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Chris Bosh Watch: Bosh does for Heat what he never did for the Raps—lead the...
Chris Bosh intensifies the Heat (Image: Keith Allison) With the Raptors out of the playoffs, we need to get our basketball fix somewhere, so we’re turning to Chris Bosh—just as we did for the seven...
View ArticleA four-point guide to Bryan Colangelo’s plea to keep his job as Raptors...
In Bryan Colangelo’s end-of-year press conference on Monday, the Toronto Raptors president and general manager decided to put his usual pomp, bravado and marketing-brochure bafflegab on the shelf....
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Toronto hoop prodigies seeking NBA glory
Cheerleaders at a Longhorns game (Image: Randall Chancellor) Two basketball phenoms are ready to turn their hoop dreams into reality. A pair of former GTA high school stars—Brampton’s Tristan Thompson...
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The Raptor effect: four former players who found playoff glory somewhere else
So long, Raptors. Hello, playoff succes (Images: Keith Allison) Call us self-loathing Toronto sports fans, but this year’s otherwise spectacular NBA playoffs have been marred by the success of recent...
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Three possible scenarios for the Raptors at tonight’s draft lotto
Will the Raps snag the number-one pick tonight? (Image: Mike) After 16 NBA seasons and 11 losing campaigns, we’re pretty sure the Toronto Raptors are familiar with the draft lottery. Tonight will mark...
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Triano gets the boot from the Raptors bench—but not from the office
Well, that was a surprise: in his first move since receiving a two-year contract extension, Toronto Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo turfed head coach Jay Triano, declining to...
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Four reasons why we love the Toronto Raptors new head coach, Dwane Casey
Will the Raps be able to stop opponents from scoring less with Casey behind the bench? (Image: laffy4k) After three weeks of surprisingly little speculation over who the Toronto Raptors’ new bench boss...
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Why we like Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo’s choice at the NBA draft last...
(Image: Mike) We wouldn’t blame Toronto Raptors fans for letting out a collective groan when the team announced Jonas Valanciunas as the fifth overall pick in last night’s National Basketball...
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We look at the three front-runners in the race to replace Toronto Raptors GM...
The Raptors are in the hunt for a new GM (Image: Adam Bailey) When Adrian Wojnarowski speaks, the basketball world listens. So we took notice when the Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist and world-class...
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Rogers and Bell buy MLSE (and now own every Canadian sports team, stadium and...
Less than two weeks after the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan announced it was taking its majority share of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment off the market, the fund has turned around and sold its...
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Reaction roundup: What the city’s sports (and business) writers are saying...
Sure, the fact that Bell Canada and Rogers have teamed up to purchase Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment is old news now, but the full implications of the deal remain to be seen. For our part, we’re...
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Steve Nash’s snub means Toronto is floundering, according to the Star’s...
Listen, Toronto. It’s not you, it’s me (Image: Keith Allison) We have a fondness for the musings and grumblings of Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume, but his latest column makes some...
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Dunkonomics: How the Toronto Raptors’ Bryan Colangelo plans to reinvent his team
Bryan Colangelo, the Raptors’ impulsive, extravagant general manager, has finally accepted the business necessity of recruiting star players. Unlike the current roster of no-name Europeans, stars sell...
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Reason to Love Toronto: because the Next LeBron James is from Thornhill
(Image: Ned Dishman/Getty Images) When 17-year-old Andrew Wiggins leapt into the air and reared back a tomahawk dunk this past summer at the prestigious LeBron James Skills Academy, even James himself...
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Send in the Clowns: behind the desk with SportsCentre’s Jay Onrait and Dan...
Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole, the wildly popular, wise-cracking hosts of TSN’s SportsCentre, can’t stop laughing—at fumbling athletes, at ranting coaches and especially at their own jokes By Malcolm...
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MLSE fires Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo—but asks him to stay as president
(Image: chensiyuan) This could get awkward: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment brass axed Bryan Colangelo as general manager of the Toronto Raptors today, but he’s keeping his second, more corporate...
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Drake and Rob Ford team up to try to make the Raptors cool again
(Image: @TOMayorFord) Today in weird match-ups: at a Toronto Raptors press conference this morning, Drake and Rob Ford together announced that the team will host the 2016 All-Star Game. Drake—who,...
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The Raptors kick off their season—minus their epic mascot
(Image: The Toronto Raptors) At tonight’s Raptors home opener, the team will be down its biggest star. The Raptor, the NBA’s most undeniably awesome mascot, is out for the season after tearing his...
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Sin City with snow: secrets of Toronto’s VIP club scene
When hip-hop and NBA stars want a good time, they call party queen Mona Halem. Inside a decadent world of $700 champagne, secret guest lists and hordes of beautiful women By Courtney Shea | Photograph...
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Andrew Wiggins: “I wasn’t ranked or nothing. I wasn’t known.”
“It gives [Canadian youth] hope, you know, because coming up when I was in Canada, I wasn’t ranked or nothing. I wasn’t known, I didn’t have no offers or anything like that.” —Andrew Wiggins, the...
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