Snit and what he's been up to since. This episode is exactly 1:28:27. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via
Yesterday, I witnessed Edwin Encarnacion's 200th home run as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the lone bright spot in a dreadful game. All the fun and excitement was happening down the street where my Raps played a ridiculous fourth quarter to escape with a big win
The Star has an article today about the worst streets for locking up your bike. Not surprisingly, downtown is where most of the thefts occur. Toronto is the bike theft capital of the world with more than 18,000 bikes reported stolen between Jan. 1, 2010 and June 30, 2015.
With great interest I read this CBC article about the fact many Canadians diagnosed with asthma don't in fact have it. This was my experience with my firstborn. Weeks before his second birthday, my oldest ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I spent five nights sleeping on that cot
I hated the midges during my first spring living by the lake. At the time I didn't even know they had a name. I just knew there were swarms of annoying bugs everywhere and I even biked wearing a balaclava to avoid ingesting dozens of them at a time. Yes,
At last, podcasts have come to Google Play Music. I've been waiting for this for a very long time. This entry isn't for you iPhone users who subscribe to podcasts in iTunes. This is for those of us who prefer Android. We can now easily subscribe and play podcast episodes
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
On Tuesday night, my oldest won his house league's hockey championship. I enjoyed every second of it from the lonely end of the rink. This morning, a package arrive for my youngest and it included this little doll. I thought I'd snap a pic.
Prince was 57. He pioneered "the Minneapolis sound" and took on the music industry in his fight for creative freedom. He won seven Grammy Awards, and has earned 30 nominations. Five of his singles have topped the charts and 14 other songs hit the Top 10. He won an Oscar
There are few locations in this world that offer the diversity of Canada, which combines staggering natural beauty and wonders with bustling, metropolitan cities. This is why Canada remains popular not only among those with a desire to travel and see more of the world, but also individuals who wish
Chyna was 45. Joanie Laurer wrestled in the WWF as Chyna where she was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World".
In this 168th episode, Mike chats with TSN broadcaster Vic Rauter about his years at TSN, the origin of his "make the final" catch phrase, Ron Burgundy, the many sports he's called and the unfortunate corporatization of sports media. This episode is exactly 1:35:32. You can listen to
Doris Roberts was 90. She was the actress who earned four Emmys for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond.
I will be sitting down later this week with Vic Rauter, long-time broadcast at TSN. He'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask him anything I want. I know what questions I'll be asking him, but I'd
I've been watching quite a bit of playoff hockey these past three nights. My oldest and I toggled between three games last night, watching Tampa Bay, Florida and Chicago win. Although Rogers broadcasts all playoff games, they've only sent their crew to broadcast four of the eight series. Bob Cole
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In this 167th episode, Mike chats with Retrontario about Gord Martineau, Jennifer Peck Valentyne, the Amber Alert, Hammy Hamster, Blinky, Elmer the Safety Elephant, Uncle Bobby, Heather Conkie, Ron Oliver, Sam Taylor, Magic Shadows, Seeing Things and much, much more. This episode is exactly 1:22:07. You can listen
My oldest son went into daycare when he turned one. His mother's parental leave ended, and she went back to work. James started daycare, and I still remember the day I was told how much it costs to put a 12 month old in daycare in this city. It cost
Two years ago today, my friend Mike Kic died. I think about him all the time. Earlier this year, I received a text from his wife. She wanted me to have his #13 Brett Lawrie Blue Jays jersey. I couldn't think of a better way to honour his memory than
Tonight, our long-time annual tradition continued as we collected to draft players for our NHL playoff pool. Although my digital records only go back to 2003, we've been drafting together since the 90s. Last year, I actually finished second. I've never won. Here's the team that will lose for me
