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• Canada never stopped believing and Mitch Marner made the play of his life. This team showed who they are at the Olympics

Canada's quarterfinal win over Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics was a hockey game these players will remember the rest of their lives, writes Bruce Arthur....2026
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• Rick Westhead explored the darker corners of hockey in his new book. What he found is brutal

"We Breed Lions" is a thorough, thoughtful, illuminating and necessary view into hockey’s darker corners, writes Bruce Arthur....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard's Camp Asked Lakers For Endorsement Promise Without No-Show Clause

Dennis Robertson, uncle of Kawhi Leonard, did not request a no-show endorsement deal with the Los Angeles Lakers during their 2019 free agency discussions, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic. However, Robertson did ask for a specific amount of off-court endorsement compensation that could be promised in advance of Leonard signing with the Lakers. According to a report from Bruce Arthur of The ...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard's Camp Asked Raptors For No-Show Endorsement Deal, Equity

During Kawhi Leonard's 2019 free agency, his uncle Dennis Robertson made demands to the Toronto Raptors that line up almost perfectly with the terms of the star player's endorsement deal with Aspiration, sources tell Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star. Robertson reportedly requested that the Raptors trade for Paul George plus give them an ownership stake in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Robertson also as...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard Didn’t Want To Play With LeBron James: Report
Kawhi Leonard’s free agency saga in 2019 reshaped the NBA, and now new reporting offers clarity on why the Lakers were never seriously in play. Leonard flat out did not want to team up with LeBron James, according to Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star. “The Raptors believed there was a real chance he would […] The post Kawhi Leonard Didn’t Want To Play With LeBron James: Report appeared first ...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard’s 2019 Raptors Requests ‘Line Up’ With Clippers Controversy
As the NBA’s probe into Kawhi Leonard and his connections to Aspiration and the Clippers continues, a new layer has emerged. Leonard’s camp reportedly asked the Raptors for benefits in 2019 that “line up almost perfectly” with the Clippers controversy now under investigation, according to Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star. Arthur reported that Dennis […] The post Kawhi Leonard’s 2019 Raptors ...2025
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• Knicks Prepared To Offer Three First-Round Picks For OG Anunoby

The New York Knicks are reportedly willing to trade three first-round picks for OG Anunoby, according to Michael Grange of Sportsnet. Grange adds that the three picks the Knicks could offer are top-10 protected, top-14 protected, and top-18 protected. Bruce Arthur reported last month that a team had offered the Raptors three first-round picks in the past. Anonuby is currently out due to a wrist i...2023
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• Knicks Prepared To Offer 3 First-Round Picks For OG Anunoby

The New York Knicks are reportedly willing to trade three first-round picks for OG Anunoby, according to Michael Grange of Sportsnet. Grange adds that the three picks the Knicks could offer are top-10 protected, top-14 protected, and top-18 protected. Bruce Arthur reported last month that a team had offered the Raptors three first-round picks in the past. Anonuby is currently out due to a wrist i...2023
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• Bruce Arthur: Bruce Boudreau was a man attending his own funeral in his final days with the Canucks

The Canucks’ treatment of Boudreau became cruelty, and the team can’t seem to see it....2023
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• NBA preparing for at least 30-day layoff before season resumes
Although the NBA has yet make a formal announcement on an initial timetable for its hiatus, team owners are encouraging commissioner Adam Silver to re-evaluate the situation after 30 days, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wonjarowski (Twitter link), who says the league is expected to provide an official update soon. Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link) also hears that the NBA will shut down f...2020
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• Blue Jays Put MLB on Notice with Overpowering ALDS Sweep of Rangers
2016

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• Penguins vs. Sharks: Game 3 Score and Reaction from 2016 Stanley Cup Final
2016

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• So Long, Eastern Conference Playoffs: LeBron James Put You Out of Your Misery
2016

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• Raptors vs. Heat: Game 6 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
2016

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• Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan Finding Momentum at the Right Time for Toronto Raptors
2016

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• Goran Dragic Gets 8 Stitches After Bottom Teeth Go Through Lip
2016

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"Canada's quarterfinal win over Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics was a hockey game these players will remember the rest of their lives, writes Bruce Arthur."

2025
"Follow tonight's game with live commentary from Star columnist Bruce Arthur."

2023
"Bruce Arthur: Bobby Hull was a great hockey player and a miserable human being. His legacy isn’t complicated"

2022
"Bruce Arthur: Alex Ovechkin is on the wrong side of history. Every milestone goal is problematic"

2021
"When the institution is more important than the people in it, you need leadership to preserve them, writes Bruce Arthur."

