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The U.S. is still reeling from a spate of devastating mass shootings—in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Tulsa—that feel tragically too commonplace in the daily lives of Americans. But it’s important to remember that Canada is dealing with a gun violence crisis as well. With that in mind, the Toronto Raptors have launched a petition calling on Canadian legislators to […]
Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell shared video of a white woman harassing him at a gym in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “This girl’s insane, bro,” Powell begins the video, before informing viewers that the woman was at the gym earlier and was bothering him before she left. The woman returned and said, according to Powell, that “we’re not […]
Drake couldn’t resist. The Raptors’ global ambassador took to Instagram on Saturday to celebrate the team’s 110-102 win over the 76ers. The home victory not only kept Toronto’s season alive, it prevented Philadelphia from completing a first-round sweep, as Sixers star Joel Embiid had promised. “That’s what you call a fucking superstar,” the center-forward told Drake after the 76ers took Game 3 on […]
OVO and the Toronto Raptors’ Welcome Toronto Creators program has returned for a second season with three new remarkable winners with diverse backgrounds. Artists Gordon Rowe, Ernesto Cabra, and Kyana Kingbird will be individually featured during three dedicated ‘Welcome Toronto’ Raptors games this season. Their artistry and stories will be widely shared across the team’s social media […]
“The way players are playing suggests less of a major move,” said Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster via a Zoom press conference on Feb. 8. A few hours prior to the 3 p.m. trade deadline, the Raptors traded Goran Dragic and a lottery-protected first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs for Thaddeus Young, Drew Eubanks, […]
Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker might have a new beef, but it’s not with anyone you would expect. The 25-year-old stirred up a comedic controversy on Tuesday night when he got into a verbal altercation with the Toronto Raptors mascot, The Raptor, while shooting free throws at the end of a 99-95 Suns win. […]
Anyone that tells you they know what’s going on with the Toronto Raptors this season—or with the NBA in general, for that matter—is lying. Thanks to a COVID outbreak midway through December and injuries to key players sprinkled throughout, the Raptors have rarely been whole during their 2021-22 run, with Sunday’s win over the New […]
Among the many things that 2021 stood for, it was the year live sports returned in full effect. After COVID hit the world in March of 2020, canceling major sporting events and causing professional sports leagues to create “bubbles” in order to carry out their seasons, this year was much more normal. Better than normal, […]
Kal Penn, most famous for the Harold and Kumar franchise, Designated Survivor, and working in the Obama administration, has signed on to star and produce in an inspiring and culturally unifying biopic about Nav Bhatia, Canada’s most famous superfan. Nav Bhatia, who escaped to Canada from India’s war and destruction and arrived as a penniless Sikh immigrant, drew […]
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet expressed disappointment with the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict that came out on Friday, which found the 18-year-old not guilty on all charges after he shot and killed two people and wounded a third during a protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer in Kenosha, […]
