Alexandre Despatie retires from the springboards and towers.

Steve Russell - Staff Photographer - @RussellPhotos

 

I covered his first Olympic dives and his last.

In between Aleandre Despatie won three world championships and a pair of Olympic Medals.

Well done!

 

Fifteen year-old Alexandre Despatie at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, September 30, 2000. Despatie ended up finishing in fourth on the ten metre platform.

 

Our Favourites from May 2013: Jays, Leafs, Ford

 

RICK MADONIK - Mick Jagger, of The Rolling Stones, on tour in their 50th year of playing as a band. More on the Rolling Stones!

 

Our April, Trudeau wins, Leafs playoff bound and Jays are back, kind of...

 

DAVID COOPER - Justin Trudeau walks into the federal Liberal showcase at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

 

No Fooling, we had a great March!

 

DAVID COOPER - Leafs  Frazer McLaren decks Senators Dave Dizurzynski during the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators  at the Air Canada Centre.

Best of February 2013

Edtor's Note - There is an image in this gallery that might be upsetting.

&nbps;

WINTER...

LUCAS OLENIUK - Racers navigate the slippery corners during the annual Icycle race at the Dufferin Grove rink.

The 2013 Canadian International Auto Show

"Revvin'" Rene Johnston (@ReneJohnston1), Steve "Rumbling" Russell (@RussellPhotos) & David "Coupe" Cooper (@whatzname07)

Honda Canada booth before the big reveal on media day before the show opens to the public. - RENE JOHNSTON

Our favourites from January 2013

 

TARA WALTON - Fireworks explode over Toronto City Hall as revellers gathered in a chilly Nathan Phillips Square ring in 2013.

2012 - Keith Beaty

Keith Beaty - Staff Photographer - @keithbeaty

Bridal dress for cover of Special Section's Wedding Planner Issue.

2012 by Vince Talotta

Vince Talotta - Staff Photographer

Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter star, comes to Toronto to talk about his new movie "The Woman in Black"

Reuters photographer Mike Cassese passes away.

Steve Russell - Staff Photographer

In my locker at work I have a copy of the book "From See to See: National Newspaper Awards: 50 Years of Photojournalism", it covers the winning images of the awards until 1998. Every so often I take the book out with me to try to get the photographers that have won in the past to sign their page.

The page with the 1992 Sports Photography is unsigned. Unfortunately I never got Mike Cassese to sign his page, I never thought I would have trouble getting him to sign that page. I saw him at games and events around the city all the time.

Mike passed away this week.

Mike was a super nice guy and a great photographer, our Canadian photo community is mourning his loss. We miss him.

Mike was a staffer at the Toronto Sun before leaving to freelance, mostly for Reuters.

That 1992 picture was taken for the Toronto Sun at the World Series, Mike had captured Kelly Gruber tagging Deion Sanders for what would have been the final out on the first triple play in World Series since 1920. The umpire missed the call, Mike did not miss the picture.

Here is page 98 unsigned in my copy of "From See to See" I thought I had a lot of time left to get Mike to sign the page. Mike shot the image while a staffer at the Toronto Sun.