Leo Rautins, part of Raptors’ telecasts since 1995, will be replaced by Alvin Williams as Sportsnet’s analyst this season
Rautins had been involved with Raptors' broadcasts since the team's inaugural season in 1995.
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Meghan McPeak will lead all-female broadcast team for TSN Toronto Raptors telecast on March 24
TSN's Nuggets-Raptors telecast will feature the first all-female broadcast team in NBA history.
Steve Simmons doubles down after Kayla Grey’s criticism of his question to Masai Ujiri about Toronto crime
"Do you have a hearing problem or a comprehension problem. I asked Masai about crime in Toronto. The word “black” never came up. Nor did it come up in doing the research for the question."
NBA player turned Turner analyst Draymond Green says “It doesn’t directly impact your team” on Raptors’ Black Lives Matter buses
"As a Canadian team, it doesn’t directly impact your team because you’re in an entirely different country."
Black NBA play-by-play broadcasters discuss how few people of color have that job
Only one NBA broadcast team has a Black TV play-by-play announcer. The same is true for radio.
Raptors’ title brought ratings and revenue for part owners Bell and Rogers, but outages ruined key moments for thousands of subscribers
Rogers' Sportsnet Now crashed during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Final. Bell's Fibe TV crashed in the final 30 seconds there. And Fibe TV's app crashed during the final moments of Game 6, causing viewers to miss the moment where the Raptors officially won the NBA championship.
Ariel Helwani dons Canadian flag on SportsCenter after Raptors’ win, says “this is a team winning for an entire country”
Helwani gave a passionate speech about what he thinks the Raptors' win meant to Canada.
TSN identified Halifax, Nova Scotia as Regina, Saskatchewan during shots of Game 6 viewing parties
Just about 2,000 miles off there, TSN.
NBA Finals Game 6 posts a 13.2 overnight rating, down from Game 5 and middle of the pack relative to previous Game 6...
The solid (but not spectacular) rating slots in the middle of the pack when compared to prior Game 6 ratings.
NBA Finals Game 5 sees Raptors set another Canadian record, beat Big Bang Theory series finale
The average audience of 6.9 million viewers (English and French) here broke a lot of Canadian sports viewership marks, and even beat the Canadian audience for The Big Bang Theory's series finale.
NBA Finals Game 5 overnight rating jumps to 13.4, best in series, still down from 2015, 2016, and 2017
The injury to Kevin Durant obviously casts a bit of a shadow over the NBA Finals, but the overnight rating for Game 5 was easily the best of the series.
In Canada, Game 4 of the NBA Finals beat the Super Bowl (in English) and was the top NBA broadcast in Canadian history
Friday's Game 4 saw a higher average English-language audience in Canada than this year's Super Bowl (which wasn't simsubbed).
Game 1 of the NBA Finals pulled in the lowest overnight for a Finals game since 2013, thanks to a few factors
Toronto's home market doesn't help American television ratings, but the possibility of a competitive series has to be promising.
