Val Sears (December 5, 1927 – January 21, 2016) was a Canadian journalist.
 He had long experience as reporter, editor, Ottawa Bureau Chief and foreign correspondent in London, England and Washington, D.C. for the Toronto Star.
 Sears won numerous awards for his reporting including a National Newspaper Award for feature writing and for news as well as a science writing Award.
 He is author of the book "Hello Sweetheart: Get Me Rewrite", which is a lively account of the 1950s newspaper wars between the Toronto Telegram and the Toronto Star, both of which employed him.
 The book become a cult classic among journalists and appears on the curriculum of journalist schools in Canada.
 After retiring from the Toronto Star, Sears became a columnist for the Ottawa Sun from 1998 to 2005.
Scott Morrison (born October 7, 1958) is a Canadian sports journalist for Sportsnet.
 He worked for the "Toronto Sun" throughout the 1980s and 1990s until he joined Rogers Sportsnet in 2001 as managing editor of Hockey.
 He was let go from Sportsnet in July 2006.
 Morrison also served two terms as president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and authored numerous hockey books, including "Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers", "Mats Sundin: Center of Attention" and "Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day".
 He also contributes to CBC Television, CBC Radio and CBC Newsworld and appears often on "HNIC".
 He also provides information to AM640's "Leafs Lunch" and Bill Watters Show.
The Eric Lindros trade was the culmination of a holdout by Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The Nordiques selected Lindros in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft with the first overall selection, but Lindros refused to play for them.
 After holding out from Quebec for a year, the Nordiques agreed to two trades involving Lindros at the onset of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, one with the Philadelphia Flyers and one with the New York Rangers.
 An arbitrator ruled in favor of the Flyers on June 30, 1992.
Quebec once again had the first overall draft pick heading into the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, as this marked the third consecutive season the Nordiques had the first overall selection.
 With the pick, Quebec selected Eric Lindros of the Oshawa Generals.
 Lindros scored 71 goals and 149 points with the Generals during the 1990–91 season, however, he let the Nordiques know that he was not interested in playing for Quebec.
 Despite this, the Nordiques drafted him, however, the club was unable to sign Lindros.
 Rather than playing for Quebec for the 1991–92 season, Lindros played for the Canadian national men's hockey team, and then returned to the Generals for the rest of the season.
Robert James "Red" Burnett (1910 or 1911 – April 1, 1979) was a Canadian sports journalist.
 A columnist for the "Toronto Star", he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
 Burnett joined the "Star" in 1927 originally as a copy boy, and retired in 1975.
 He died of a heart attack in 1979 at the age of 68.
 At the time of his death, he had returned to the "Star" to work as a copy editor as part-time job.
Randy Starkman (1960 – April 16, 2012) was a Canadian sports journalist who reported on amateur sports and athletes for the Toronto Star newspaper.
 He was twice awarded a National Newspaper Award, first in 1993 for his reportage of Ben Johnson's second positive test for steroids, and in 1994 for a series on concussions suffered by hockey players.
 Starkman authored the book "Let the Games Begin" in 1994, and co-authored books with Eric Lindros and Currie Chapman.
 At the time of his death, he was working with Olympic athlete Clara Hughes on another book.
 Starkman died at age 51 on April 16, 2012, after a brief illness.
Samors has authored, co-authored and/or published twenty five books about Chicago's neighborhoods, downtown, Michigan Avenue, the Chicago River, Lake Shore Drive, and Chicago's airports, and in addition has written and published nostalgic books about growing up in Chicago in the eras of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
 His book, co-authored with Michael Williams, "The Old Chicago Neighborhood: Remembering Chicago in the 1940s", won the 2003 Independent Publisher Book Award first place award in history, his book "Chicago in the Sixties: Remembering a Time of Change" won the 2007 Independent Publisher Book first place award in history, his book, "Downtown Chicago in Transition", co-authored with Eric Bronsky, won the 2008 Independent Publisher Book second place award for Midwest Region books, and his book, "The Rise of The Magnificent Mile," (co-authored with Eric Bronsky), won the 2009 Independent Publisher Book first place award in the Great Lakes region.
 He co-authored and published three new books in 2008, including "Clark Weber's Rock and Roll Radio", by Clark Weber, "Never Put Ketchup On A Hot Dog", by Bob Schwartz, and "The Rise of the Magnificent Mile", co-authored with Eric Bronsky.
 In 2010, he published and/or co-authored, with Tony Macaluso and Julia S. Bachrach, "Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration of the Grant Park Music Festival, "A Kid From The Windy City," co-authored by Lee B. Stern and Neal Samors, and "Paths Through The Wilderness: American Indian Trail Marker Trees" by Dennis Downes, with Neal Samors.
 Next, he was the publisher and co-author of "Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway" and served as publisher of "Chicago From The Sky: A Region Transformed" by Lawrence Okrent.
 In 2011, he published and co-authored, "Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future" with Eric Bronsky and Robert Dauber, in 2013 he published and co-authored "Chicago's River At Work And At Play" with Steven Dahlman, and, in 2015, he published and co-authored "Now Arriving: Traveling To And From Chicago By Air, 90 Years of Flight" with Christopher Lynch.
 Dr. Samors publishes books through his company, Chicago's Books Press, an imprint of Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc.
 He has a PhD and MALS from Northwestern University, an MA from Northern Illinois University and a BA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
 In 2010, Dr. Samors was selected as a Prominent Alumnus by the Sullivan High School Alumni Association.
Eric Bryan Lindros ( ; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
 Lindros played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques.
 He refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in June 1992 in exchange for a package of players and draft picks including Peter Forsberg.
 During his OHL career, Lindros led the Generals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1990.
 Prior to being drafted in 1991, Lindros captured the Red Tilson Trophy as the Most Outstanding Player in the OHL, and also was named the CHL Player of the Year.
 Lindros was born in London, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto.
David Vienneau (1951–2004) was a Canadian journalist.
 He was born in Hamilton, Ontario and grew up in nearby Dundas.
 He graduated from the University of Western Ontario school of journalism in 1975 with an honours degree.
 He began working for the Toronto Star newspaper that same year, becoming its Ottawa bureau chief in 1995.
 He was known for his coverage of controversial topics such as Nazi war criminals living in Canada and gun control.
 Vienneau moved to television in April 1998 as Ottawa bureau chief at for Global Television, where he remained until his death from pancreatic cancer on December 1, 2004.
John Alexander "Rex" MacLeod (March 30, 1921 – April 7, 1995), was a Canadian sports journalist.
 A columnist for "The Globe and Mail" and "Toronto Star", he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1987 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
 MacLeod served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force and entered the newspaper industry after the war, with the "Guelph Mercury".
 He retired in 1987.

Question: Randy Starkman, was a Canadian sports journalist who reported on amateur sports and athletes for the Toronto Star newspaper, Starkman authored the book "Let the Games Begin" in which year, and co-authored books with Eric Lindros?
Answer: 1994