Toronto Legends

Journalist and Author Tim Wharnsby talks about his time at the Toronto Sun/Globe & Mail/Hockey Night in Canada and shares great stories about the characters involved in Canada’s 2002 Olympic Hockey Gold Medal team including Wayne Gretzky, Joe Sakic, Pat Quinn, Chris Pronger, Russ Courtnall, Bobby Clarke, Owen Nolan, Bob Nicholson and Bob Cole! BONUS MATERIAL: Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman...as human beings one is a stud, and one is a dud!

Tim’s book Gold: How Gretzky's Men Ended Canada's 50-Year Olympic Drought can be found wherever you get your books!

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Heritage Auction’s Consignment Director Jason Simonds shares the incredible story behind the discovery of the Holy Grail/White Whale/Loch Ness Monster/Bigfoot of hockey cards...a full case of 16 unopened/sealed boxes of 1979/1980 O Pee Chee NHL hockey cards, which may [or may not] contain an estimated 27 Wayne Gretzky rookie cards. The expected value when the auction process is completed is somewhere around $3 MILLION US dollars!!! And that doesn’t even take into account all those sticks of chewing gum!

Jason Simonds and Heritage Auctions can be found at https://www.ha.com/

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Ownr CEO Shane Murphy talks about helping entrepreneurs simplify starting their own businesses, why he came to Toronto as a victim of financial circumstances, his path of starting a tech platform that has been acquired by RBCx, the apparent hypocrisy of moving from starting HIS own business to now working for ‘The Man’ [only Canada’s largest bank!], Canadian entrepreneurship trends [micro-preneurs/solo-preneurs that are truly bootstrapping] and why we should STOP using the term ‘side-hustle,’ why it no longer takes money to make money, reconciling the facts that although it has never been easier to start your own business there is an 80% failure rate over 5 years, his promise that the company blog is a supremely exciting resource, how he managed to calm his parents when he announced he was leaving corporate litigation for starting up his own small business, and he shares the dirty secrets of starting your own business that corporate lawyers don’t want you to know! [spoiler alert: it’s lots of cut & paste]

For everything that Ownr can do for small business entrepreneurs, visit https://www.ownr.co/

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Director Simon Head talks about his documentary ‘Subversives–The History of Lowest Of The Low,’ the vital importance of having both ‘Low Karma’ and ‘Errors & Omissions insurance,’ the bravery needed to take on this project with NO prior film-making experience nor qualifications, the thick-skin needed during the editing process, his Mom’s stellar contributions to transcribing 35 hours of interviews, the surprising difficulties in procuring archival footage from CTV/Bell/MuchMusic/CBC, his interesting interactions with Andy Koyama/Art Bergmann/Page Publications/Sum41/Platinum Blonde, and why Lowest of the Low has Bon Jovi-like status in Buffalo NY!

For everything Simon Head [including his documentary and his podcast], please go to http://apologue.ca/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Journalist/Broadcaster/Author Damien Cox talks about starting out from The Toronto Star’s Scarborough bureau [the Toronto Zoo beat], co-hosting Prime Time Sports with the Bobcat Bob McCown [otherwise known as The Cutting Edge...with listeners!], his afternoon show on The FAN and subsequent books with Gord Stellick, his stint on Hockey Night in Canada during the Strombo Years, his thoughts on the major players [Darryl/Lanny/Borje/Inge/Captain Video/Palmy/Tiger/Harold] involved in his new book on the 1977/78 Toronto Maple Leafs, his love for Wayne Gretzky and lack thereof for Leo Cahill & Pat Quinn, his unprecedented 10+ year handshake agreement with The Toronto Star, and why simply speaking his mind is what he does best!

