This is the time of year in Toronto when fans of the Raptors have traditionally found their thoughts drifting from basketballs to ping-pong balls. As the NBA regular season winds down and the playoffs carry on ahead, the Raptors have—year after year—asked fans to turn their attention to the draft lottery, and to resign themselves [...]

For a few years, it seemed as though Pickering’s Cory Joseph and Brampton’s Tristan Thompson were quite content to do everything together.

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Brett does not like sports, so here is Howie Mandel of America’s Got Talent doing something with a rubber glove. Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday National Geographic [...]

Photo by Amanda Fantastic from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s decision time yet again in the NBA. With next weekend’s all-star festivities signaling that the 2010–11 season has entered its stretch run, and with the trade deadline only a week away, general managers the league over will be sizing up—and tinkering with—their rosters, weighing the [...]

Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Ed Sadowski invites fans to opening night for the Toronto Huskies and the BAA. Source: The Toronto Star, October 31, 1946. Given that basketball was invented by a native of the [...]

It hasn’t been the greatest season for the Raptors; in fact, it’s been one of the worst yet. At eight games back of Chicago and with nine left to play, the players and coaches must already have their flights and tee times booked. What better time to thank the Raptors season ticket holders for enduring [...]

Raptors Guard José Calderon is in something of a bad spot. He and fellow members of the Spanish Olympic Men’s Basketball team posed for a full-page ad that ran in Marca, Spain’s largest newspaper, for courier company Seur. In that ad (pictured above), every team member pulls their eyes into slits. (The women’s team has [...]

The Raptors have reached the halfway point of the season, and almost every news outlet in town has been engaged in the mid-season ritual of handing out report cards. Jose Calderon gets top marks across the board, and deservedly so. His name is even being mentioned as a potential reserve selection for the All-Star Team. [...]