2020
"Bruce Arthur: NBC hockey analyst Mike Milbury out of the bubble after insensitive comment, according to sources"

2019
"Bruce Arthur: Daniel Carcillo admits he was an abuser, a bully and worse, but the former NHLer has stories to tell and a past he wants to make amends for"

2018
"Bruce Arthur: Uniquely talented Jaromir Jagr wanted to play forever"

2017
"Both ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star are now saying that the Knicks will not request permission to speak with or interview Ujiri."

2016
" Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders and Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report offered words of encouragement for the decision, while Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star cited it as another reason why the NBA is the “best league."

2015
"The NFL would later delete the tweet, as Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star pointed out."

2014
"The Toronto Star's Bruce Arthur (h/t Micah Peters of For The Win) posted a Vine of Drake and his outfit."

• Kawhi Leonard's Camp Asked Raptors For No-Show Endorsement Deal, Equity
2025

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• Kawhi Leonard Didn’t Want To Play With LeBron James: Report
2025

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• Latest On Kawhi Leonard, Clippers
Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star (subscription required) has added another fascinating detail to the Kawhi Leonard/Clippers saga, reporting that when the Raptors were negotiating with Leonard in 2019’s free agent period, his camp asked the team for an arrangement that lines up with the deal the star forward eventually got with the company Aspiration. […]...2025
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• Knicks Prepared To Offer Three First-Round Picks For OG Anunoby
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• Raptors Offered Three First-Round Picks For OG Anunoby
At least one NBA team has offered the Toronto Raptors three first-round picks for OG Anunoby, sources told Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star. The Raptors have reportedly made it known that it would take multiple unprotected first-round picks for them to think about trading Anunoby. Gary Trent Jr. is the only player the team is seriously considering trading at the deadline, according to other repor...2023
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• Bruce Arthur: NHL players, Black and white, stand together for justice. It’s exactly what the sport has always needed
The Hockey Diversity Alliance is driving the NHL to less comfortable places, including the decision to postpone two days worth of playoff games. If you actually want the sport to be for everyone, it’s good for hockey to be uncomfortable for a while, Bruce Arthur writes....2020
• Raptors could prioritize upgrading their roster for playoff push
While some pundits still believe the Raptors might target future assets at the deadline, that’s clearly not the plan, according to Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star, who argues the team should prioritize upgrading its roster and securing its spot among the Eastern Conference contenders. Before the Raptors (25-13) make any roster changes, it would benefit the front office to see the team’s full rost...2020
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• Bruce Arthur: Legend Bobby Orr sees hockey’s future in its past
NHL great leaves his comfort zone to pitch a new book of personal photos and anecdotes, and offers the same advice to minor hockey players as he does to Connor McDavid: Love the game, help your teammates, and if you have the talent the rest will come, Bruce Arthur writes....2018
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• Bruce Arthur: Eugene Melnyk’s ‘Between Two Sens’ video an (awkward) comedy classic
Notoriously cash-strapped owner talks rebuild and relocation with defenceman (and semi-hostage) Mark Borowiecki in team-produced video that offers more proof Ottawa is like Canada’s garage franchise — a small-time operation whose success came despite everything, writes Bruce Arthur...2018
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• Blue Jays Put MLB on Notice with Overpowering ALDS Sweep of Rangers
2016

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• NBA to Fund Health Care for Former Players with at Least 3 Seasons' Experience
2016

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• Should Toronto Raptors Be Happy with Status Quo After Re-Signing DeMar DeRozan?
2016

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• Penguins vs. Sharks: Game 3 Score and Reaction from 2016 Stanley Cup Final
2016

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2016

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• Raptors vs. Cavaliers: Game 1 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
2016

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• Raptors vs. Heat: Game 6 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
2016

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• Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan Finding Momentum at the Right Time for Toronto Raptors
2016

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• Toronto Raptors Are Running Out of Time to Be Taken Seriously
2016

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• Pacers vs. Raptors: Game 7 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
2016

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• Bruce Arthur: Investigation into racial slurs could lead to a moment of truth, a moment of reckoning, for hockey in Canada and elsewhere
There are many stories in hockey that span the rotted rainbow from racism, to coaches abusing their power, to hazing, to worse. And because the game is so powerful, they are often kept quiet or shouted down....2019
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• NBA to Fund Health Care for Former Players with at Least 3 Seasons' Experience
2016

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• Penguins vs. Sharks: Game 4 Score and Reaction from 2016 Stanley Cup Final
2016

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2016

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• So Long, Eastern Conference Playoffs: LeBron James Put You Out of Your Misery
2016

