Steve Simmons

1 day ago | torontosun.com | Steve Simmons

SIMMONS: Argos remain the Toronto team everyone should want to equal All Toronto really wants is to celebrate great teams. The Leafs struggle. The Blue Jays struggle. The Raptors are lousy. But the Argos win. Get the latest from Steve Simmons straight to your inboxStatistically, in any season, the Leafs had a 16% chance of winning the Cup, the Argos just an 11% chance of taking home the Grey Cup. The Leafs were the standard for Toronto sport while the Argos once went 31 years between titles.

1 day ago | tj.news | Steve Simmons

All Toronto really wants is to celebrate great teams. The Leafs struggle. The Blue Jays struggle. The Raptors are lousy. But the Argos win.  •   •  You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentWhen the Maple Leafs were winning four Stanley Cups in the 1960s — the glory days — the Argos were winning absolutely nothing. Advertisement 2Don't have an account?

2 days ago | torontosun.com | Steve Simmons

“Not me,” he said. “I guess my parents were Flintstones people.” It all seems kind of funny right now that the kid born in Washington State and grew up in Florida has been tabbed ‘Bam Bam’ by Jamie Campbell and others on the Sportsnet Blue Jays’ television crew. Bam Bam Barger. It has a certain ring to it. Like Bam Bam Bigelow or Bam Bam Meulens. He doesn’t mind the name, really, if that’s what it is, so long as he can live up to the billing.

4 days ago | torontosun.com | Steve Simmons

You can start with the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers and then move to the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. But after that, who? The Carolina Hurricanes? No. The Washington Capitals? No. The Tampa Bay Lightning? No. The New Jersey Devils? No. The Ottawa Senators? No. The Montreal Canadiens? No. You move to the Western Conference and you can’t feel good about how the Dallas Stars played against the Oilers.

4 days ago | thesudburystar.com | Steve Simmons

For all of the doom and gloom, Toronto may still be the third-best team in the NHL after the two Stanley Cup combatants. Published Jun 02, 2025  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  6 minute readMaple Leafs' Auston Matthews, right, celebrates a goal against the Panthers with teammates Morgan Rielly, left, and Matthew Knies during the third period of Game 6 of the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., Friday, May 16, 2025.