Just filed the first of many, many Raptors items in season No. 31 after a group chat with B. Webster. Story will be up later Now it's on to Ye Olde Mailbag and if you'd be kind enough to fill it up with questions sent here or to askdoug (at) thestar dot ca, it'd be appreciated.

Explain to me again why this electronic pitch calling thing is worth it? They seem to have to turn it off and turn it back on at least once a game

Hey, Jays fans: Draw close and let Ol' Uncle Perk spin you a tale of the olden days. And then sit back and see how the rest of the weekend unfolds www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...

Reports that Fred VanVleet has torn an ACL, will have surgery and could miss the entire season is a crushing blow to the Rockets and a crappy break for a good guy

So they’re taking away just about every unique and quirky characteristic of the CFL -- things that made the game the game -- to turn it into a summer/fall NA minor league football game? And this will gain more fans than it will lose? They killed decades of tradition and Canadiana; a pox on them.

It's hard to win anything so the Jays celebrating what they've achieved so far is entirely appropriate. Good for them. Strikes me as a likeable group, too

It would seem to me that if the reason for having replay is to get calls right that when you use replay to show the right call, it should be ruled that way

But don't demand that they, you know, actually play

And watching now, will fully admit I'm murky on the strategy and have no earthly clue about the rules but I do know the Canadian women are very, very good. And I suspect if you beat New Zealand at rugby, at any level, you've done something.

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The @thestar.com's editorial page leads with ... women's rugby. That's kind of incredible. www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...

Catching up in half an hour to Jays game again from last night. 2 questions: Who got more debut TV time: The Yesavage Family or Manoah's mom? and And why does the Tiny Tampa Ball Park have a goal judge spot behind home plate?

Of all the many “he’s the coolest guy in the world” guys, Robert Redford was probably the coolest guy in the world And everyone today should watch All The President’s Men and lament the status of the craft and that particular publication RIP

The Red Sox should automatically lose every time they wear those ghastly odious uniforms

Well, that’s some crazy baseball shenanigans

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A 2-hit CG shutout? That’s an old school pennant-race ace outing right there

With the bullpen as it exists, I’m thinking hooking Scherzer is over-managing

Mamu-mania runs amok. Sandro Mamukelashvili has 14p, 11r as Georgia stuns France 80-70 in EuroBasket round of 16. Not fully up on Georgia basketball history but if that’s not the biggest win ever for the country, it’s on a pretty short list of them

Author, activist, sports executive, politician, broadcaster, and the guy could tend a goal like few have ever tended a goal before or since. Ken Dryden lived a full, and very important life. Canada has lost a true great RIP

Can we just fast forward to the stress-inducing, second-guess-creating, bottom-of-the-sixth pitching change decisions?

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I, like I presume so so so many casual tennis TV consumers, have benefited basically forever from his skills. Someone who can make points that educate and inform and ask questions of his colleagues to elicit insight is rare

This sums up the entire sordid saga very well

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Felix rolls, Jays turn a crazy late-win-into-a-loss, Argo-Ticat epic finish, Leylah-Venus look like funnest team ever I’m exhausted and haven’t even left the house Sports, man. If you don’t get it, it’s your loss

The CFL, man. What a zany Argo-Ticat finish

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Truly one of the all-time greats. Was a honour to share the odd events with you over the years and the craft is far less off with you taking a break from it. Best of luck in whatever adventures await.

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Raptor-to-be legend Sandro Mamukelashvili has 19-7-6 as Georgia takes out Spain in first game at EuroBasket Huge upset of defending champs by Georgia

This here baseball team in Toronto sure is fun to watch. Maybe not always happy fun but wildly entertaining fun pretty much every night

Catching start of the CEBL's championship weekend. To see the league where it is from where it was -- in every imaginable way from talent to production to everything -- is an incredible. And I know Mike Morreale and John Lashway will deflect responsibility for where it is. They shouldn't.

Finishing loading up Ye Olde Mailbag so if there are pressing questions, or even not pressing questions, fire them off to askdoug (at) thestar dot ca You’ll be glad you did

It's that time again to start filling up Ye Olde Mailbag for the weekend. It's the usual process -- an email to askdoug (at) thestar dot ca will get it done so get cracking, would you? Anything goes, within reasonable limits.

The very last item on the Raptor summer to-do list has been ticked off www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...

Quick hitter on Bobby Webster getting the job but not yet the title A more expansive version coming later www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...

A talent-rich women’s program touching all eras for Canada Basketball www.thestar.com/sports/baske...

We took a week off to catch the summer breath but Ye Olde Mailbag returns this weekend. If you've got questions, get 'em into askdoug (at) thestar dot ca today and we'll get back into the routine

Will be in transit when NBA sked comes out but after mining sources -- league, Raptor, random friends -- have discovered Toronto will play 82 games, 41 at home, the rest away, some will be good, some will be dogs, they will be on many nights at many times. Season runs Oct-April, The Star has learned

A huge turnout of Canadians at Globl Jam. RJ Barrett, Andrew and Ryan Nembhard, Dillon Brooks, Jamal Murray, Dwight Powell, Zach Edey, Bennedict Mathurin, Kyshawn George, Leonard Miller and finishing the process: Lu Dort and the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Globl Jam draws the best. Just ran into the great Shona Thorburn, who's on a break from her Euro coaching gig and FIBA TV responsibilities (next up EuroBasket) to work on Carly Clarke's coaching staff. Repatriating one of the greats from a different era is an excellent move by Canada Basketball.

Quick visit to see the Canadian men's basketball team prep for the AmeriCup. Great showing from vets RJ Barrett, Lu Dort, SGA, NAW, a couple of Nembhards and Dillon Brooks in support. Incoming coach Gordie Hebert in the gym, too, among many other key pieces The item: www.thestar.com/sports/baske...

Canada Basketball leans heavily into Canadian coaching for the senior men's team leading up to '27 World Cup and '28 Olympics. Nine of 10 in the deep pool of talent are homegrown, a departure from the last six or so years. Details here: www.basketball.ca/news/canada-...

After a bit of welcomed summer hiatus, we're back with some basketball arriving with Canada Basketball stuff this week. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...

Well, that was certainly a doozy of a ball game

Good for Chris, good guy, a pro through and through Hope he has a big year

Always bunt, I say

Clicking through the dial and Rogers totally going on the cheap by using an international feed and not their own staff at the NBO tennis is ghastly and shameful And very telling if it’s a glimpse at the future for that sport and others

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