In 2018, after putting the New York Liberty up for sale, James Dolan moved the team out of Madison Square Garden—where it had mostly played since the first season of the W.N.B.A., in 1997—to the Westchester County Center, in White Plains, New York. The Westchester County Center was the home of the Knicks’ G League … Read more
TORONTO – Even as he struggled from beyond the arc for more than a month, Pascal Siakam always believed his hard work would pay off. Siakam scored 33 points in his best three-point shooting performance since Nov. 1 as the Toronto Raptors held off the Atlanta Hawks 135-128 on Wednesday. He said that although he … Read more
TORONTO – Pascal Siakam can’t deny that the Raptors have taken some hard knocks during slump that has seen Toronto lose six of their past seven games. But Siakam says there’s a lot more fight left in him and his teammates. “You feel like you’re getting knocked down every time you go out there,” said … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the Northern Star Award as Canada’s athlete of the year in 2023. The honour is given out annually by the Toronto Star and voted on by sports journalists from across Canada. Gilgeous-Alexander is the second basketball player to win the award. … Read more
God Shammgod is a hoops legend from Harlem whose devilish, distinctive crossover move bears his name. (Kobe Bryant’s father famously asked Shammgod to teach “the Shammgod” to Kobe.) He is a man of serious reputation. And yet there he was, a few weeks ago, at a Dallas Mavericks practice—Shammgod is now a player-development coach for … Read more
TORONTO – Otto Porter Jr. smiled when he heard that Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic had called him a calming influence. “That’s my job,” said Porter. Porter played 14 minutes in Toronto’s disappointing 112-103 loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday, earning a team-best plus-14 defensive rating with two rebounds and an assist off … Read more
Cairns coach Adam Forde has praised Sydney’s sportsmanship for agreeing to play without a shot clock for the second half of their bizarre NBL nail-biter. The Kings were leading 48-37 when power problems at the Cairns Convention Centre on Thursday resulted in a 51-minute delay and the shot clock to stop working. Implausibly, the second … Read more
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors put themselves in holes they just couldn’t dig out of Wednesday night. And head coach Darko Rajakovic said discipline, or a lack thereof, was a factor. Caleb Martin had 24 points and 12 rebounds as the Miami Heat pulled out a 112-103 win over the Raptors. Toronto fell behind 15-4 … Read more
