NHL | Cox column: Leafs lost more than a game

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Damien Cox More than four decades ago, legendary Conn Smythe quit the Maple Leafs, claiming the team had decided to put "cash ahead of class" by allowing Muhammad Ali, then better known as Cassius Clay, to fight at Maple Leaf Gardens. Were Smythe around yesterday, the collective misbehaviour of today's Leaf millionaires would undoubtedly have made him throw up. For starters, you had the team ... (link)

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NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition)
Published 11/14/2007 by Richard Pollock at IllegalCurve.com
... writes Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun. The Leafs lost more than just a game last night according to Damien Cox of the Toronto Star. ...

Tlusty's penis
Published 11/15/2007 by James Mirtle at james mirtle
... few months, between this "story," the Avery/Tucker nonsense, Mark Bell's prison sentence and whatever else I'm forgetting, has been absolutely circus-like. If you're a player in this market, the best strategy is generally to not feed the animals, but unfortunately press row now has more than enough to chew on. Unbelievable. . Related Toxic stew surrounds team [David Shoalts] You couldn't make this up [The Globe and Mail] Tlusty deserves better [David Shoalts] Leafs lost more than a game [Damien Cox] It's not easy being a Leaf [Toronto Sun] ...

Tlusty-Gate: Damien Cock?
Published 11/15/2007 by stoeten at And Your Kids Too
... Usually I don't have a problem with Cox-- because he's almost always dumping on the Leafs-- but his heavy-handed load about the Jiri Tlusty flap in yesterday's Star reached Griffinesque depths of galling awfulness. Cox wrote: ...

Exploring sexual sports taboos through 'Hockey: The Musical!'
Published 7/1/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... with a male friend hit the Web. Most of the reaction could be described as "a giggle and a shrug" from fans, but a few Canadian writers played the moral outrage card and his sexuality was questioned. ...

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