The Toronto Raptors look to win their second in a row Friday night (8 p.m. ET) as they face the Grizzlies in Memphis. Toronto defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-91 in the Raptors’ home opener on Wednesday. Andrea Bargnani scored 28 points, outdoing the Cavs’ duo at centre of Shaquille O’Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Toronto Raptors look for [...] Continue Reading

The Toronto Raptors hope a change in the usual schedule translates into a victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday night. In preparation for the neutral site game, to be played in Sioux Falls, S.D., (7 p.m. ET), the squad broke from its training camp routine – practice, shootaround, game – Tuesday and went bowling instead. This [...] Continue Reading

Although his style of play may suggest otherwise, Reggie Evans has already become the darling of Toronto Raptor fans. Less than 12 minutes into Toronto’s pre-season, the newly acquired forward had the crowd chanting “Reg-gie, Reg-gie” The six-foot-eight, 245-pound product of the University of Iowa brings a level of energy and toughness Raptors coach Jay Triano would [...] Continue Reading

Training camp hasn’t even begun and Raptors star Chris Bosh is already on the sidelines. According to a press release from the team, Bosh will miss the start of next week’s training camp in Ottawa with a strained left hamstring. “He experienced initial discomfort last week while training in Dallas and reaggravated the hamstring during a workout [...] Continue Reading

Turkey fell to rival Greece 76-75 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship despite forward Hedo Turkoglu’s team-leading 13 points, five rebounds, and two assists. In the final minute of play Turkoglu, the newest Toronto Raptor, hit a clutch basket down low to make it 75-74. However, Greece guard Nikolaos Zisis scored a [...] Continue Reading