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'Anything is possible': The agony and the ecstasy of watching Steph Curry play your team
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to watch a comet streaking toward the earth and to be aware, in the moments before your certain death, that you are watching something incredibly rare and incredibly beautiful that will nonetheless ...
Warriors bounce back by playing like champs, series with Raptors tied 1-1
The Golden State Warriors kicked it into another gear with their backs against the wall. What’s troublesome for the Raptors is the reigning two-time champions have yet another gear beyond that. Having lost Game 1, Golden State would ...
SCOTT STINSON: Golden State Warriors show up late to NBA Finals, but still steal a Game 2 win
It took six quarters, but the Golden State Warriors showed up to the NBA Finals. On a night when the Toronto Raptors demonstrated again that they were not afraid of the big stage, not afraid of the team that has won three championships in four ...
Marystown's Ice Crystals present awards for season’s best
MARYSTOWN, N.L. – Ice Crystal Skating Club held their annual banquet at Kaetlyn Osmond Arena in Marystown May 26. Award winners for the 2018-19 season include: - CanSkater of the Year: Megan Foote - StarSkater of the Year: Kaylee ...
SCOTT STINSON: Raptors take an NBA Finals lead on a night of celebration in Toronto
TORONTO, Ont. - The first half was almost over, and the fans at Scotiabank Arena started chanting for Danny Green. A week ago, this seemed about as likely as Toronto fans cheering for LeBron James, or Donald Trump, or Brad Marchand. Green ...
New to the Finals, but Raptors handle the moment in huge Game 1 win
The Golden State Warriors aren’t accustomed to being down early in an NBA Finals. The Toronto Raptors, well, everything at this level is brand new for the Toronto Raptors, but it was the new guys to the party who looked poised and composed ...
STEVE SIMMONS: Raptors’ Game 1 win will be remembered forever
The wait seemed like forever. The wait was well worth it. The NBA Finals began for the first time ever in Toronto, our own piece of sporting history, across the city, across this giant country, in a Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night that never ...
Raps' Lowry has given his all to Toronto for years, and deserves to be in Finals
Kyle Lowry’s franchise record 68 th playoff appearance with the Toronto Raptors was different than all that came before it. This, as hard as it was to believe, was the NBA Finals. In Lowry’s adopted city, one he has spent nearly a ...
SCOTT STINSON: NBA commissioner tells Drake to have fun, but enough with the shoulder rubs
TORONTO, Ont. — Compared to the annual inquisition that Gary Bettman undergoes before the Stanley Cup Final, where various reporters try in vain to get plausible answers on concussions, or instant replay or the viability of hockey in Arizona, ...
Hometown hero rides into Langley, B.C., for international show-jumping event
Two-time Olympic equestrian Tiffany Foster is always on the move. The 2015 Pan-Am Games gold medallist spends her winters in Florida and her summers in Europe competing in show-jumping events. The European competitions are broken up with a ...
