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@yyzsportsmedia
Toronto Sports Fan, Travel & Technology enthusiast, foodie, lawyer, father of 2 & sports media writer RT's not endorsements
Seattle, WAyyzsportsmedia.comJoined November 2008
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New York Islanders owners on Lou as Gm: "too long and too much money"
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Stefen Rosner
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#Isles GM Lou Lamoriello would not give specifics on Bo Horvat contract: "It's too long and it's too much money."
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If we are "friends" or you like some of the movies and shows I blast about you will ♥️ #YouPeople . It's a comedy. It's supposed to be funny - that's it. Anyone trying to make it more will hate it.
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Netflix
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Audiences everywhere can’t stop talking about You People! The biggest comedy of the year is sparking the biggest conversation. Find out what all the buzz is about, only on Netflix.
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Any of my awesome followers have experience with a standing desk converter? Something I can put on an existing desk that will raise & lower monitors / keyboard when I need to take a break from sitting #gettingoldsucks
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Sorry Mark, but it’s just time that we stop the acceptance & tolerance of veiled hate. If the comment here was about a kid with cancer I’d see your point, but we all know what’s going on here and it enough already. Stop spreading hate
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Mark Checkwicz
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Replying to @yyzsportsmedia
The hyper focus on just results in sports comes at the expense of embracing players’ humanity. Mind, Body, & Spirit. All these go into being an athlete and are all part of their story. Otherwise, we might as well just write about robot battles.
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For the life of me I don’t understand how someone can write something like this. The world would be such a better place if we all just follows the golden rule
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Alan Strachan
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No wonder The Athletic is losing money and laying off staff by the truckload. There are lots of real hockey stories out there that are ignored for this kind of thing. twitter.com/Burkie2020/sta…
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Mike King ♔
@Kinger_1
Nestlé Canada to stop selling 4 of its international brands in Canada. Delissio pizza, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine and Life Cuisine will be discontinued. Nestle says they will focus on confectionery, coffee, ice cream, premium water and pet food in Canada.
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🤔 Subway- the smell makes me 🤢; is Mr. Sub still a thing? If I had to eat at Jimmy Johns I could, PotBelly is right there with Subway. Jersey Mikes?? Definitely never been, not sure I've never seen one
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Mark Scheig
@mark_scheig
The NHL and Jersey Mike's Subs now have a multi-year U.S partnership.
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MANOAH
@Alek_Manoah6
Youre just like everyone else. Love to talk and then wanna say sorry when you get called out. If you wanna see how an All Star, 1st team All-MLB, and CY young finalist trains. Come meet me
@ManoahDriven
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Anthony Recker
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Replying to @Alek_Manoah6
Don’t let someone throw a video out of context at you and get you upset. You’re an incredible talent man and I’d love to see you make the most of that. I hope to see you continue to get better and be great for a long time. I wish I had even a tiny speck of the talent you do.
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birky
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This just more headline grabbing bullshit. TNT has aired 36 games so far this season compared to 20 at the same point last year. But last year they had no local blackouts, and this year they do, and in all the big markets (Boston, Pittsburgh, NYC). So of course the numbers are📉
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Mark J. Burns
@markjburns88
NHL U.S. TV national viewership is down 22% this season, per findings from @AustinKarp. NHL regular games to date have averaged 373,000 viewers on ESPN/TNT, 2nd season of the league's 7-year pact with Disney & Turner. NHL averaged 478,000 viewers at this point last season.
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Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Interesting development in the NHLPA exec director search. Sources say Marty Walsh, current US Secretary of Labor is believed to be the top candidate. The NHLPA Board will meet tomorrow to further discuss. A vote is required by the board to complete the process.
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The only time I notice the gambling ads is when the same ad repeats endlessly. I don't think that's driving away USA eyeballs
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Al
@AlKaholic81
Replying to @AlKaholic81 and @yyzsportsmedia
The gambling shit is a bit much too. I’m not clutching my pearls. But you can’t watch an intermission without odds and props. You can’t even read an article most of the time without odds plastered everywhere.
