Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz knelt alongside one another before the first game of the NBA restart on Thursday night in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The coaches — New Orleans’ Alvin Gentry and Utah’s Quin Snyder — were next to one another, their arms locked together. Some players raised […]
Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism. The Toronto Raptors guard was asked on Monday what he thought of the protests in major cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Hew was killed after a police officer […]
The Caribbean Games will be held in 2021 despite the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympiuc Games., Keith Joseph, secretary general of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) has confirmed. The inaugural Caribbean Games are scheduled to take place in Guadeloupe from June 30 to July 4 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, […]
By Nicole Georges-Bennett Fans of Kobe Bryant, for his accomplishments both on and off the basketball court, have expressed deep grief over the basketball legend’s death at the age of 41. Bryant and his 13-year old daughter Gianna, were two of nine people killed in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles, on Sunday, January […]
By Stephen Weir If your son or daughter has ever lined up all night on Yonge Street to buy a pair of designer sneakers, there is a book you might want to buy and sneak under the Christmas tree! Available only through on-line booksellers like Amazon.ca and Indigo, The Art of Sneakers written by Hollywood actor Ivan […]
By Gwyn Chapman: As Canada celebrates winning the NBA 2019 Championship, I met with Danny Green, one of the players who was instrumental in bringing the trophy to Canada, to speak about his passion for success, basketball, community and the characteristics that helped him to get to the top. Caribbean Camera: We know that you’ve […]
By Lincoln DePradine Rowan Barrett, the Scarborough-born Canadian of Jamaican heritage, had more than one good reason to celebrate last week when teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) – including newly crowned champions Toronto Raptors – participated in drafting new players to the league. Barrett, a 46-year-old former Canadian national basketballer who is now […]
Jubilant fans have demanded on social media that Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors be handed the Toronto Mayor’s job along with anything else he wanted. Leonard, triggered a fan frenzy after making an incredible shot at the end of Game 7 to beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. And Toronto Mayor John Tory jokingly […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Son of St. Croix Tim Duncan stands alone in NBA history. After the San Antonio Spurs’ 94-84 win over the New York Knicks, he has 954 career wins, the most for any player with one team – an amazing record. This is Duncan’s 19th season in San Antonio. Knicks forward Kristaps […]
Toronto native Andrew Wiggins was scheduled for a homecoming last night as his Minnesota Timberwolves took on the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre. It’s the first time Wiggins, whose mother was born in Barbados, has played in Toronto since he was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2014 NBA draft. He […]
