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Who is Mr. Franchise for each NBA team in the 21st century?Michael Jordan will always be synonymous with the Chicago Bulls. Same thing for Magic Johnson with the Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird with the Boston Celtics. But since the turn of the 21st Century, some teams have gone a decade without a face of the franchise (think the Detroit Pistons and Orlan...

LeBron is heading into uncharted territoryFor anyone under the age of 30, it’s difficult to remember an NBA without LeBron James. ...

Vince Carter Will Be Remembered For More Than His Ridiculous, Insane, Outrageous, Thunderous, Posterizing, High-Flying DunksI was around 6 years old when my parents bought me my first basketball magazine....

Bon Jovi gets a banner at the Air Canada Centre: Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment president Tim Leiweke: "We’ve left plenty of room up there for Stanley Cup banners." And, you know, maybe Raptors banners one day, right? Right? [Toronto Star]...

Rick Telander Doesn't Realize That Baseline "Raptors" Sign Isn't Real

It's been two seasons since Toronto introduced their 3D, optical illusion "Raptors" sign underneath each basket. It was sort of cool at first, and even now good for a moment of "oh yeah," whenever you catch a Raps game. But at least we all understand how it works. One Sun-Times columnist does not....

Big Alabama Fan Catfish Strother Thinks An Auburn Supporter Might Could've Poisoned His Oak Tree

Your morning roundup for March 10, the day that a big-and-wide guy gets called to task for playing fast-and-loose with his words....

The Royal We Is Back, And So Are We

If you were wondering what a man looks like after a 12 1/2-hour flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, to Toronto to New York City — particularly when his luggage is still in Toronto, presumably being delivered by mounties this evening — this is what he looks like: Haggard, but full...