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Tag: Toronto Raptors

248 | Kat Jayme (The Grizzlie Truth)

Posted on December 13, 2022March 4, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 248 | Kat Jayme (The Grizzlie Truth)
248 | Kat Jayme (The Grizzlie Truth)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Kathleen Jayme about her Vancouver Grizzlies documentary: The Grizzlie Truth.

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Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick

Posted on April 18, 2022September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick
Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick

What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

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NBA Playoffs 2022: Raptors vs Sixers – Game 1

Posted on April 17, 2022September 19, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on NBA Playoffs 2022: Raptors vs Sixers – Game 1
NBA Playoffs 2022: Raptors vs Sixers – Game 1

The Ghost of Kyle Lowry strikes! How many Game 1s did that loser come up (literally) short? Think he’s 1 for 9, 1 for 10? in Game 1s with the Raptors. (Good Luck Miami Heat!) That clown even lost to the Magic! Now with Kyle Lowry gone it appears as if Toronto Raptors are the…

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Garbage Time - NBA, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

225 | In Session With…Shad (A Short Story About A War)

Posted on November 9, 2021October 27, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 225 | In Session With…Shad (A Short Story About A War)
225 | In Session With…Shad (A Short Story About A War)

Shad joins Host Sammy Younan for In Session With… from 2018 to talk about his new album A Short Story About A War and Season 2 of Hip-Hop Evolution on Netflix..

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NBA Playoffs 2020: Game 7!

Posted on September 11, 2020 By Sammy Younan No Comments on NBA Playoffs 2020: Game 7!
NBA Playoffs 2020: Game 7!

Game 7! That’s the hook.

Garbage Time - NBA, NBA

158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)

Posted on June 2, 2020March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)
158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews co-host of Talking Raptors and comedian Nick Reynoldson whose debut comedy album is I’ll Be Fine.

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The Agents Are Free

Posted on June 30, 2019 By Sammy Younan
The Agents Are Free

NBA Free Agency!! NBA’s free agency era began in 1988 with the first free agent: Tom Chambers left Seattle to go play in Phoenix. (Which was a minor miracle because contracts were almost much longer back then…ain’t nobody signing a 7-year contract now!). Anyways…let’s get down to business! If (IF…) Raptors sign Kawhi then: I’m…

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NBA

Masai’s Mess

Posted on June 19, 2019 By Sammy Younan

This whole story is so convoluted. Security at NBA Finals games especially when a team wins is vastly different than a typical regular season NBA game. It’s supposed to be tighter and more restrictive because you don’t want fans bum-rushing the floor. Most NBA Finals have a “do you know who I am!” moment because…

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Garbage Time - NBA, NBA

099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)

Posted on January 15, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)
099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Martin Leblanc a partner at Sid Lee Architecture which approaches projects from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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Ball or Fall: Lowry’s Bad Back?

Posted on January 2, 2019 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Ball or Fall: Lowry’s Bad Back?
Ball or Fall: Lowry’s Bad Back?

You can do it, put your back into it.

NBA

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