For everything Damien Cox including his latest book [written with Gord Stellick] ‘REVIVAL: The Chaotic, Colourful Journey of the 1977-78 Toronto Maple Leafs’ please visit: https://www.damospin.ca/books/revival

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Frameworth Sports Marketing President Brian Ehrenworth talks about his transformational business pivot experienced on The Madison’s patio as a result of beer + hockey sticks + ’The Killer’ Doug Gilmour, signing Mike Weir two weeks before he won the 2003 Masters, his industry-changing autograph exclusivity deal signed with a 15 year old Sidney Crosby [originally only done to save his Mike Weir deal!], his development of the Wayne Gretzky fantasy camps [and hitching a ride on The Great One’s private jet], opening Gardoonies sports bar directly across Carlton St from Maple Leaf Gardens [with his partners Doug Gilmour & Bob McCown], bringing Bobby Hull home for dinner [and why the Golden Jet was such a stickler for producing a legible autograph], playing blackjack in Vegas [underage!] with Bill Russell/Ray Nitschke/Mickey Mantle, conducting Borje Salming’s last autograph signing session, and sharing cookies with ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali!

For everything Frameworth Sports Marketing, please visit https://frameworth.com/

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Broadcaster Rod Black talks about his [former] moustache, his baseball-playing boys + the fabulous Butler bros [Rob & Rich], running away from home to meet Bobby Hull, DJ’ing at his Winnipeg roller rink, covering multiple Olympic Games, and his interactions with all of [but not limited to] Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson, Bruce/Caitlin Jenner, Leo Rautins, Sir Charles Barkley, The Golden Boy Donny Lalonde, The Golden Jet Bobby Hull, Iron Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, John Shannon, Marv Albert, Morris Peterson, Dale Hawerchuk, Duane Ford, Joe Carter, Phil Esposito, Wayne Gretzky, Jesse The Body Ventura, Jack The Coach Armstrong, Elvis Stojko, Alan Thicke, Matthew Perry, the Harlem Globetrotters, Doug Beeforth, Sandie Rinaldo, and [of course] Snoop Dogg!

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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1000+ game NHL centreman Laurie Boschman talks about his 30 years working with Hockey Ministries International, getting the call [on a rotary phone!] from Harold Ballard that the Maple Leafs had drafted him 9th overall in 1979, checking into his hotel behind Andre the Giant and worrying that HE was attending the same training camp, the surreal experience of his first Maple Leafs’ training camp with Sittler/Salming/McDonald/Palmateer/Tiger Williams, as a rookie learning from ‘that old fossil’ Leafs legend Ron Ellis, his coach Mike Nykoluk phoning his poor parents back home in Brandon MB to tell them that he had been BRAINWASHED, getting conscripted to play for the new Ottawa Senators expansion franchise [and being named their first-ever Captain], finishing his hockey career playing on ice meant for curling in the UK, and his thoughts on former agents Al Eagleson & Bill Watters!  

As part of the NHL’s All Star Weekend in Toronto, you can attend the All Star Breakfast hosted by Hockey Ministries International on Sat Feb 3rd at the Fairmount Royal York hotel...full details at https://www.hockeyministries.org/toronto/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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Glass Tiger’s Alan Frew returns to talk about his upcoming 80s/90s REWIND live concert, why Glass Tiger is the world’s most industrious most lazy band, his fear that a fan will tell him that their Granny finds him ‘hot,’ how an unsigned bar band from Newmarket opened for Boy George & Culture Club at Maple Leaf Gardens [and how he had to high-tail it back right afterwards to do his midnight shift as an orderly at Newmarket Hospital], how his ‘funny accent’ led him directly to both fights & romances [“guys hated it, girls loved it”], his unplanned collaborations with Bryan Adams and Sir Rod Stewart, his friendship with incoming MLSE CEO Keith Pelley, and his cherished up close & personal time with Sir Paul McCartney!

Come dressed in your best 80s & 90s gear when Alan Frew plays The Opera House with 80s/90s REWIND live on Sat Feb 17! Full ticket info at https://theoperahousetoronto.com/event/80s-rewind-alan-frew/

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Broadcaster turned Author Lisa Bowes talks about starting out as a 'fliegen' at TSN, putting in the extra hours at Maple Leaf Gardens, taking over for Rod Black at CTV Winnipeg, working on CBC’s weekly documentary program Sports Journal, all the creativity & innovations that came out of The Score Television Network, calling Women's Ice Hockey [and Canada's Gold Medal] at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, convincing Gary Bettman to do his best ‘duck call’ live on TV, covering the ‘Finnish Flash’ Teemu Selanne during his time in Winnipeg, and why she has high hopes for her ‘Lucy Tries Sports’ book series!

For everything Lisa Bowes, please go to https://lucytriessports.com/

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected]

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