On a day slated full of playoff action for Toronto sports teams, hometown favourites Team Epping took to the stage first, against Team Koe, at the historic former Maple Leaf Gardens.
Wild vs. Jets wasn’t the only Minnesota and Winnipeg matchup on the ice tonight.
The Hard Rock Café Toronto has always had employees fall in love with its rock history. Some waited tables while singing and dancing to Britney Spears’ songs, others remembering Led Zeppelin. Three years ago, Sam Taylor, 20, was waiting for his job interview at The Hard Rock Café while discreetly playing Gov’t Mule’s Soulshine with an imaginary guitar. “I was on my way out of the restaurant when I saw this plaque on the wall, right beside the door,” he said. “This place used to be the old Friar’s Tavern. I was hired, and I knew it was just the beginning of an amazing job.”
The fourth night of the Players’ Championship featured a couple of tiebreakers on the women’s side and the last draw of preliminaries for the men. Jennifer Jones from Manitoba took care of the Swiss club led…
There’s something intriguing about the Players’ Championship that differs from most highly touted curling events. Gone is the provincial and national pride of the Brier or the Scotties Tournament of Hearts or even the Winter…
A University of Toronto says having a female premier will not change the nature of Ontario politics. On Saturday, Kathleen Wynne won the Liberal leadership and will become Ontario’s 25th premier. She defeated principal contender Sandra Pupatello and four other candidates during the convention held at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Maple Leaf Gardens. Nelson Wiseman, a U of T political science professor, says the leader’s gender does not matter.,“Having a female premier to me does not make much of a difference,” he said.
Travis McKie’s strong play helped lead Wake Forest back from a halftime deficit and give the NCAA Division 1 power an 88-80 victory over host Ryerson in men’s exhibition basketball on Saturday. The Demon Deacons…
Banners from Maple Leaf Gardens hang in a familiar place, for now anyway. Maple Leafs memorabilia from the Gardens are on display until Saturday for the first time since the team’s former arena closed in…
As the Ryerson Rams settle into their new home court at what was once Maple Leaf Gardens, what’s old is new again. Now called Coca-Cola Court, the Rams have already played three exhibition games there…
Ryerson University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre is a new building with an old soul.