Biggest news in Canada this week. Threw those freezing natives right off the front page.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been sold! And the Raptors too, and the Air Canada Center. And that soccer team that nobody watches.
Well over a billion. Who knew that the gladiators would become such big business?
The Leafs now belong to the two Canadian sports networks who currently divvy up the NHL games between them. I suppose it means we'll have more Leaf games on the TV.
Not something I care about that much. The Leafs were an exciting franchise back in the day. Tiger Williams, Doug Gilmour, Davey, Frank, Tie Domi. Used to be worth watching. Then the Teachers Pension Fund got hold of them. Made some Swedish guy captain of the Leafs for the better part of ten years. His team could be losing 6-1 but as long as he had the 1 he was ear-to-ear grin on the post-game interview.
As for the Raptors and whatever that soccer team is called, doesn't seem to me anybody in Toronto cares.
But who knows. The new owners might be a little more media-savvy, given that they're all media. Perhaps pro sports has turned a corner in Toronto.
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