Starting the week with a nightmare, spending the week in the ICU with your 16 year old son watching as he fights the fight of his life, ending the week watching the
@MapleLeafs
with him from his hospital bed on the mend
#priceless
#Thankful
&blessed
Details are scarce but multiple sources tell me that for unconfirmed draft reasons ,
@JeffMarek
will likely be no longer performing duties at Sportnet hockey. Details to follow. This would appear to include his podcast duties too.
Honest.... Many nights I've sat in my car listening to
@BlueJays
games on the radio to catch a few more innings instead of watching on TV. There is something about the sounds of the game on radio that just makes it such an incredible medium. This, to me is a huge loss.
After speaking w/ lots of people, I've concluded that it would be extremely challenging for Ross Atkins to continue as GM of the Toronto Blue Jays. The erosion of trust and his relationships inside & outside the organization plus that press conference have irreparably harmed him
Ryan O’Reilly on this interview said that there were different things the
@MapleLeafs
could have tried in the 2nd rnd but didn't. He said it a couple of times that he & others wished they had tried other things. 🤔 Discuss amongst yourselves
“It’s more than just a game here. It’s something really above and beyond.”
Ryan O’Reilly discusses being traded to Toronto and what it meant don the Maple Leafs jersey
#LeafsForever
Multiple sources tell me that tomorrow could be a very rough day at Bell Media. Word is multiple radio stations could be sold and or shuttered completely. I've heard as many as 50 could be effected. Word is staff meetings, shareholder and press releases to come in the am.
From various sources, in round
#s
I'm told Kyle Dubas demanded ~ between 6-7m for 5 yrs & total autonomy. That's Shanahan $ btw. Leafs offer was somewhere around $4m per year with the use of the jet to ease travel etc. Not clear on power. When KD didn't budge they walked.
Sources telling me that one change at
@hockeynight
this season will be that long time pbp announcer Jim Hughson will not be calling games this season. Not sure who will be doing the west coast games but sounds like it will not be Jim.
So the moron who was refused treatment at a GTA hospital for failure to wear a mask is promoting hugs over masks.. got it. Media members you know how we don’t mention the shooters name to glorify them.. maybe apply the same logic here. She is not news nor newsworthy😊
Breaking : Sources tell me, that while not signed and sealed yet, intentions are strong on both sides for John Forslund to handle the play by play duties for
@amazon
hockey Monday night in 🇨🇦, stay tuned
I am a self proclaimed weirdo. I listen, watch and read everything. The Dubas/Shanahan fallout is a great example & it's been fascinating to follow. I've listened & talked to tons of people. Here's my take on what happened & the media response.
Massive news today
@Wilnerness590
announces he's no longer part of
@BlueJays
broadcasts. DO NOT rejoice on this string. There will never be a more genuinely passionate member of the crew than Mike. May not have always loved him but tons of credit where credit due.
#Goodluck
Breaking: Sources tell me that in all likelihood joining John Forslund on Amazon's Monday Night Canadian Hockey telecast "in the booth" will be Jody Shelley (
@shellyhawk45
)& Thomas Hickey (
@Thomas_Hickey14
) no deals inked yet but looking good. Studio hosts tbd
if you grew up in Toronto then
@jimtatti
was a part of your sports upbringing. I am told he is a free agent as
@TSN1150
has gutted their afternoon drive show. Let's all hope that all those affected including Jim find meaningful work soon!
A handful of leaf players were right in front of us at the Springsteen show last night. Willy was definitely the leader but man he was having fun with Sandin and Engvall - the group of them were fun to watch - enjoying the show & each other - feel for them the day after
Started a COVID health change on November 2, with a goal to live better- happy to report as of today, down 50 LBS.. no fad diets, no crazy gym memberships..
take this for what it's worth, BUT, it would appear the
@BlueJays
&
@EdwardSRogers
have (not surprisingly) abandoned the, let's build a new stadium idea and will fix up Skydome instead.
There is a ton of speculation as to the cause of the apparent seperation, however all we can confirm is he was at draft & then he wasn't hasn't been heard from since & told most likely won't be back either .
