Friday May 09, 2008

Latest Columns 
With the U.S. economy tanking, things looking up for Balsillie's dream of owning NHL team
Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 12:00 AM Page S2
Like a bad penny, he just keeps turning up.At least that's the way Gary Bettman must see it, though for most Canadians, billionaire businessman Jim Balsillie remains a bit of a hero, despite the best attempts by the NHL brass to paint him as some kind of reckless kook.
Balsillie still in the game
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 8, 2008 06:50 PM
With the U.S. economy tanking, things looking up for billionaire businessman's dream of owning NHL team
Sweet science is dying at amateur level in Canada
Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 12:00 AM Page S3
Twenty years ago at the Olympic Games in Seoul, a good-news Canadian sports story was largely lost in the Ben Johnson shuffle.Our boxing team, led by super heavyweight gold medalist Lennox Lewis, was the best in the country's history. Egerton Marcus claimed silver, Raymond Downey bronze.
Sweet science is dying at amateur level in Canada
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Online Edition: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 06:33 PM
Canada will be represented by just one boxer in Beijing
Better days ahead for Habs, 20-year-old Price
Published: Monday, May 5, 2008 12:00 AM Page S3
It has been all about the goaltender.Since he arrived here and played so well, they couldn't send him down, since the town got a feel for his technical brilliance and his nearly mystical calm. Since they prematurely began comparing him to Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy, since the midseason crisis of confidence that left him in tears and earned him a ticket back to Hamilton.
Better days ahead for Price
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Online Edition: Sunday, May 4, 2008 10:26 PM
Habs goalie wasn't good enough to steal the Cup
Habs came a long way this season
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Online Edition: Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:07 PM
Despite falling to the Flyers in the second round, in terms of Montreal's greater gameplan, there was nothing but good news
NFL happily follows the money
Published: Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 AM Page S5
Follow the money and find the truth.The Buffalo Bills expect to earn $78-million for the eight games they'll play at the Rogers Centre in Toronto over the next five years. That's about $4-million a game more than they bring in at Ralph Wilson Stadium, which holds about 20,000 more spectators.
NFL happily follows the money
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Online Edition: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 07:59 PM
Canadian invasion will be a bonanza for Bills owner Ralph Wilson
Leafs, Tottenham a match maker's delight
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:00 AM Page S2
From this perch, it is the kind of development one prays for: the parent organization of the Toronto Maple Leafs sticking its nose into the hurly-burly business of English soccer.

