Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'nbadraft'
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"July 2, 2006
Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddy for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-A-Verse"June 29, 2005
For the third year in a row, the Toronto Babcocks drafted a power forward. Did we say 'Babcocks'? Excuse the error, we meant Raptors. It's just when General Manager Rob Babcock seems so hell-bent on putting his stamp on the team, it's hard to not to think of his all-toughness all-the-time attitude toward the team. And Babcock's first round draft pick at the 2005 NBA Draft, seventh overall UConn forward Charlie Villanueva, is no different.......
Continue Reading "What Do You Have on Draft?"