A hat tip to all of those who covered the
@BlueJays
this season . We fans are lucky to have you and appreciate the incredibly difficult COVID circumstances you had to work through. Print, digital, radio, tv, no matter the medium 👏🏼👏🏼🙏🙏
We can now confirm that Bob Mccown will be surrendering the host seat at
@FAN590
...The fairwell show is either going to be Thursday or Friday. By all accounts Blair takes over on interim basis. We will have a complete story shortly (likely tomorrow)...
While NOT connected AT ALL it appears that Jeff Marek's exit from Rogers SN could have come just ahead of what sounds like another round of "changes"/cuts/layoffs for the media company.
Been quite the 48 hours : as per
@DailyHiveVan
&
@theprovince
Sportsnet has confirmed
@JeffMarek
departure from the network. This is an exceptionally sad day. Jeff is the consumate pro and is as universally liked in the industry as anyone. I can only hope he's working again soon
Details are scarce but multiple sources tell me that for unconfirmed draft reasons ,
@JeffMarek
will likely be no longer performing duties at Sportnet hockey. Details to follow. This would appear to include his podcast duties too.
So
@WayneGretzky
wants $5m a year to join TNT for
@NHL
games. Curious does anyone think he'd be good in studio? He seems a tad .....ummmm... Vanilla? No?
If early reports are true, I believe history has been made. I'm told that
@TSN1050Radio
has bested
@FAN590
in the most recent books in the key demographics for AM drive and the entire PM drive too. Details to come
Breaking: mutltplie sources telling me tonight Rogers and Amazon in deep discussions surrounding Monday night NHL package for remaining 2 years of NHL contract in Canada:
For those following along, Scott Morrison, Doug Maclean, Bob McCown, Nick Kypreos all no longer at Sportsnet .. these remain hard times & countless behind the scenes folks too. Sad
Breaking: While also not done, smart $ has Andi Petrillo
@AndiPetrillo
playing a lead host role in Amazon's new Monday night hockey broadcast in Canada. Several other names being discussed. Amazon has reportededly retained top tier production staff all with significant hockey exp
Spoke with multiple reliable sources yesterday on the leafs . Two school of camps: 1 was that while the leafs initially wanted Dubas back & had an extension all but done his surprise announcement raised concerns about his abilities moving forward. The other was he wanted to come
As many on here like to point out, I have zero official qualifications to post here, other than passion and experience. Today, this little account surpassed 7k followers. To each of you who do follow, I appreciate you and thank you - especially those who regularly engage.
No joke: question asked today in my son's Ethics in Journalism class at CU Boulder: "are any of you familiar with either Steve Simmons or Wayne Simmonds and what happened in Canada this week?"
You know what yesterday was ? Unfortunate good fun with a disappointing ending. The fact that the team is owned by the media company & rights holder that easily could have stopped it but instead stoked the fire & played along tells us all we need to know as the stock surged.
In an information vacuum it’s so easy to end up with the fevered, fact-free frenzy that surrounded Shohei Ohtani and the Blue Jays on Friday.
@shidavidi
on the dangers of unchecked social-media gossip.
Breaking: Sources telling me that for those of you who've been popping antacids over who’s hosting
@OverDrive1050
you can breathe easy, and you will very happy when you tune in to today’s show
#sameasiteverwas
#thegangisback
The NHL Draft is a few days a way. Be warned , I am told. For reasons no one can explain, at a time of cuts to really talented people Snet the network has decided to bring in Pierre Mcguire who will be on your tv for the draft & perhaps more.
If you don't get what the fuss about
@OverDrive1050
is all about, listen to hour one from yesterday (Sept 12). The perfect mix of life talk (mini vans) and hockey (
#16
)... Such great banter, such great radio. Hat tip to
@HayesTSN
@odognine2
and Jamie..
SOURCE: Yusei Kikuchi reserves entire upscale sushi restaurant near Rogers Centre for tonight. Reservation made for 50+ people. Make of it what you will…
#BlueJays
#NextLevel
#MLB
Bell media has indeed announced 9% layoffs or 4800 employees and the divesture of 45 radio stations . A very, very dark day . Hope all who get notified in comkng days find meaningful work soon!
Multiple sources tell me that tomorrow could be a very rough day at Bell Media. Word is multiple radio stations could be sold and or shuttered completely. I've heard as many as 50 could be effected. Word is staff meetings, shareholder and press releases to come in the am.