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• Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan Finding Momentum at the Right Time for Toronto Raptors
2016

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• Sharks vs. Predators: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NHL Playoffs
2016

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• Pacers vs. Raptors: Game 7 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
2016

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• NFL Leaves Tom Brady off Photo of Elite QBs
2015

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• Twitter Reacts to Steelers Coaches Picking Up Patriots Radio on Headsets
2015

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• Lou Williams Wins NBA's 2014-15 Sixth Man of the Year Award
2015

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• Alvin Gentry to Pelicans: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
2015

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• NBA to Fund Health Care for Former Players with at Least 3 Seasons' Experience
2016

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• Drake Wears Costanza Glasses and Dad Sweater to Raptors Game
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• The most tone-deaf tweet ever?
Not many people were thankful for the Washington Redskins’ Twitter account on Thanksgiving. The team received plenty of backlash after sending out this tone-deaf tweet on Thursday morning: From our family to yours, have a very safe and Happy #Thanksgiving. #HappyThanksgiving #HTTR http://t.co/TZ0fBzbEm2 — Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 27, 2014 I keep having to buy new irony meters bec...2014
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• NHL Draft Lottery 2016: Selection Order Results, Analysis and Twitter Reaction
2016

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• Bruce Arthur: NHL players, Black and white, stand together for justice. It’s exactly what the sport has always needed
2020
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• Bruce Arthur: Humble Sedins will be ‘home for dinner’ after 17 seasons
Twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin will end their memorable NHL careers Saturday in Edmonton. They were two of the most exemplary humans to ever grace the game, and hockey’s lizard brains never appreciated them enough, Bruce Arthur writes....2018
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• Bruce Arthur: Eight is surely great, if you only measure Ovechkin by goals
But the Capitals star has never been past the second round of the playoffs, and has to shoulder the blame for his team’s failings...2018
• Jose Bautista Says 'Circumstances' Are Against Blue Jays in ALCS vs. Indians
2016

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• Blue Jays Put MLB on Notice with Overpowering ALDS Sweep of Rangers
2016

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• Jose Bautista Comments on Blue Jays vs. Rangers ALDS Matchup
2016

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• Should Toronto Raptors Be Happy with Status Quo After Re-Signing DeMar DeRozan?
2016

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• Penguins vs. Sharks: Game 4 Score and Reaction from 2016 Stanley Cup Final
2016

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• Bruce Arthur: Hockey Canada survey tells us Hockey Canada hopes you’ve forgotten, or don’t care, about its sexual assault scandal

Hockey Canada has tried its damnedest to get through this without anyone taking responsibility, Bruce Arthur writes. It’s another reminder that it’s up to the public to provide real pressure for real change....2022
• Bruce Arthur: We need to break the coverup culture that hockey incubates

Hockey Canada has much to answer for in the silent settlement of an alleged sexual assault in 2018. Hockey in general has much to answer for the environment that may have led to it....2022
• Bruce Arthur: Hockey Canada’s handling of sexual assault suit suggests a systemic problem

The case and the settlement scream for more investigation into a culture that may have deep, perhaps irreparable faults....2022
• Bruce Arthur: Alex Ovechkin is on the wrong side of history. Every milestone goal is problematic

It’s all a shame. Jaromir Jagr is a reflection of his country’s past, and Ovechkin of his country’s present, and the Russian is going to leave the Czech behind and head for the greatest heights in hockey....2022
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• Bruce Arthur: The NHL’s painful attempt at damage control in the Kyle Beach case was uninspiring. In hockey, the wrong guys are too often in charge

The Blackhawks covered up Beach’s allegations of sexual assault, the union turned away, the league didn’t care and the small town of hockey closed a door. The sport has so many bad instincts, and plenty of problems, Bruce Arthur writes....2021
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• So Long, Eastern Conference Playoffs: LeBron James Put You Out of Your Misery
2016

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• Friday NBA Roundup: Golden State Warriors Learning Wins Record Isn't a Formality
2016

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• Even LeBron James goes nuts after Steph Curry's game-winner
Steph Curry’s game-winning shot in overtime to down the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday caused even rival LeBron James to bow down in awe. Curry bombed a 30-plus foot 3-pointer to beat the buzzer in overtime that gave the Warriors a 121-118 win over OKC. Upon seeing the shot, LeBron James was in such awe he sent a tweet praising Curry: @StephenCurry30 needs to stop it man!! He's ridiculous ma...2016
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• DeMarre Carroll Injury: Updates on Raptors Forward's Recovery from Knee Surgery
2016

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• Blue Jays vs. Royals: Latest Social Buzz Ahead of ALCS Game 6
2015

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