Toronto Sports Media Pressbox

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, James Cybulski and I talk about his career, moving from Toronto to Vancouver, the differences in the markets and yes, how he came to be the new play by play voice of EA Sports NHL 2020! TSM @yyzsportsmedia

by TSM Been a crazy couple of weeks- year here in the TSM household capped off with my son’s week long stay in the ICU here in Seattle. Thank you to all those who reached out to the tweet I posted as we finally were back in “safe-land”: Starting the week with a nightmare, spending […]

by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email   Good morning sports media fans, hopefuls, insiders, and powerful executives. The local media is churning out quality content and it is hard for me to keep up between shifts at the gas station. More than ever, please send me items for inclusion in this space. The same request goes for people […]

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Mirlte, Steve McAllister and I talk about the ever changing media landscape and statistics in hockey and the effect on the game TSM @yyzsportsmedia

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Mirlte, Steve McAllister and I talk about the ever changing media landscape and statistics in hockey and the effect on the game TSM @yyzsportsmedia

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, James Mirtle, Steve McAllister and I talk about, the digital world vs traditional media, Bell and Rogers, Subscription vs. old style media. This is the second of 4 segments brought to you by our friends at Coolhockey.com use promo code Pressbox 20 and receive $20 off your order […]

Back in my happy place talking sports media with those in the business. Let’s see if this has legs to become a more permanent feature. You can reach me at @yyzsportsmedia or at via email.   On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, I talk with Steve McAllister (https://twitter.com/steviemacsports) and James Mirtle (https://twitter.com/mirtle) about Bell […]

by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email   Good morning sports media fans. Irregular posting will continue over the next month as we get into the holiday season when sports news dies down.   Quick reminder that I’m working on another media roundtable on the topic of ethics in journalism. In case you missed the last roundtable check it […]

By TSM   Happy hump day! 15 degrees in the GTA today??? While I love it, it just cant be good can it? So, the Maple Leafs changes their logo, again.  It is what I thought it would be in that it’s a tweak.Darren Dreger said it best this am, “It’s just a Maple Leaf”. […]

by TSM Quickly, what do Superbowl 50, the Denver Broncos, The Carolina Panthers and the Toronto Raptors have in common? They were the topic du jour on my appearance Monday on the Todd Shapiro Show with Todd Shapiro. I’m now on Monday’s at 5pm… All good fun! Also, we have a new Toronto Raptors writer […]

By TSM I was on the Todd Shapiro Show on Monday with Todd Shapiro. I was on at 5:00pm The podcast btw won best Best New Podcast in 2014 by the fine folks at Itunes. We talked John Scott, the media coverage of John Scott and All Star Games in general. Enjoy! TSM

By TSM Happy Friday! Some random thoughts on a Friday morning: The sports media “event” of the week had to be new Blue Jays pres Mark Shapiro appearing on PTS with Bob Mccwon. My two cents, despite whatever he may do as a CEO, Shapiro came across as unlikeable. Maybe you don’t care. Maybe it […]

By TSM Sorry, this is too good to not write about…. Greg Brady went to town just after 2pm est on Rogers Fan 590. I have to assume someone or someones were accusing Brady of being a Rogers Shill becuase he unloaded on Bell/TSN radio and TSN tv … Here is basically the rant: “Airing […]

By TSM I had the chance to talk with Marcia MacMillian from CTV News this morning about last night’s Stanley Cup Final game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks. You can watch that video here https://www.facebook.com/CTVNewsChannel/videos/911659315562067/: On a different note, Mike Richards reported this am that he is going to be taking a […]

By TSM Word on the street is that Brendan Shanahan may have made at least one more move on the executive side of things at MLSE as I’m told that Pat Park, the long time PR lead, has been reassigned from the Leafs role he has held for years over to the World Junior tournament. […]

By TSM Gotta love when the pooch wakes you up on one of those days when you can sleep in. Once glance at my cellphone and I could quickly tell I missed something. This morning on Brady and Lang, with Joey Vendetta filling in for Brady, Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia ripped Sportsnet analysts […]

  On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Citron, Tyler Dellow (mc79hockey.com) and I talk about, the the ongoing NHL CBA talks, and atheltes behaving badly, whether it be Lance Armstrong, or a pro sports athlete of the day. Does Bob Goodenow have any reason to gloat?   itpc://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss40996.xml @yyzsportsmedia

  On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Citron, Tyler Dellow (mc79hockey.com) and I talk about, the London Olympics, the NHLPA’s apparent CBA proposal, the NBA adding advertisements to jerseys and more.     TSM @yyzsportsmedia

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Citron and I talk about the NHL’s proposal on the new CBA and Bob McCown’s new contract with Rogers. TSM Pressbox TSM @yyzsportsmedia

On this edition of the TSM Pressbox, Jeff Citron and I talk about Derek Boogard and drugs in sports. TSM Pressbox TSM @yyzsportsmedia