Every Spring A Parade Down Bay Street
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2013
155 pages
978-0-14-318892-6 (ISBN)
Description
Red York has seen it all: the Maple Leafs' forty-five consecutive Stanley Cups, Toronto's designation as a United Nations World Heritage Site, the emergence of the Toronto Telegram as the nation's greatest newspaper. Now, in response to at least two readers' requests, and with the aid of a ghostwriter whose name he can't ever remember, the award-winning columnist has penned a definitive history of the city of Toronto in the back half of the 20th century. This to-the-best-of-my-recollection memoir, is something which he if no one else believes is a Canadian treasure and the definitive account of the greatest phenomenon in sports: the sheer domination of the Toronto Maple Leafs in National Hockey League and Olympic competition.
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G.B. Joyce is a feature writer and editor with Sportsnet magazine. He has written for ESPN the Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen, and has won four National Magazine Awards. Joyce is the author of eight books, most recently The Black Ace.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. The Unmatched Dynasty & Your Humble Scribe
- 2. A Man of the City
- 3. Being Wooed by the Telegram
- 4. A Heartbreaking Departure & a Warm Welcome
- 5. Tragedy & Opportunity
- 6. Making a Good First Impression
- 7. Coach Imlach Takes Me Under His Wing
- 8. My First Road Trip
- 9. A Rookie (Reporter) Plays a Hand in the First One
- 10. Game Day: May 2, 1967
- 11. The Master of Ceremonies & Chauffeur to the Stars
- 12. Forever Toronto
- 13. Finding Value in Faith
- 14. The Telegram Ascendant & Then Alone
- 15. Erickson's Revenge: The Epic Leafs-Seals Finals, 1, 2 & 3
- 16. Bailing Out My Landlord
- 17. Le Gros Bill Bids Adieu
- 18. Toronto Is Named Canada's Most Beloved City
- 19. True Love
- 20. Beating Bobby Orr
- 21. Hollywood Discovers the Leafs
- 22. The Summit Series Affair
- 23. Clancy in Absentia
- 24. The U.N. Takes an Interest
- 25. Living in Black and White
- 26. Bullying the Broad Street Bullies
- 27. The Undiminished Power of the Toronto Telegram's Press
- 28. The Greatest Leaf & the Hockey Hall
- 29. Other Games, Mere Distractions
- 30. Leafs Fans, Knowledgeable, Fair
- 31. Road Trips
- 32. The Second-Greatest Team of the Modern Era
- 33. I Decline the Order of Canada
- 34. Long Island Iced to a T
- 35. The Kinder
- 36. No Union Here, Thank You
- 37. Oil Leak: Undressing the Great One
- 38. The Send-Off
- 39. The Genial Burns
- 40. The Rigors of the Sportswriting Dodge
- 41. The Series of the Ages
- 42. So Long, Moaner
- 43. Mr. President
- 44. Messier and Messier
- 45. You Call It a Neutral-Zone Trap, I Call It a Crime Against Hockey
- 46. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- 47. The First Game at the Red York & the Last Game at the Forum
- 48. The Avalanche Melts Down
- 49. Hockey's Medical Miracles
- 50. Murphy's Law
- 51. Matt Sundin
- 52. The Future with Mr. Burke
- 53. Charity & Leadership, Thy Name Is York
- 54. The Last Chapter, Etc.
- Photo Credits
