Mark Colley
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Last Seen Profiles
NEW: A group of Maple Leafs players have purchased a box for tonight's
#PWHL
Toronto game at Scotiabank Arena, Brian Burke tells me.
Leafs players have been "very supportive" of the PWHL but haven't been able to attend a game yet due to scheduling conflicts, Burke said.
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This is awesome.
Crayola Canada is releasing a new colour, powerplay plum, in honour of the PWHL and Toronto super fan Debbie Harrison.
Harrison wore this to one of Toronto's first games.
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Another great
#PWHL
Debbie outfit.
It's all in the details. The barcode is made up of the jersey numbers of the starting lineup, Debbie said.
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@KyleTucker_ATH
As someone who has covered Carleton basketball since 2019... This is not normal. It's been at least 18 years since they lost by 40+ points.
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New seats, new dugouts, new sightlines.
Here's a first look at the Rogers Centre renovations being unveiled by the Blue Jays today.
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Rally towels on all 18,800 seats ahead of tonight's Battle on Bay Street between
#PWHL
Toronto and Montreal.
The largest-ever crowd for women's hockey is expected.
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Here's
#PWHL
Debbie's outfit from last night.
"Serving up another win" -- and Toronto did in dramatic fashion, with a Jesse Compher goal at 1:25 in the third period.
📸: Debbie!
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Sarah Nurse on the
#WNBA
expanding to Toronto:
"Toronto's proven time and time again that they love our sports here ... I couldn't be more excited to have the chance to witness women's professional basketball and have them join us here."
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I've missed many amazing
#PWHL
Debbie outfits, but I'm back for the season finale. Debbie's pulled out all the stops.
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#PWHL
Toronto head coach Troy Ryan on the news that the WNBA is expanding to Toronto:
"Our entire group is ecstatic that we'll be sharing the city with them."
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We can hear
#PWHL
Toronto celebrating in the locker room from the media space.
A huge 2-0 win. Toronto is one win away from the Walter Cup.
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“If you loved baseball, she wanted to know you."
On Liz Holmes, the ferociously supportive
#BlueJays
superfan who passed away this month and rocked an online community:
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NEW: The
@thepwhlofficial
has decided internally on a trade deadline and is finalizing a draft format for next season, Jayna Hefford tells me.
Announcements on both are coming "very shortly."
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The worst four games in Carleton Ravens history:
- Aug. 13, 2022: 118-56 (62 pts) vs Kentucky
- Dec. 7, 1966: 110-48 (62 pts) vs NYS Teachers College
- Feb. 16, 1979: 113-60 (53 pts) vs York
- Nov. 16, 1995: 105-54 (51 pts) to Brandon
#BigBlueBahamas
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#BirdGang
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Quite the scene here at Mattamy Athletic Centre. Fans lined up around the corner for merch.
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Day one reporting on sports for the
@TorontoStar
, where I'll be for the next 12 months.
First up: the Canadian Futures Showcase, back at the Rogers Centre for the first time since 2019.
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Calling it quits on nationals -- and my last game as a student reporter. What a game to end it on.
It's been quite the ride.
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Taffe Charles on men's and women's winning on the same night:
“My only regret is that we missed it. Oh my god, just so awesome ... Man oh man, it’s gonna be a great celebration when we get back to Carleton.”
#USPORTS
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#FearTheConspiracy
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For the 16th time in 19 seasons, the Carleton Ravens are national champions.
#USPORTS
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#ChaseTheGlory
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FINAL: 81-75 Carleton.
The magic never ends. The Carleton Ravens are one win away from their 17th national championship in the last 20 seasons.
#USPORTS
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#FearTheConspiracy
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Aside from the three TV cameras I spotted, it's all quiet at the Rogers Centre on
#OhtaniWatch
.
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50 years ago today, Secretariat ran his final race in Toronto.
On the legacy of the greatest race in Canadian history, told by those who were there:
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Try to make sense of how the Carleton Ravens got here. You can't.
And yet, after one of the greatest games in
#USPORTS
history, they are here again, champions for the fourth straight year.
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#PWHL
Toronto is keeping it loose ahead of Game 1 tonight.
Jesse Compher crashed the scrum and asked what Troy Ryan is most excited for tonight.
"Hopefully sitting Compher," Ryan said.
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TSN will broadcast one
#CEBL
game a week this season, the league just announced, with additional games streaming on TSN+.
TSN will also broadcast seven playoff games, including Championship Weekend 2023 in Vancouver.
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My first contribution as a Globe intern:
Ice storm leaves more than a million Quebec households without power
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Alright, while I've got a minute to breathe: Was that the greatest game in Canadian university basketball history?
