Outgoing Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke denied a report by Bloomberg.com that he is in talks to start a joint venture that may involve assets owned by MSG - the company that owns the New York Rangers and Knicks.

The report by Bloomberg's Scott Soshnick says that Leiweke is talking to former Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff about a venture that would include the revitalization of the old Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California - an MSG asset.

"I am focused on (the) task at hand," Leiweke told TSN. "(I) have a half dozen things I am trying to get done for MLSE. Until they have a new CEO, I am focused on that. Story is not true."

Leiweke announced in August that he is stepping down from the company that runs the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors and Marlies. He has been at the helm of MLSE for 13 months.

Prior to coming to Toronto, Leiweke spent 13 years with the Anshutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Los Angeles Kings and Lakers as well as the Staples Center.