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JD Bunkis
@JDBunkis
Hard cap, diminishing physical play/intensity, lack of diversity amongst players (stylistic & background), constant bottom of the roster turnover, playoff format and refusal of players to standout off the ice combining for a lethal cocktail in a competitive entertainment market
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Mark J. Burns
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NHL U.S. TV national viewership is down 22% this season, per findings from @AustinKarp. NHL regular games to date have averaged 373,000 viewers on ESPN/TNT, 2nd season of the league's 7-year pact with Disney & Turner. NHL averaged 478,000 viewers at this point last season.
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In 🇨🇦 I don't know if ratings are down like this - I can look. However the leafs /bolts round 1 playoff matchup eventuality makes watching regularly unnecessary as does lack of playoff success. The fact McDavid's been awarded the MVP b4 ASG can't help either. In the USA
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Luke Craig
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Replying to @yyzsportsmedia
Speaking as a leafs fan a few things: -no point in watching regular season games when only playoffs matter -when grandparents are asking about IPTV because cable is too expensive and blackouts (akin to taxi drivers giving stock picks) you have a problem -too many gambling ads
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Neither of the shows he’s mentioned are doing what you are describing
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Graham Byatt 🇨🇦 (Graham from Hardy)
@ByattGraham
Replying to @yyzsportsmedia
They could look at all sorts of things, 1. Deep dives into teams that are rebuilding and the centerpieces, 2. Take a look at teams that are loaded and either what they need to do/add to get over the top 3. Dissect the upcoming draft and who to watch from team perspectives ect
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Be honest. Given the entire season thus far - what should they have talked about ? Not being a smart a$$ asking seriously. Besides the McDavid season… hanging Bruce out to dry…
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Steve Khan
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Replying to @yyzsportsmedia
I watch Around the Horn and PTI somewhat regularly and they almost never talk about the NHL. In fact, they discuss it less than they did before when they didn't have the rights. The most they ever did was at the various peaks of the Crosby/Ovechkin rivalry.
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This is the type of response one hopes the right people are paying attention to. I believe the biggest miss is the watered down/meaningless regular season resulting in the tragic loss of almost all rivalries but Avery is the fan the league and network should be paying attention 2
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Avery
@whoisthisavery
Replying to @markjburns88 and @AustinKarp
1. Make the sport more accessible to view with no blackouts 2. Remove awful digital boards 3. Allow players to have personality by wearing more adventurous fashion choices and asking better interview questions 4. Hire new TV hosts. Like Subban. 5. Stop allowing blatant homophobia
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Ruh Rho….
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Mark J. Burns
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NHL U.S. TV national viewership is down 22% this season, per findings from @AustinKarp. NHL regular games to date have averaged 373,000 viewers on ESPN/TNT, 2nd season of the league's 7-year pact with Disney & Turner. NHL averaged 478,000 viewers at this point last season.
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6am, Wednesday Feb 1 Seattle airport PACKED with young families- aren’t there schools anymore ???
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Adam Seaborn
@AHBSeaborn
Super Bowl TV Rates 🇺🇸 30s spots are going for $7M on FOX with an estimated audience north of 100M (~$70 CPM) 🇨🇦 30s spots are going for $200k on CTV with an estimated audience north of 7M (~$28 CPM)
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Nancy Armour
@nrarmour
Every sport, every gender. Truly disturbing details in this deeply reported story by
@KatieJStrang
, including a lot of parallels to Nassar.
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Katie Strang
@KatieJStrang
He was a friend, confidant and beloved doctor. Now he is accused of sexually abusing athletes for years  (CW:SA) theathletic.com/4140151/2023/0
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Austin Karp
@AustinKarp
CBS drew 53.12 million viewers for Chiefs-Bengals, marking best NFL conference championship (AFC or NFC) in 4 years (dating back to 53.9 million for Pats-Chiefs in 2019 on CBS in primetime). Sunday night's game peaked at 59.37 million viewers.
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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
The Greater Toronto Hockey League confirmed its officials contacted York Regional Police and Hockey Canada's third party investigators after learning in Oct. that several U18 Toronto Titans players allegedly posted dozens of homophobic slurs and death threats on a group chat.
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