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@KyleTucker_ATH
Looking through the archives, Carleton lost by 49 points in preseason competition in 2004. That's their worst loss -- preseason, regular season or postseason -- in the last 20 years.
Not sure if a 66+ loss has happened ever.
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A cancelled season. A month-long lockdown. A historic loss in the OUA semifinals.
What might be the toughest Carleton Ravens season ever has ended as they almost always do: with another national championship.
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lol that's me
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I spoke to Wayne Gretzky today about neck guards in the NHL. He didn't mince his words.
"This is a fast game," he told me. "I definitely think they should grandfather it in."
More from the Great One:
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Checking out the High Park cherry blossoms? Make sure you don’t step on the tiny baby turtles.
For
@TorontoStar
:
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I'm at uOttawa's University Centre, where Morocco fans have packed an auditorium ahead of this afternoon's World Cup semifinal.
It's safe to say they're excited.
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It's the first time in 546 days that the Blue Jays are at .500. Wow.
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Toronto's iconic rainbow tunnel was graffitied. Again. But this group is still spending $1,500 to repaint it every year -- and has no plans on stopping.
My latest:
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I'm now on the Star's express desk, writing about lots of fun things -- like this LEGO tower that's capturing the imagination of a Toronto neighbourhood.
“It’s LEGO. It’s not changing the world ... It’s just nice to see strangers smiling."
My latest:
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Here's a video from
#PandaGame
street parties in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood, where police have reported objects being thrown at officers.
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The Blue Jays spend close to a half-million dollars every year on an amateur baseball showcase. They think it's one of the keys to growing the game in Canada.
My first for the
@TorontoStar
:
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Proud to be the tallest reporter on the PWHL Toronto beat 😤
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My first Blue Jays byline at the Globe.
More to come tomorrow 👀
With Tampa Bay coming to town, the Blue Jays will have their hands full
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Another sunny day in Toronto.
Rays looking to win their 14th consecutive game to start the season and set a new modern era record.
I'll be covering all the action this weekend for
@globeandmail
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@NateSilver538
It was also polled with candidates in a random order, meaning this is actually a genuine number and not from circumstance.
Pretty remarkable stuff.
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It's country night for the
@ottawa_titans
and they're playing Jolene over the speakers.
Dolly Parton and baseball. I'm in heaven.
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A long line of fans outside Coca-Cola Coliseum ahead of tonight's
#PWHL
semifinal.
Gates open at 6 p.m.
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"If Norris was to have one thing written on his tombstone, it would be, ‘Norris McDonald, storyteller.'"
On the legend of Norris McDonald, the motorsports giant who died Sunday at age 81:
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Woah.
After more than two decades at Carleton, Smart -- arguably the greatest Canadian basketball coach ever -- is leaving.
I am genuinely shocked.
We're a tougher team with Dave Smart!
Excited to officially announce Dave is a Red Raider.
#WreckEm
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It's almost time...
I'll be travelling to Halifax next week with
@LMBaechlin
to cover the U Sports men's basketball national championship for
@CharlatanLive
. We'll have full coverage of everything that happens.
Back where we belong 🏆🌊
The
@USPORTSca
Men’s Basketball Final 8 Championship returns to the East Coast as
@StFXAthletics
host the 2023 Championship March 10-12th at the
@ScotiabankCtr
🏀
Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟️
#Final8isback
#Final8ishome
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Incredible reporting exposing years of hazing and sexual misconduct at a Carleton sorority.
“I want people to actually be concerned—this is a widespread issue,” Student A said. “I felt brainwashed.”
A recent story by
@FaithGreco12
and
@ElissaMendes
reports on alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority.
Read more:
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Taylor Heise spent Tuesday walking around Toronto and shopping at the Eaton Centre.
“The Canadian-U.S. exchange rate, it’s like buying things for free. So I of course went off in the mall.”
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This summer, I'll be reporting on all Ottawa sports -- professional and amateur -- for
@CapitalCurrent
and
@SportsOttawa
.
I'm excited to get started this week with the Titans and BlackJacks' home openers, as well as the Ontario gymnastics championships!
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Welcome to Canada, Ohtani/maybe some random rich guy from LA.
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From today's
@TorontoStar
front page: The
#PWHL
isn't shying away from rough stuff.
My story:
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NEW: Metrolinx added an additional 12-car GO train to Niagara Falls this morning to accommodate
#Eclipse2024
travelers.
Follow
@TorontoStar
's live coverage here:
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For the first time in nearly 40 years, the men's and women's champions are from the same school.
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They don’t know when to quit. It’s not in their vocabulary.
Meet the Loonie Dog Kings.
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Carleton loses by 62 points to Kentucky, 118-56.
