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The Toronto Raptors are considering pursuing Phil Jackson to run their organization, ESPNLosAngeles.com reported Friday. One factor in the Raptors' favor is the hiring Friday of Tim Leiweke to be president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and... Read More »

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment has a new boss. The sports and entertainment conglomerate announced Friday that Tim Leiweke has been appointed the company's new president and chief executive officer, effective June 30. "Tim Leiweke is one of... Read More »

For some time now, Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay has been a borderline All-Star player. Although his talent cannot be denied, Gay's worth has proved to be a divisive topic. Most of that discussion centers on Gay's shooting. Raptors general... Read More »

It is the habit in these dreary season-ending post-mortems to begin with a gauzy retrospective through the “highlights" of the year. Generally speaking, there were no failures. Only “learning opportunities" and “growing pains" and “proof of God,... Read More »

Bryan Colangelo left no doubt about one thing; Dwane Casey will return as the coach of the Toronto Raptors if he has anything to do with it. The president and general manager of the National Basketball Association team said Monday morning that... Read More »

In almost equal parts defiant and confident, Bryan Colangelo is unequivocal about the next step for the Raptors: The playoffs. “I will take that squarely on my shoulders and say that is the new expectation going into next year," Colangelo said... Read More »

Bryan Colangelo categorically denies he made any attempt to fire coach Dwane Casey during the NBA season. In a text message response to columnist Steve Simmons, who reported in Wednesday's Toronto Sun that Colangelo had tried to oust Casey during... Read More »

In the NFL, it's known as Black Monday, a day when coaches get canned, whether it was warranted or not, the day immediately following the conclusion of the regular season when changes are initiated. In the NBA, there's no description to describe... Read More »

As the curtain starts to fall on another lost Raptors season, with the playoffs someone else's problem and the future in Toronto as cloudy as it's been in half a decade, the annual exercise is upon the team's head coach. It is a delicate... Read More »

If there indeed was a conversation about shutting down Rudy Gay for the season at some point in the past 72 hours, the conversation ended rather quickly once it involved Gay himself. Gay was in Toronto getting some treatment for a wonky back on... Read More »

It's one thing to draw up a play during a huddle when an open look is required, or going with a different look on defence to force a stop. But it's an entirely different beast when a team going nowhere has suddenly lost its way amid mounting... Read More »

Rudy Gay on Saturday missed his third game this month with back problems, and Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey said he assumes the organization will discuss shutting the team's leading scorer down. Gay was getting therapy Saturday, and Casey... Read More »

Andrea Bargnani's blighted season — and likely his career as a Raptor — ended Wednesday as the team shut him down for the season. Bargnani missed 26 games earlier in the year with wrist and elbow injuries. He's now suffered a new injury in the... Read More »

The worst season of Andrea Bargnani's NBA career keeps getting worse. The enigmatic Raptors big man is hurt again, and did not travel with the team for their game in Boston on Wednesday night amid concerns his season could very well be over.... Read More »

Andrea Bargnani's elbow injury could sideline him for another significant chunk of time. The Raptors centre will undergo diagnostic testing on his elbow Monday after he aggravated it during Friday night's 118-116 overtime loss to the Lakers in Los... Read More »