It is often said that it's not possible to convince hockey's biggest, richest market to be patient enough to allow a general manager the time he needs to build his team into a long term winner. The Leafs have not won a championship in four-and-a-half decades, and yet supposedly neither fans nor ownership have the stomach for a long, slow rebuild. Really? TSN Insider Dave Naylor has more. ...more
If Tim Tebow is out of quarterback options in the NFL, he could look north - where his CFL rights are owned by the Montreal Alouettes. But as TSN's Dave Naylor writes, how he would fare in the Canadian game - if he would even be able to head to the CFL, for that matter - is a whole different story. ...more
Many people around the Canadian Football League are convinced it's only a matter of days until Kent Austin is announced as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats new head coach and general manager. TSN's Dave Naylor has more. ...more
The biggest challenge the Toronto Argonauts face is that a whole generation of fans has grown up without them being top-of-mind. And that generation is now raising another generation which presumably thinks the same way. That said, TSN's Dave Naylor writes that the Argonauts very much needed to be in this 100th Grey Cup. ...more
Perception, they say, is everything. Which is why - as TSN's Dave Naylor writes - this week's blockbuster deal between the Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins is so significant in a Toronto market where skepticism has been growing like weeds. ...more
Just five weeks into the 2012-13 season, the Ontario Hockey League's new rule suspending players who exceed 10 fights in a season has had a dramatic influence on the numbers of fights across the league. And as TSN's Dave Naylor writes, what reason there is for other leagues - including the NHL - not to follow suit? ...more
Only Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Hamilton entered this CFL season with backup quarterbacks who have any significant degree of starting experience. And as TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor writes, that's an important asset to have with a third of the regular season left to play. ...more
Three weeks ago, the Edmonton Eskimos were 5-3, vying for first place in the CFL's West Division. But the Esks are now 5-6 for the season with B.C. and Calgary - the league's two hottest teams right now - ahead on their schedule. TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor offers a little perspective on the Eskimos' recent freefall. ...more
In 2004, the NHL lockout was about owners trying to institute a salary cap. This time, it's all about how the owners and players should split up the league's swelling revenues. But as TSN's Dave Naylor writes, the most important dynamic in the economics of hockey remains the same - the enormous disparity between the NHL's wealthiest teams and its not-so-wealthy. ...more
Of all the sports labour showdowns, there has never been a matchup of leadership quite like this one. At one end, there's Gary Bettman - nearly 20 years as commissioner of the NHL. At the other end is Donald Fehr, who led a very powerful union in baseball. TSN's Dave Naylor sizes them up. ...more
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