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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'nbaall'

February 6, 2008

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. To ring in......

Continue Reading "Chris Bosh, Thespian"

January 22, 2008

TSX plunges nearly five percent in one day. The stocks dropped as a result of a worldwide sell-off prompted by the probable American recession that, depending on who you talk to, is either here already, coming very soon, or never going to come ever. Of course, you'll only hear that last one when you talk to George W. Bush. Landlord of "the Dungeon" says it's not his fault. He only rents it out, he......

Continue Reading "TSX Is Stunned, Slumlord Is Surprised, Jamario Moon Is A Slam Dunker"

January 4, 2008

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. Bosh has appeared in the All-Star game for the last two years. Last season he was voted into the starting lineup for the first time, but achieving that feat again became nearly impossible when Kevin Garnett......

Continue Reading "Vote Early, Vote Often, Vote Bosh"

February 17, 2007

MuchMusic reports that VJ Sarah Taylor underwent emergency surgery on Thursday morning at a hospital in Las Vegas to relieve pressure on her brain. 25-year-old Taylor remains in an induced coma in the intensive care unit and is reported in stable condition. It is not yet known what caused the pressure on her brain. The VJ was shooting on assignment at the NBA All-Star weekend when she was rushed to hospital on Wednesday. She had......

Continue Reading "Emergency Brain Surgery for MuchMusic VJ in Vegas"

January 26, 2007

Ottawa reaches $10 million settlement with Maher Arar. Meanwhile, Arar is still on the American no-fly list, so the next time some American asks you why us Canadians are so smug and self-superior as regards them, just point them to this and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. One in four Canadians lists the environment as their chief issue of concern. Twenty percent say they are very likely or somewhat likely to vote Green......

Continue Reading "Arar Gets Paid, Greens' Day Is Made, And Chris Bosh Is Totally Awesome"

February 17, 2005

With Gary Bettman finally putting an end to the prolonged nausea of the NHL’s Collective Bargaining, we now look at alternative distractions to fill the void in the absence of our country’s top sport. The void once filled by the even more nauseating lockout coverage by top sporting networks such as TSN and RogersSportsnet, will hopefully see a shift to real sporting news, such as "Target="new">Vince Carter’s resurgence and this weekends’ NBA All-star game. With......

Continue Reading "A Snack for McKenzie, Wake-up Call for Klee"

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