25 Years of Sports Media Memories
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (June 11) – I find it rather difficult to believe it was a quarter century ago that I began my tenure at CJCL AM-1430 – destined to become Canada’s first all-sports radio station. More accurately, it was 25 years ago that I fell into my radio career. With not a day’s [...]
Bruins Will Win the Stanley Cup
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (June 6) – Like most of us with a sporting interest, I’ve made some lousy predictions in my day – too many, in fact, to count. But, I’ve been pretty darned good with the Stanley Cup final. At the beginning of 2009-10, for example, I had Chicago vs. Philadelphia and nailed [...]
NHL Deserves More Respect at Olympics
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (June 3) – Though it appears all but certain that NHL players will take part in the Winter Olympics for a fifth term, an official announcement has yet to be made. Time is clearly of the essence given the 2014 Games at Sochi, Russia begin in just more than nine months, [...]
State-Side Weekend Thoughts
By HOWARD BERGER ROCHESTER, N.Y. (June 1) – So, I’m here in the former hockey home of Donald S. Cherry for a family event this weekend. I normally wouldn’t write about this, for obvious reasons, but there is no other way to explain what happened. At 3:30 this morning, ol’ Mom Nature knocked and I [...]
Walkom Did Nothing Wrong
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (May 30) – A lot of Thursdays were ruined last night by Brent Seabrook in overtime at the United Center. Imagine the joy of hockey fans had Detroit prevailed in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinal. The most exciting sport of all – Blame the Official – could have raged [...]
Are Leafs Committed to Reimer?
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (May 27) – Let me begin here by stating fact: the Maple Leafs can move forward with James Reimer between the pipes. Over the course of three seasons, Reimer has proven – when healthy – to be a solid, legitimate No. 1 goalie in the National Hockey League. What we do [...]
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