Well, this is one of those good news/bad news sort of mornings.
The good news is there'll be a new blog moving into town. By the end of the week, The Spin, Damien Cox's blog, makes its debut. From what Damien tells me, it'll be mainly hockey, including blogging from over in Turin, but also spin into the other areas that cross his sporting radar, like tennis and the CFL, so I'm sure it'll quickly show up on all the best blogrolls.
The bad news is that the Hockey Page is shutting down. Regular readers have noticed of late that the postings have become sporadic, while over at my JABS sports blog, I've done a little more hockey recently (and will continue to do so). Speaking from my own perspective, too, the HP has never really done what it was supposed to do, save for those few days last September blogging from Leafs preseason training, and for that I have to take the blame.
Oh, and couple more things: I'll be live-texting weekday Olympic hockey on the website, and thestar.com will be adding a podcasting element once the NHL resumes after the Olympics. Stay tuned for details on the websites, and JABS and the Spin.
To the bloggers and the readers who dropped by and maybe even took the time to comment, thanks so much. Damien will do a lot better job of keeping you regularly informed on all matters hockey, and if you want to wander over to JABS now and then, more's the better. Peace.
(C.Y.)
Thanks for all your fine work Chris. Two blogs is a lot for one guy (one is a lot for me!). It was nice to see a more informal and less spun take on our belevened Loafs. Keep jabbin' it up.
Posted by: Jlo | February 06, 2006 at 11:39 AM
As long as you continue to include hockey over at JABS, Chris... *sniffle*
Posted by: Carla | February 06, 2006 at 11:40 AM
Peace out CY. I'll see you over at JABS.
Posted by: Ninja | February 06, 2006 at 12:12 PM
This is disappointing news. Many times, this hockey page was more entertaining to read than the Star's sports section.
But I look forward to Cox's hockey blog and of course, I'll keep an eye on CY's JABS.
I got a free gold ticket to the Leafs vs. Thrashers game on Tuesday night. The only way I'd be going is if it were free. My seat costs an astounding $173 (box office, before tax). Ridiculous. You'd have to be either wealthy and stupid or just plain ol' stupid to actually part w/ your cash for a Leafs ducat.
Nevertheless, I'm excited to be going.
Posted by: Flam Flim | February 06, 2006 at 12:45 PM
Well too bad Mr CY, I for one will miss your work.
Look forward to following JABS!
Posted by: gary | February 06, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Thanks for the great work.
Enjoyed reading this blog, and I'm sad to see it go.
cheers,
Posted by: Roninkengo | February 06, 2006 at 11:15 PM
So I don;t look forward to reading his blog. I'll peek at it, but in my experience, journalists have a hard time adopting a blogger's voice and perspective, and it's a rare one that responds in his own comments thread. We'll see I guess.
So sad to see this blog go. Kudos to The Star for getting it going in the first place.
Posted by: Chris Corrigan | February 08, 2006 at 07:06 PM
Thanks to all for the kind words. Keep your eyes checking in on JABS, because when the weather gets a little better, I'm going to organize some kind of blogger night out, perhaps watching a playoff game.
Posted by: cy | February 08, 2006 at 11:45 PM