What an insane scene in Toronto at the Raptors rally today. The crowd was so massive that it delayed the parade on the route. You had traffic stopped on the Gardiner Expressway with people getting out of their cars to watch. You had Doug Ford getting booed and Justin Trudeau getting cheered. You had Mayor…
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The Raptors are the NBA champs!! I still can’t believe it.
I spent last night tuning in the live feeds of the celebrating going on in Toronto after the Raptors won the NBA title. Wish I had been there in TO. If I were still there, I would surely have been sitting on my high rise balcony all night watching fans drive down Sheppard Ave. waving…
Toronto Raptors TV ratings through the roof
Folks, game five of the NBA Finals goes tonight in Toronto between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors. The Raptors lead the series 3-1 and could clinch the NBA title tonight. This will surely be the most watched basketball game in the history of Canada! The first game of the Finals set a…
This is it! Game one of the NBA Finals goes tonight in Toronto between the Raptors and Warriors.
Folks, history will be made as the NBA Finals takes place on non-US soil for the first time. The Golden State Warriors play the Toronto Raptors in game one tonight. Let me say this: getting to the finals is great for Toronto and even better for Canada, but above all else, it is great for…
Now, the last word on the whole DeRozan-Leonard deal
Now that the dust has settled on the big NBA trade which saw DeMar DeRozan shipped off to San Antonio with Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green coming to the Toronto Raptors, much to the consternation of all these Raptors fans, all I have to say is: it had to be done. I know there has…
The last word on yet another Raptors playoff debacle
Last night, the Toronto Raptors saw their first-place, 59-win regular season go completely up in smoke in the playoffs again, with a blowout loss to LeBron James and Cleveland to end a four-game sweep. This is pathetic, but also predictable from DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry and crew. Let’s face it: this group of guys hasn’t…
Sports News from Nowhere: Raptors vs. Cleveland begin East finals, tomorrow
So it is official — the greatest season in Toronto Raptors history is this season. They have beaten Miami to make the NBA Eastern Conference finals for the first time in club history against the Cleveland Cavaliers, ruining the LeBron James vs. Dwyane Wade matchup that everyone wanted to see. Too bad, USA. I have to…
It is excruciating to be a Canadian sports fan today! #raptors #bluejays #nhl
You know, it was bad enough Canada’s NHL teams all missed the playoffs — an absence now being sorely noticed this week by Canadian sports fans watching all these hockey shows on Canadian TV, with these anchors all trying in vain to drum up people’s interest in these all-American Stanley Cup playoffs. But it’s even…
Raptors win!!! … almost
Like I said before — painful, especially the Raptors having a chance to win with 6.2 seconds left. 104-103 the final score. Oh, well, I guess there’s always the Blue Jays.
If you are a Raptors fan you are born to know pain, that is true again today
Tuning in to the reactions of frustrated Toronto Raptors fans on the live feed from “Jurassic Park” has proven unintentionally amusing, watching the stunned fans react to some of these stupid calls by the refs. Anyway, it looks like those fans may be going home unhappy — it’s a seven point Nets lead in Game…
Toronto Raptors lay an egg in Brooklyn
I was listening online to TSN 1050 to all these fans on the post game show, all ready to go off the ledge because of the Toronto Raptors’ 97-83 drubbing against the Brooklyn Nets. To which I say — chill. Take a deep breath. It is not over yet. Tomorrow is a new day. Game…
It’s days like today when I really, really miss Toronto
My love-hate relationship with Toronto continues. Now I’m back to wishing I was still there given its multitude of news and activity. First, the late night comedians are all having a field day over Rob Ford checking into rehab. Second, the PCs and NDP are all opposing the provincial budget, so Premier Kathleen Wynne has…
The NBA playoffs are here. Go Raptors!!!
Yes, indeed, all of Toronto is excited about the first-round series between the Brooklyn Nets and their Toronto Raptors, Atlantic Division Champions. Of course, folks in Toronto have nothing better to do right now, thanks to the Leafs. (I was also going to say Blue Jays, but they’re not out of the race yet.) Do…
