It’s heart breaking to read as a father But now the combative G.M. had taken the biggest hit of his life. Lying on the side of the road was his 21-year-old son, who had stunned the hockey world three months earlier when he’d come out as the first openly gay man closely connected to the [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs
‘We love you, this won’t change a thing’
This is a great story in ESPN about Brendan Burke telling the rest of the Burke family that he is gay. Your dad thinks through everything. Dad is big, confident and continuously radiates a persona that is rough, gruff, unrelenting and unapologetic. He has a cold, expressionless poker face straight out of a Clint Eastwood [...]
Being a Habs fan counts for something
I have known several die hard Montreal Canadiens fans over the years. They are obnoxious and arrogant and when the Habs are winning, they can be impossible to be around. The same can be said for Toronto Maple Leaf fans. They are also obnoxious, arrogant and the occasional times when the Buds are winning, they [...]
