A bandwagoner’s guide to the Toronto Raptors
From our friends at Flare, everything you need to know about Canada’s favourite basketball team as the NBA Finals get underway
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The shot of Kawhi Leonard’s ’Shot’ that will live through the ages
Image of the Week: Wherever the NBA star’s career takes him next, he’ll always be alongside Toronto fans in an agonized crouch—before whooping with unbridled joy
How the Toronto Raptors connected with Canadian fans
Donnovan Bennett explains why a Raptors season unlike any in franchise history electrified an already eager fan base
Masai Ujiri on how basketball is becoming Canada’s game
The Toronto Raptors GM discusses the NBA All-Star Weekend and his team’s winning ways
What it feels like to be the Raptor, Toronto’s NBA mascot
Hamming it up with fans, posing for fun photo ops—it’s all in a day’s work for the Raptor, Toronto’s NBA mascot. Get an inside look at what it’s like to be Hogtown’s beloved NBA mascot.
Tim Leiweke has left MLSE. Now thank him, and move on.
It would be easy for Toronto’s inferiority-complex machine to hum to life after the MLSE president’s exit—but let’s just relish his successes
Stories we’re watching: Doug Ford’s not-quite apology
Ford vs. Blair continues, while the Islamic State advances on Syria and the U.S. mulls troops in Iraq
F-bombs from the Raptors coach and heckling Laureen Harper
Top newsmakers this week
Tim Leiweke on the Leafs, Raptors and championship mentality
From the archives: The Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO in conversation with Jonathon Gatehouse
The unlikely partnership behind MLSE deal
Rivals Bell and Rogers brought together by instinct for self-preservation