8 h. ago Raptors rookie class deserves passing grades, but uncertainty looms moving into next season

Jamal Shead, Ja'Kobe Walter, Jonathan Mogbo and Jamison Battle have done well, but none is guaranteed any spot next season.

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29 h. ago Raptors rookie Jonathan Mogbo has best game in road win over hapless Brooklyn Nets

First double-double for fill-in centre, plus seven assists.

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3 d. ago Rookie Ja’Kobe Walter stars, but Raptors fall at home to Pistons

Fellow freshman Jamal Shead added 14 and eight assists to pass Jose Calderon for second on Toronto's rookie season assists list behind Damon Stoudamire.

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1 week ago Raptors go wire to wire in cutting down the host Brooklyn Nets

Tipoff turned into tank-off Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the New York City borough where the likes of Jay-Z and the late Notorious B.I.G. called home. Other icons from the music and movie industry hailed from the area, which was transformed into a glorified hoops battleground pitting the visiting Toronto Raptors and […]

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2 w. ago GAME DAY: Flames look to extend their winning streak against the Islanders

Calgary Flames (32-25-11) at New York Islanders (32-28-8) When: Saturday, 2 p.m. MT, UBS Arena TV: Sportsnet West Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Islanders (-141) Flames (+118) The buzz  The Calgary Flames insisted that .500 wouldn’t be good enough on their current four-game road-trip. They’ve got the chance Saturday to make sure they go one better. After their […]

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2 w. ago Tavares scores two, reaches 1,100 career NHL points in Maple Leafs win

The Maple Leafs won a hockey game at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. In the process, it became Milestone Night in Manhattan. The Leafs won their third game in a row, beating the New York Rangers 4-3. Toronto, which visits Nashville on Saturday, won its 20th road game of 2024-25. Toronto kept pace with Florida […]

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2 w. ago Milestone night for the Maple Leafs in victory over the New York Rangers

The Maple Leafs won a hockey game at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. In the process, it became Milestone Night in Manhattan. The Leafs won their third game in a row, beating the New York Rangers 4-3. Toronto, which visits Nashville on Saturday, won its 20th road game of 2024-25. Toronto kept pace with Florida […]

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2 w. ago Game Day: Leafs can’t let Avs off the hook again in major test

WHEN: Wednesday, 7 p.m.   TV: Sportsnet RADIO:  TSN 1050           ODDS  Toronto –265, Colorado +190   THE BUZZ     Toronto let a late lead slip away in 7-4 loss in Denver on March 8 … Colorado, starting a three-game Eastern Canadian road trip, is the only above – .500 team Leafs will face between this past Monday’s […]

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3 w. ago The Toronto Raptors Vince Carter trade that almost happened but didn't

An injury scare was all that prevented the New York Knicks from making a trade with the Toronto Raptors to acquire Vince Carter.Carter, who spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Raptors, was eventually traded to the Brooklyn (formerly New Jersey) Nets during the 2004-05 season. Recently, however, Knicks owner James Dolan joined the Roommates Show podcast to explain how the now 48-year-old was very close to becoming a member of the Knicks instead."We were going to do the trade, and the medical team came back and told us that he had a 90 per cent severed Achilles tendon," Dolan said. "[They said] it would never hold up and that when it ruptured, he would never be the same player. For that reason, we didn't do the trade."Vince Carter went on to have five, six, seven [great] years. I kept waiting for his Achilles tendon to [tear]. It never [did]. He's putting in 30, 40 a night. I'm like, 'Ya, we certainly dodged a bullet there, didn't we.'"James Dolan says that the Knicks...

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