Toronto FC is getting natural grass. Toronto's BMO field, home to TFC, will replace its artificial turf with a grass playing surface by the time the club begins its 2010 season. Toronto council approved the switch last week, but the project needed the approval of both the federal and Ontario
Tickets to a Leafs game are the most expensive in the NHL. It's not even close. According to Chicago-based Team Marketing Report's annual survey released this week, Maple Leafs games at the Air Canada Centre carry an average ticket of $117.49 this season (all figures U.S.), more than
A couple of days ago, Google's Street View for the GTA went live. Horonymous left a comment on that entry with a link to the burning van. This is definitely the best Toronto street view I've seen. If you can link to a better one, drop it in the comments.
I warned you not to fall for the Veronica trap. The mad geniuses behind Archie Comics have decided to go completely crazy. Despite the tide of public opinion, Archie proposed to Veronica in ARCHIE #600 and she accepted! Fans hoped that something would ruin the wedding plans and Archie would
For the past couple of years I've seen that Rogers ad where the guy is able to continue a conversation on his cell while riding the elevator. The one schlub's call gets dropped while the cool guy keeps talking... You know the ad. I have a Blackberry with service from
Ho-Lee-Chow has locked their doors, taken their website offline and left this message on their answering machine. Due to circumstances beyond our control, one of which is the poor economic climate, another of which is a refusal to compromise on the quality and service you have come to appreciate, Ho-Lee-Chow
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Doug and the Slugs - Making it Work Listening
Torontonians can now check out their streets, homes and neighbourhoods on Google Street View. Yes folks, all that footage we saw being taken by the Google cars has gone live. I've been to Google Maps this morning just to check this out. It's pretty slick. Below is the northeast corner
This was a tough game to watch. We were pretty brutal, and the fact we almost forced overtime just tells you how awful the Senators are as well. The Monster made his first start, and he was pretty good. It's tough to fault a guy for allowing a goal on
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "Meet Me On The Equinox" by Death Cab For Cutie. DCFC wrote this song for New Moon, the second fim in the Twilight series. I won't hold that against them. Sure that means DCFC is about to get discovered by every
A little over three years ago, I gave Toronto morning radio host Humble Howard his own blog. 1263 entries later, we've decided to kill it. The Humble Howard blog is dead. I spent a whole 4 minutes designing the new HumbleHoward.com. Click on over and check out the new
The first instance of the name "Sidney Crosby" to appear on this site showed up six years ago today. Sidney Crosby. Are you familiar with that name? You will be.Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Oceanic is the CHL Player of the Week. Crosby scored five goals and added four
American bloggers are busy blogging about a decision by the Federal Trade Commission to require that bloggers clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. As a Canadian, the FTC ruling doesn't apply to me, but I'm still left with one lingering question.... Why
The Strombo Show is now on CBC Radio 2. George Stroumboulopoulos will get four hours every Sunday night starting November 8th. Bear with me as I pat myself on the back for calling this back on July 12. I've got CFNY on the radio, trying to listen to Strombo to
Yes Man: 6 out of 10. I think Jim Carrey is now making the same movie over and over again. They have these silly and simple premises, such as "Jim Carrey can't tell a lie" or "Jim Carrey says yes to everything", and then hilarity ensues. Ok, it's not quite
Horonymous' eagle eye spotted a potentially predictive error in the NHL standings posted on the Toronto Star's website. Their 2009-10 NHL stadings show our beloved Maple Leafs have already been eliminated from playoff contention. There's always next year... Click here to see it in its original size.
It's Sunday. I know what my brothers will be doing all day today. In fact, I'm willing to bet most of you have the same plans. It's NFL game day. I used to be the same way. I spent many a Sunday afternoon watching the Bills until Wade Phillips went
I watched this entire game, and let me tell you this final score was very flattering. What I saw for two periods was a team with skill exposing us as for the hacks we are. Ovechkin looked like a man playing against boys and there was nothing we could do
There is now an official Anne Frank channel on YouTube. Amongst the videos you'll find there is the only existing film footage of Anne Frank. July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get
An inside source sent me this email I received while sitting in Tim Hortons this morning. Subject: Jays just fired JPIn Baltimore. Jays just turfed him immediately.Then, an hour later, this update from the same source. Well... There he goes.JP just walked past me, suitcases in hand, with
This week closed with a flurry of shitstorms. Here are the most recent four. Review them and pick your favourite. Shitstorm 1: Mr. Sub's Gay Dad Ad Gets Ad Agency Canned, ACTRA Pissed and Me Threatened Read about it here. Shitstorm 2: Blue Jays Won't Play For Cito Read about
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten keywords that brought people to this site in September 2009. sandra rinomato breaststoronto mikedarcy allan sheppardparty playlist 2009prima tvparty playlistmartin streekbig shiny tunes 2fearless fredtoronto mike blogNo, I don't have pictures of Sandra Rinomato's breasts. She's the host of a show
A couple of items caught my eye this morning as I caught up on the news. They involved a couple of people I admire: David Letterman and Cito Gaston. Letterman admitted to a series of affairs with female staff as he explained he was being blackmailed for $2 million. Here
Game one is in the books and it was a lot of fun. It doesn't get much closer than this. Komi had a rough first game in blue and white, helping his former team squeeze one out. Matt Stajan had two goals, and Alexei Ponikarovsky added the other one for
