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Team Koe curls to convincing win on way to Player’s Championship semis

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.

Team Einarson beats Team Sinclair in Friday night curling action

Wild vs. Jets wasn’t the only Minnesota and Winnipeg matchup on the ice tonight.
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Toronto café reveals secrets of former rock ‘n’ roll mecca

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.”

Moving day at the Players’ Championship

The fourth night of the Players’ Championship featured a couple of tiebreakers on the women’s...

Players’ Championship is a one of a kind

There’s something intriguing about the Players’ Championship that differs from most highly touted curling...

Expert says premier’s gender makes no difference

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.

Wake Forest outlasts Ryerson in cross-border battle

Travis McKie's strong play helped lead Wake Forest back from a halftime deficit and...

Maple Leaf Gardens memorabilia back in familiar place

Banners from Maple Leaf Gardens hang in a familiar place, for now anyway. Maple Leafs...

Old is new for Ryerson basketball

As the Ryerson Rams settle into their new home court at what was once...

A new era for Ryerson hockey, Maple Leaf Gardens

Ryerson University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre is a new building with an old soul.

Rams wins first game at the new Gardens

Hockey lives once again at the place that was formerly beloved as Maple Leaf Gardens. And though visiting forward Kevin George was the one to score the building’s first goal in 13 years, the home team Ryerson Rams would narrowly prevail 5-4 over the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks.

New Loblaws experience ‘like shopping in a museum’

Jian Kourdah made the trip from Markham to the corner of Church and College streets to buy groceries in one of hockey's most storied shrines. He was among the hundreds who checked out the new 85,000-square-foot Loblaws location at Maple Leaf Gardens following its grand opening on Nov. 30.

Ryerson working with Loblaws on Gardens reno: Report

Ryerson University and the Loblaws chain of grocery stores have both confirmed that they...

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