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Just a little under a month ago, Torontoist suggested that Stephen Colbert should end his long-standing grievance with the Toronto Raptors. Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, put the team "On Notice" during his first show on October 17, 2005. As we described then, the move came one day after the Raptors lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Euroleague Champions; it is the only time that an international squad has ever beaten an NBA team on North American soil. We argued that the team's recent performance warranted reconsideration of their on-air vilification.

This Torontoist is slowly becoming a sports fan (as if.) After watching 1.5 Stanley Cup games, (my first hockey games ever,) and with plans to go to a baseball game, I'm a changed man. The plans are to see at least one game of each sport... Yes, even the CFL.

Toronto Raptor forward and Green Mountain state native Matt Bonner wasn't the only Vermonter in Toronto over the weekend. Newly acclaimed chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean was in the city to promote his party to members of the Democrats Abroad on Saturday. Besides calling Republicans "brain dead" (what anti-conservative rhetoric!), the former Democratic presidential candidate supposedly made an appearance the Duke of York pub, meeting and greeting Democratic faithful. The rumour, according to somewhat reliable sources, is that Dean attended the Democrats Abroad party after his speech at the InterContinental Toronto Hotel, putting back a few darker-hued beer (possibly Kilkenny?).

With Vince Carter merely an unfortunate memory to our fine city, another Toronto Raptor is filling the void left behind.

There was a fair share of drama in the sporting world yesterday:

We at the Torontoist would like to apologize for how repetitive our basketball reports are becoming. As sorry as we are, though, it appears that nothing is changing.

As of yesterday, soon-to-be former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter has renounced the church of dunk. The Toronoto wimp will apparently not be dunking anymore, saying, "I don't want to dunk anymore." Vincanity cites the fact that Chris Bosh and Lamond Murray already dunk, thus there wouldn't be much of a point to him throwing down too. VC even said yesterday that "dunking is overrated."

In what some are calling the worst sports brawl of all time, Indiana Pacers forward and fledging rap star Ron Artest charged the stands to fight with a fan in an NBA game last Friday night. In Auburn Hills, Mich., the Pacers were under a minute away from beating the Detroit Pistons when the Pistons' Ben Wallace took exception to a hard Artest foul. Wallace and Artest exchanged shoves, and moments later tempers were cooled - until a fan threw beer on Artest. The 250-pound athlete raced into the crowd and started throwing haymakers. With the help of Indiana's Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal, Artest successfully dummied the fan and several others. When the players returned to the court, Artest was confronted by a short, overweight Pistons fan. Artest proceeded to drop a bomb on the fan's face, causing an ensuing melee. Rumours in Detroit suggest that a police officer was assaulted by either O'Neal or Jackson, which means they might be playing ball for the state soon.