Dave Feschuk
Sports Columnist at The (Toronto) Star
Contributor at Freelance
Toronto Star sports columnist
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Dave Feschuk
There’s an anecdote in Henry Abbott’s new book about the tricky business of NBA injury prevention that underlines one of the cruel truths of the sports business. Abbott, the U.S. basketball writer, was at a private dinner at the 2014 Sloan Sports Conference held by David Heller, a minority owner of the Philadelphia 76ers. A few dozen attendees were present for what turned into an around-the-table chat about NBA player health.
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4 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Dave Feschuk
Now two years into his run as Maple Leafs general manager, Brad Treliving appears to be coming to grips with the show-business aspect of the gig. The guy in charge of the world’s greatest hockey team, as MLSE CEO Keith Pelley coined it last week, is a builder of a roster, sure. But he’s also at times the initiator of a conversation, the setter of a tone. And nothing puts a stamp on a season-ending press conference like a defining buzzword. Not all buzzwords work, mind you.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Dave Feschuk
You would need to be a wilfully blind sports executive to watch your team get booed off the ice in its final two home playoff games and not be concerned. So maybe it was no surprise that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO Keith Pelley acknowledged that the current state of fan relations in Leafland leaves a lot to be desired. “That is really a priority for us: how we relate to the fans,” Pelley said in a news conference last week.
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1 month ago |
therecord.com | Dave Feschuk
It’s an ugly inventory that overshadows a lot of the good Shanahan did for a franchise that was lost at sea when he arrived. But you can make the case Shanahan’s biggest error was taking the wrong side of a timeless nature-versus-nurture debate. Are big-game players born or made?
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Dave Feschuk
It’s an ugly inventory that overshadows a lot of the good Shanahan did for a franchise that was lost at sea when he arrived. But you can make the case Shanahan’s biggest error was taking the wrong side of a timeless nature-versus-nurture debate. Are big-game players born or made?
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