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Current NFL rules prevent teams from using computers during games to assist with calling plays or anything else related to the game on the field. That will change in 2014 under a new partnership between the NFL and Microsoft. Much of the NFL's new...

With just one season remaining on Phil Kessel's contract in Toronto, the Leafs must decide how much they value their star sniper.

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2013

BOSTON -- Bruins forward Shawn Thornton won his first Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007, playing for a head coach, Randy Carlyle, who expected hard work and physical play from his players. The Ducks delivered on both fronts, playing with a l...

The NHL and its players' union are partnering with an advocacy organization fighting homophobia in sports.

Former NHL GM and current part-time scout Brian Burke talks with Val Ackerman about the rapid growth and quality of women's hockey and his no-tolerance stance on bigotry in sports.

TORONTO -- USA Hockey huddled up its NHL GM advisory group here Tuesday night with a focus on the upcoming IIHF men's world championship, but it was also a chance to update player evaluations for next February's Olympic team. Brian Burke, Don Wadd...

It would appear that the NHL's firing season is upon us. We've already seen two GMs relieved of their duties since the lockout ended — Brian Burke's oddly timed dismissal in Toronto, followed by Scott Howson finally being put out of his misery ...

Brian Burke is returning to the Anaheim Ducks as a part-time pro scout.

New Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis is not going to take the easy road while getting comfortable in his role, writes Pierre LeBrun.

Brian Burke wishes the Toronto Maple Leafs had won more games -- and he'd seen his firing coming.

Let's start with the easy part: Brian Burke failed in Toronto. There's really no way to spin it otherwise. Some people will try, because that's how these things always work, but it's futile. Brian Burke failed. He came to the Maple Leafs in 200...

Though the CBA is resolved, realignment and player participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics remain unresolved. Craig Custance examines both issues, the impact of the Brian Burke firing on the trade market and more from the Board of Governors meeting.

Blog | Conversation | January 10, 2013

In the wake of the Toronto Maple Leafs' removal of Brian Burke as general manager, Craig Custance examines four potential options for his next stop.

Blog | Conversation | January 09, 2013

In the end, it doesn't really matter whether the Toronto Maple Leafs and the horde of suits that now own the game's most lucrative hockey team thought Brian Burke was a good GM or not. It's their team, this Brooks Brothers Brigade that assumed own...

The conspiracy theories will abound about Brian Burke's GM firing Wednesday, but I believe there were a number of factors involved, not just one crystal-clear reason. And despite the denial from Toronto Maple Leafs COO and president Tom Anselmi, I...

The unedited official Toronto Maple Leafs media release about the firing of GM Brian Burke and the promotion of David Nonis: MAPLE LEAFS ANNOUNCE MANAGEMENT CHANGES The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that David Nonis has been...