Their previous biggest loss -- preseason, regular season or playoffs -- since the turn of the century was by 49 points.
#BigBlueBahamas
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#KentuckyWildcats
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Sometimes, you get paid to eat pizza. And sometimes, that pizza is not good.
Fun day at the office with
@julienreanna
and
@karonliu
.
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Callout for a
@TorontoStar
story:
I'm looking for
#PWHL
Toronto fans who have tried to get tickets to games this season but haven't had any luck.
If this is you, I want to talk! DM or email at mcolley
@thestar
.ca.
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All home games are sold out. Tonight's Scotiabank Arena game sold out within hours.
With such high demand for
#PWHL
Toronto tickets, where will the team go next year?
Lots of new details in my latest:
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For the first time in 19 years, the Carleton Ravens are headed to the national final.
They've secured their spot as one of the top two teams in Canada. Now the Ravens are chasing gold.
#ChaseTheGlory
@USPORTS_Soccer
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Toronto forward Maggie Connors won a contest when she was 10. Her prize: Spending the day with Natalie Spooner.
Thirteen years later, they're teammates.
My story from Day 1 of
#PWHL
camp:
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FINAL: 93-86 Carleton.
After a season unlike any other, the Ravens are headed back to nationals.
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More good reporting from
@CharlatanLive
on encampments -- and university responses -- across Ontario.
BREAKING: Asked whether Carleton would tolerate a sit-in similar to the one at uOttawa, Carleton responded that “our university policies prohibit unauthorized access and use, disruption and damage to university property.”
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Anyone still up? Good.
My game story on a history-making night at the Ravens' Nest -- how March Madness turned into March Sadness, a decade in the making.
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The
#CEBL
's growth over the last year is more than just a flash in the pan. It is fundamentally changing the way the world looks at basketball in Canada.
My first for
@YahooCASports
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They're cracking the lid at the Rogers Centre ahead of today's game against the Rays.
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The Ravens take the crown, again.
Carleton has now won a national championship in basketball 13 years in a row. Three times in the last six years for the women.
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#PWHL
Toronto already has superfans.
Here's Debbie Harrison of Lindsay, Ont. She's still waiting for her jersey to arrive in the mail, so she made her own.
Can't wait to see what she breaks out Wednesday against Boston.
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One more day.
In under 12 hours, the 2023 U Sports champion will be crowned. It could be a historic day, with both the men's and women's Ravens in the gold medal game.
#USPORTS
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#FearTheConspiracy
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BREAKING: The Carleton Ravens won’t sell tickets for games before Feb. 21, including the annual Capital Hoops basketball games between uOttawa and Carleton,
@CharlatanSports
has learned
Cap Hoops will take place at the Ravens' Nest on Feb. 18.
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Hard to describe how incredible this shot was.
The wildest shot I've ever seen, in potentially the greatest U Sports game of all time.
Here's what Aiden told me at the time: "It was a bit of a lucky one. I can’t lie."
Understatement of the year.
"Aiden has really cemented his legacy as one of the best players that
@CURavensBBall
has ever had" 🇨🇦
@USPORTSca
Behind the Moment: Aiden Warnholtz comes up clutch in 2023 U Sports Men's Basketball final 🚨
More:
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It's boarding time at the Ottawa airport. To Edmonton we go!
Expect increasingly unhinged pictures of
@Spencesphotos
and I as the week progresses.
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My new favourite stat:
The Carleton Ravens have been ranked first in the nation 226 times. The next closest program (Victoria) has been ranked first in the nation... 63 times.
Wild.
#USPORTS
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#FearTheConspiracy
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"What they don’t realize is … they’re being racist towards Indigenous peoples."
I spoke to Cole Redhorse Taylor, who designed Marc-Andre Fleury's mask.
More of his thoughts:
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“I’m just testing the waters. I’m just trying to do something that has never been done."
As Lloyd Pandi puts his name forward for the NBA draft, get to know the
#USPORTS
Player of the Year -- including the moment that changed his career.
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AFC Toronto, a team in the new women's Northern Super League, announced its logo this morning.
"Within its clean lines are layers of stories that pay homage to (Toronto) and its diversity, the founders, the grassroots heritage of the organization and ethos of the club."
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Mark is a legend. Couldn't be prouder to offer up my air mattress to him.
Made my live TV debut this morning talking federal role in fighting wildfires on CTV’s
@YourMorning
. Watch at 55:00 here:
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Good morning from Scotiabank Arena, where MLSE is set to announce massive renovations to the 25-year-old arena.
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@dsquare77
@morganslegit
@crab_rangucci_
It wasn't an issue for 100 years because it was first used in the late 1940s.
It's been an issue ever since then.
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