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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Eakins in Vancouver Mix
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (May 24) – Dallas Eakins summarized, respectfully yet unmistakably, his feeling about returning for another year as coach of the American Hockey League Toronto Marlies. “I’ve got contract time left here,” he intoned with the enthusiasm of a man about to prep for a colonoscopy. “We’ll see what happens with that stuff.” [...]
NHL and the World in 1970-71
By HOWARD BERGER TORONTO (May 22) – With the Maple Leafs golfing and looking ahead to more improvement next season, it’s time for me to look back once again – into the NHL’s past. If you follow this corner, you know that I have often posted pages from my scrapbooks – primarily from Leaf playoff [...]
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