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Chris Bosh is at it again. Although his innovative video pitch to fans wasn't enough to push him past Kevin Garnett and Lebron James for a starting spot in the NBA All-Star Game, it has made him a media player. Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix details how the video's popularity has raised Bosh's profile to new heights and how it prompted CB4 to start his own Chris Bosh TV channel on YouTube.

In the best campaign commercial since HuckChuckFacts, Chris Bosh has assumed the identity of a Texas used car salesman in order to try to drum up votes to make it to this year's NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans.

If you haven't been following the Raptors too closely this season, it's possible that you may have missed one of the greatest stories in professional sports at the moment. Jamario Moon is a 27-year-old rookie who had been kicking around just about every minor league on the continent until he finally got his shot with the Raptors this year. And he's tearing things up. Even though he's years older than a number of Raptor veterans,...

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week.

With confused fans wondering 'why in the heck?' Torontoist offers not one, but two reasons to take in tonight's game.

Describing yourself as the "king" of anything usually warrants a little skepticism. Michael Jackson, for instance, will never live down calling himself the "King of Pop." The same can be said for LeBron James' "King James" moniker in the NBA. Salad King, however, represents a horse of a different colour. The popular Thai restaurant on Yonge and Gould St., one block north of Dundas Square, is neither "salad" nor "king." Against the literal meaning of the name, the attraction to Salad King is not because of the salads; it's the chilies.

The Republic of China rejected a television advertising attempt by the retail giant Nike yesterday on grounds that it was offensive. The ad in question places teenage basketball phenom LeBron James in what is referred to as “The Chamber of Fear”. While inside the Chamber, James battles and defeats a "kung-fu master," two women in traditional Chinese dress, two dragons and a cartoon version of himself. These enemies are set to represent the ‘demons’ (Hype, Temptation, Challengers, Complacency and Self-Doubt) that King James must face on his way to superstardom.