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June 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
He could also be a good fit at TSN, since they desperately need a Jays journalist, and Arash is obviously good in front of the camera.

He would add a lot to their baseball coverage but ... this would mean committing to covering a local team they don't have rights for.
March 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Imagine referring to your employees as "components" and thinking you're the good guys.
March 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Star Sports. This is so much better.
March 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A weakened Canadian dollar will reduce travel budgets, which were already bad.
February 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Budget cuts man.

Didn't Hayes used to wear those too? I seem to remember someone on the TSN side looking goofy af with those corded buds.
January 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Opinion: The Athletic benefits from the NYT brand. NYT benefits from The Athletic's experts + reach. This is a textbook case of mutual beneficial.

Treating Athletic writers as 2nd class citizens within the organization stinks.

If NYT can't afford to pay everyone then why buy such a large outlet?
January 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Discussing this topic with colleagues, and was reminded that Coach’s Corner was once a part of the national sports conversation.

I am so thankful we no longer have to listen to casual racism once a week under the guise of hockey analysis.
December 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Creating organic patrimony is exceedingly difficult.

Outside of the Grey Cup we have no other annual sports events that draw people together as Canadians.
December 26, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Pelley is a huge figure in Canadian sports media and this has the potential to be incredibly interesting. I'll have some more stuff to say about this episode in a bit.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/k...
Keith Pelley, President & CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Podcast Episode · Up Close with Stephen Brunt · 2024-12-17 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:44 PM