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With the Air Canada Centre set to celebrate its 10-year anniversary in February, MLSE decided to put even more money into the building than usual this off-season.
An $8-million scoreboard and control room upgrade has already been installed while construction is underway for what is to become a large atrium entrance that will feature a 60-by-40-foot [...]

If there were five I’d suggest as ‘should-sees’ they’d be Philly on Nov. 12, New Orleans on Dec. 5, Portland on Dec. 7, Indy on Dec. 10 and probably the Lakers on Feb. 4.
I know that’s three of them jammed into one week, but what you gonna do?
To avoid? I know Detroit’s talented and all [...]

Bosh seems to be the real gamble now for the Toronto Raptors. Not only did Raptors president Bryan Colangelo gamble this offseason on trading for the damaged body of Jermaine O’Neal to the tune of nearly $44 million over the next two years, but now he’s got to be concerned about Bosh’s nagging knee issues [...]

Our roster doesn’t have much depth on it this year and its imperative we got the most bang for the buck out of every player - especially the starting five - if we want to compete for home-court advantage. The guy that’s not getting mentioned much this summer is Jamario Moon who last I heard [...]

DWIGHT HOWARD, Orlando Magic: “J.O. is going to be very helpful for the Raptors. They already got Chris Bosh, he’s a low post threat and a jump shooter, there will be a lot of things with having a big centre is going to change how people play them. They will be a lot tougher then [...]

“I was most impressed with his preparation and the work he put into this leading up to the practices and competition,” Colangelo said of Bosh, who was on the court with Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the tense, dying minutes of the gold-medal win over Spain sans Calderon. “I’m really [...]

The acquisition of Jermaine O’Neal is an interesting one.  When he says he’s here to support the team and help them win, I hope he means it.  When I heard Ray Allen and KG say the same things last year, I heard voices in my head saying “BS, BS, BS”.  Those voices were wrong.
As the [...]

Steadfast and loyal, Raptors fans have been through thick and thin for a franchise that seems on the cusp of becoming playoff contenders. The new Jermaine O’Neal-Chris Bosh’ tandem could be the wave that pushes the Raptors over the edge—or the weight that sends them crashing down like Vince Carter did.
With Raptors fans, including myself, [...]

“I don’t think too many people really look forward to going to training camp,” Moon said yesterday in Mississauga, where he and Anthony Parker were participating in the Direct Energy Driveway Challenge, a glorified pick-up game at the house of a contest winner.
“But when we made the acquisition [of ] Jermaine O’Neal, I was like, [...]

getting a 30-year-old who’s probably happy to be back in North America doesn’t hurt. Sure worked out okay with AP, not that Solomon is going to have nearly the same responsibility but it’s something to take into account.
What’s his role?
Well, he’s going to be given a chance to compete with Roko for that backup point [...]