No. 58: HAROLD BALLARD / The Good Old Days? Not with Pal Hal on Carlton Street back in 70's & 80's.

Toronto M5B 1J2: That was the postal code for the Gardens, once the home of the (not dearly) departed Ballard. A few memories of Ballard & thoughts re the bio-doc directed by my buddy Jason Priestley.

Jan 20, 2023

∙ Paid

On Wednesday night, I made it out to the premiere of Offside: The Harold Ballard Story, directed by Jason Priestley. The documentary runs Sunday night on CBC and will be available on CBC Gem for streaming.

Left to right, me, my daughter & the director. Alas, he couldn’t direct me to the sweater check.

I’ll get the personal stuff out of the way. I suppose a lot of loyal How to Succeed in Sportswriting readers know that my first novel, The Code, was adapted into the TV series Private Eyes, which starred Jason and ran for six season…

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