Burke lauded for support of gay son

Posted 107 days 12 hrs 45 min ago

TAMPA, FLA.a ‘Brian Burke can be gruff and macho, belligerent and truculent. He can scowl and snarl with the best of them. In short, he can be quite intimidating.

But the hard-nosed president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs has revealed a much softer, caring side to his personality – that of a loving and supportive father.

And he’s garnered widespread praise – from his players and others inside the hockey world – for supporting his son, Brendan, who summoned the courage to tell his father he was gay.