Brian Burke, the former Edina resident, was fired today as head of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Burke was a polarizing figure in Toronto, mostly because his teams weren’t very good.
But in firing Burke, the Maple Leafs also got rid of an important voice for gay athletes.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins