Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'orlandomagic'
March 22, 2007
On Tuesday, the second-place New Jersey Devils came to play their road game at the Air Canada Centre, clogging up the neutral zone and waiting for the Maple Leafs to make a mistake. Which might have worked, had they been able to take the lead. But the Leafs played patient, capitalized on the power play, and held on for a 2-1 win. It was only after the oft-maligned Nik Antropov scored the Leafs’ second......
Continue Reading "Two Wins, Two Fights, Two ACC Nights"March 22, 2007
Liberals furious over Stephen Harper's suggestion that they care more about Taliban prisoners than Canadian troops. Stéphane Dion demanded an apology, which of course led Harper to then go to the "you don't support the troops enough" well again. Torontoist would like to thank Stephen Harper for confirming, once and for all, that he is a major-league douchebag. In other parliamentary news, Liberal MP Joe Comuzzi fired from caucus after he promises to vote......
Continue Reading "Stephen Harper Loves The Troops, Sex Workers Dislike The Criminal Code, Lawyers Love Menu Foods"February 8, 2007
Thousands of college and university students rally across Canada for lower tuition fees and greater education funding. FUN FACT:This is approximately the 17th or so national day of rallies for lower tuition fees and greater education that I have seen, and interestingly, tuition fees have never actually gone down during that time, but instead gone up steadily! A Toronto man who slapped and allowed his elderly mother to lie in filth and squalor for......
Continue Reading "Students Rally For Lower Tuition, By-Elections Today In The GTA, And If You Wanted A Million-Dollar Coin We've Got Good News For You"March 10, 2005
Although the Raptors are only 4.5 games out of the final playoff spot, and 6 games back of the division leading Boston Celtics, the hopes of a playoff birth should realistically be dropped. Following Toronto’s win over the Orlando Magic at the Air Canada Centre last night, the optimism was once again running wild. "It's impressive the kind of balance we had. We're going to need a lot of that the rest of the season,"......
Continue Reading "Franchise Bruises Raps Ego"January 12, 2005
No, we are not talking about the wife of biscuit giant, Mr. Christie. In fact we aren’t referring to a woman at all. The Sacramento Kings have shipped Doug Christie to the Orlando Magic on the eve filming for VH1’s newest reality TV show - a program which will showcase the ex-Raptor guard’s bizarre relationship with wife Jackie.......
Continue Reading "Mrs Christie's on the Move"December 1, 2004
The Raptors recorded just their second road win of the young season last night in a tough battle against conference favourite Kazaam and the Miami Heat. With Vinsanity hardly contributing with just five points on 2 for 9 shooting, the win was fueled by the return of Donyell Marshall who added sixteen points to the (almost) full team effort. Marshall’s return adds size inside along with gifted outside shooting. The Raps will to continue their......
Continue Reading "Raptors Win, Vince Carter Loser"