Far be it from us to conflate professional sports with Bill Shakespeare—but the Toronto Maple Leafs’ actions before, during and after Tuesday's NHL trade deadline recall Macbeth’s famous words: full of sound and fury, yet ultimately signifying nothing. Charges of heresy will be duly acknowledged. In the end, the promised blow-up never materialized. None of the five big-money, no-trade-clause-holding players could be moved. Pavel Kubina was apparently ready to be shipped off (to San......

On Tuesday, the second-place New Jersey Devils came to play their road game at the Air Canada Centre, clogging up the neutral zone and waiting for the Maple Leafs to make a mistake. Which might have worked, had they been able to take the lead. But the Leafs played patient, capitalized on the power play, and held on for a 2-1 win. It was only after the oft-maligned Nik Antropov scored the Leafs’ second......

Rumours are a-fly that the CBC will be back in the house as early as next week. No, we're not referring to the Classic Buick Club or Canadian-Born Chinese or Cold-Blooded Creatures, we're referring to the most-trusted news source in Canada. Torontoist has obtained such information from an ex-CTV producer, via somebody we met on the streetcar yesterday. Sound like an unreliable source followed by an unfounded rumour? Well check your facts, mister: Exhibit C:......

Torontoist stuck to their promise and waited for an end to the losing steak prior to any mention of the struggling Toronto Raptors. Last night they were able to snap a seven game skid with a 96-90 win against and the Minnesota Timberwolves. With a career performance out of youngster Chris Bosh and the physical dominance of fan favourite Matt "The Red Rocket" Bonner, the Raps took the “M” and “V” out of reigning MVP......

With the NHL lockout dragging on, its players have been adopted as the starving students of the sporting world. Gentlemen, you can put down the Kraft Dinner, relief is on its way. Bob Goodenow and the Player’s Association have announced plans to help their members’ stuff their pockets back inside their pants. 730 locked out players will be receiving compensation in the amount of $10,000 for the months of November and December, with additional payments......

As of today, Nov. 10, 2004, there have been 184 games cancelled in 56 days of the NHL Lockout. The NHL season is very close to being scrapped altogether, and that means no Olympic hockey in 2006 either. And now the NHL suffers yet another blow, as Maple Leaf forward Wade Belak has decided to go across the Atlantic to play hockey. Unfortunately for the league, the city of Toronto, and Belak's cult-like fans, the......