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NBA Schedules Regular-Season Games in London

LONDON (AP) -- Those high-flying slam dunks and long-distance 3-pointers are going to mean a lot more to the London crowd next year when the NBA plays its first regular-season games in Europe. NBA commissioner David Stern announced Monday that the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets will face each other on March 4 and 5...

Andrea Bargnani Could Return to Raptors on Friday

Things are coming together for the Raptors at just the right time. Despite injuries to key players over the last several weeks, they locked up the Atlantic Division when the Nets lost on Friday and celebrated by completely dismantling the Bulls on Sunday. And now, it looks like they'll be getting Andrea Bargnani back later...

Darko Milicic is Consumed by Rage

Darko was bodying up Chris Bosh for position in the post, when he was called for a push. Whatever it was that he did next earned him a couple of technicals and required the best efforts of Grant Hill and Hedo Turoglu to stop. I'm not sure about this, but I think it might be Darko's first career ejection. If so,...

Believe It or Not, Sam Mitchell Is in Demand

If you believe the latest scuttlebutt being bandied about by reporters these days, Raptors coach Sam Mitchell will be in demand if the Raptors opt not to renew his contract at the end of the season. Many of these rumors suggest the Charlotte Bobcats will be first in line if he's available. From the Gaston Gazette:The New...

Never Look Inside Another Man's iPod

Via Hoops Addict, The Toronto's Star's rundown of athlete playlists. Morris Peterson and T.J. Ford are the Raptors involved, and theirs are pretty eh, with the exception of Peterson's lone Oasis track and Ford's fondness for Otis Redding and Lionel Richie. I'd say the most you could conclude from these is that Peterson...