We are forever lucky in Toronto ... We have
@BonsieTweets
and we have
@Matt__Devlin
to memorialize moments like tonight... We had Tom Cheek too.. but man are we lucky...
meanwhile, i l know a lot of you are CDN who follow me, but as someone who spends the bulk of my time on the road in the USA, I cannot tell you how big it is to have the NHL on ESPN TBS TNT in hotels & bars this year..
Sometimes organizations let people go before they leave on their own. I suspect that could be the case with the super-talented, highly coveted, underutilized Ben Wagner. Jays fans are the losers here. Good luck Ben.
No matter who they pick to host, it will never be the same. The best gameshow host in my lifetime. Proud 🇨🇦 amazing life and career. May his memory be a blessing.
Don Cherry is the face of Coach’s Corner and has every right to continue to do so until he no longer wants to. Listening to Don & Ron go hand in hand with some of my fondest memories as a kid that dreamt of playing in the NHL. Very few if any have done what Don has for our game.
No 1 is without detractors in the media, especially sports media. Having said that, if
@heylandsberg
is retiring it's hard to think of many who had a bigger impact on 🇨🇦sports media in their career than Michael. He's been a leader and prominent face
@TSN_Sports
4ever. Congrats!
This is NOT the news I was talking about earlier... That will come. Multiple sources tell me this evening that BoB McCown has been talking to Global /Corus group about his next gig. Could involve a nationally sindicated radio/tv show... More
Blair: “they’ve known for months that their bullpen needs a significant upgrade & given what they did if I were a Blue Jays fan I’d be underwhelmed & disappointed “
@BlueJays
that says a lot to me
Totally a preference thing, not a knock on the other guy at all, but my Saturday nights are just better with
@CCpxpSN
calling
@MapleLeafs
games. No matter how bad the leafs play it’s just better. To me.
Multiple sources tell me that if you are a fan of PrimeTime Sports on
@FAN590
as currently presented, you'd best be tuning in this week as ....massive changes are coming and fast...I'm told this COULD be Bob's final week as host.
I listened to a ton of “podcasts”/radio segments on the state of the Leafs. 1. Narrative I think funny: the fans are panicking. I don’t know a single fan who is panicking. Most I know (not all) are either apathetic or laughing watching 18 wheeler pt 2
Awesome, hopeful news to kick off 2024, sources tell me that
@FadooBobcat
is going to be attempting his return to his podcast today! Can’t think of a better way to kick off the year - welcome back Bob!
@JShannonhl
@davehodge20
@richarddeitsch
So here are my thoughts on
@CCpxpSN
joining Rogers.. I know nadda...just my opinion. I think he becomes the play by play voice of the Leafs.. Mid week and Saturday nights. I think JH stays out west and for the next while they share SCP duties. This is a massive move by Rogers
I am also led to believe that reports of Ron MacLean leaving
@hockeynight
are premature; Obviously that could change however clubhouse leader to replace him WHEN the time comes is
@DavidAmber
How stoked are the folks at Rogers &
@FAN590
about the
@BlueJays
season?
@benwag247
flies solo again this year & no road games!! It’s the Al Palladini of broadcasting cheap cheap cheap
For those asking about what makes
@OverDrive1050
uniquely special & different: listen to the first few minutes of hr. 1 yesterday. It's exactly the DNA of the show. It's why it's different & exactly why it's so successful. It's not schtick, gimmicks or bits- (they do those too
If you listened to PTS over the years you heard Don Banks. This is, really, really sad. "Banks" as Mccown always called him was one of the best of McCown's regulars. Sympathies and condolences to this friends & family.
Grounded: despite travel restrictions being lifted,
@Raptors
&
@MapleLeafs
radio crews will remain at home this season , not travelling for road games. 👎👎
You can advance in new markets like Seattle and Las Vegas all you want but when your rules and how you apply them are trivial then those advances are totally meaningless
Multiple sources tell me that
@ScottyMacThinks
is your new host of
@BlueJays
talk post game on
@FAN590
starting sometime later this spring. Replacing
@Wilnerness590
as long time host. Told Wilner remains in broadcast during games. No confirmation as of yet ..
Have said before I don't know how those on sports radio keep the lights on for full programming days when sports are played... Hat tip to those doing so without any sports. Stellar work by all, much appreciated. Entertainment is a great distraction. Thank you thank you .