Bianca Andreescu showed her work, then owned it. No ‘sorry’ about it.

Anne Kingston: We’re so humble and nice it can hurt sometimes, or so we smugly tell ourselves. Case in point: The reaction to Andreescu’s massive U.S. Open win.

How do you like Megan Rapinoe and her teammates now?

Image of the Week: The all-out audacity of the world champion U.S. women’s soccer team once drew rebuke. Now it’s winning international applause.

Raptors fans: as long as we’ve got Masai Ujiri, we’re all right

Andray Domise: The Raptors President has the cap space to inherit another superstar. One name comes to mind—Giannis Antetokounmpo.

We the (true) North

What Raptors fever looked like in a Nunavut town

Why Raptors fans are just fine to watch Kawhi Leonard go home

Nick Taylor-Vaisey: Toronto sports fandom is typically a lifelong exercise in futility with the rare bright spot. Kawhi Leonard reminded us how good the good times can be.

Toronto might have a wee bit of a Kawhi Leonard problem

Yes, he led the Raptors to their first NBA title. But tracking his flight and car ride and standing outside a hotel where he may or may not be meeting? Yikes, Hogtown.

These were the best shoes in the NBA Finals

Where the rubber hits the hardwood, multi-million-dollar contracts and a whole lot of personality await

Journey to glory

The sublime joy of the Raptors championship capped a 26-year project to build a winner from scratch—overcoming reluctant athletes, snarky purists and a market short on basketball tradition. Mission accomplished.