Category Archives: Sport

Columbia House Party: 37. The All-American Rejects (2002)

Title: Columbia House Party: 37. The All-American Rejects (2002)
Date: July 13, 2020
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the 37th episode of Columbia House Party, we’re joined by author Taylor Markarian to discuss The All-American Rejects and the early-2000s pop-punk and emo scene.

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Raptors notebook: Marc Gasol’s offensive role and early quarantine impressions

Title: Raptors notebook: Marc Gasol’s offensive role and early quarantine impressions
Date: July 12, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about Marc Gasol having a bigger role in the Raptors’ offense when they return, plus some other notes from the first few days of the NBA bubble. Read an excerpt!

Columbia House Party: Singles: Nirvana – Lithium (w/ St.Vincent)

Title: Columbia House Party: Singles: Nirvana – Lithium (w/ St.Vincent)
Date: July 10, 2020
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the latest mini-episode of Columbia House Party, we followed up our Nirvana main episode by listening to St. Vincent filling in the Kurt Cobain role on Lithium.

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Video Podcast Appearance: The Distraction at Fightful

Title: Video Podcast Appearance: The Distraction at Fightful
Date: July 9, 2020
Original Source: The Distraction (Fightful)
Synopsis: I joined the latest edition of The Distraction podcast at Fightful to discuss the NBA’s relaunch, WWE’s trouble building new stars, and more.

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How Terence Davis’ pick-and-roll game could unlock the Raptors’ bench offence

Title: How Terence Davis’ pick-and-roll game could unlock the Raptors’ bench offence
Date: July 9, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about Terence Davis’ offensive game and how his skillset is so important to the Raptors’ second-unit offence because it fills a team weakness. Read an excerpt!

Raptors Relaunch: Can the league’s No. 2 defence stop playoff offences?

Title: Raptors Relaunch: Can the league’s No. 2 defence stop playoff offences?
Date: July 8, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I took a fresh look at where the Raptors’ defense stood prior to the hiatus and how a big concern the volume of corner threes they give up should be. Read an excerpt!

The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Tyler Ennis, Raptors 905 + Toronto’s Half-Court Offense

Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Tyler Ennis, Raptors 905 + Toronto’s Half-Court Offense
Date: July 7, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I broke down some of the Raptors’ half-court struggles, then brought on Tyler Ennis to discuss his time with Raptors 905, Oshae Brissett’s development, and racial injustice in Canada. Read an excerpt!

Raptors Weekly Podcast – Not Quite a Sleeping Giant w/ Blake Murphy

Title: Raptors Weekly Podcast – Not Quite a Sleeping Giant w/ Blake Murphy
Date: July 7, 2020
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I joined the latest edition of Raptors Weekly Podcast to discuss the Raptors ahead of the NBA relaunch and answer some Twitter questions.
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Raptors Relaunch: Can halfcourt offence hold up as quality of competition rises?

Title: Raptors Relaunch: Can halfcourt offence hold up as quality of competition rises?
Date: July 6, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I took a fresh look at where the Raptors’ offense stood prior to the hiatus and how a big concern their half-court scoring should be. Read an excerpt!

Columbia House Party: 36. Nirvana – In Utero (1993)

Title: Columbia House Party: 36. Nirvana – In Utero (1993)
Date: July 6, 2020
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the 36th episode of Columbia House Party, we go deep on Nirvana’s immensely influential Nevermind follow-up, In Utero.

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