Chad B John-Baptiste (he/him)

Husband. Father. Planner. From Ottawa, now in Toronto. 49ers, Raptors, RedBlacks, Sens fan. Retweets are not endorsements. The odd tweet are my own. He/Him

[Role Player Performances @BenchHighlights]

Fred VanVleet 22 PTS (6-14 FG, 5-11 3P), 2 REB, 1 STL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals vs. Warriors

12 points in the 4th quarter, held Curry to 1-6 FG in the 4th & 6-17 FG for the game

[The Voyageurs @thevoyageurs]

Pour Ismaël Koné | For Ismaël Koné

#IK8 #allezlesrouges #canmnt

[James Sharman 🥧⚽️ @jamessharman]

Jesus, this sport can be too much sometimes. Saliba on, Saliba fk, Saliba goal, Saliba lifts Kone's #8.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

We have cities where millions of people spill out onto streets, fill restaurants until midnight, and occupy squares that were old before America had a flag.

We don’t need a $60 million concrete bowl surrounded by a car park to feel alive on a Wednesday night.

But yes. Remarkable stadiums. For children.

[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

OG even made an IG post, something he didn’t do after the Raptors won the 2019 championship. 🥲❤️

Man, you can tell he really wanted to earn/actually contribute towards winning a championship. No freebies/gifts.

Hopefully we get to see Masai win another championship as well, because I know that security incident left a bitter taste in his mouth, and he wants to properly enjoy winning a championship.

[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

He was one of the few players from the 2019 Raptors championship to not take a pic with the Larry OB trophy (McCaw being the other one).

Exactly 7 years later, and OG finally took a pic with the Larry OB.

🥹🥹❤️

[Matt Devlin @Matt__Devlin]

Canada the NBA Title is Yours! June 13, 2019 #WeTheNorth

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

Thank goodness for Birthright citizenship

4-1

[OneSoccer @onesoccer]

"It's our game, too"

A Canadian soccer essay by Stephen Brunt ✍️

#CanMNT 🇨🇦

[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

Several members of the legendary 2018-‘19 Toronto Raptors showed love to their beloved Raptor teammate OG Anunoby after his iconic game winner last night.

This means something to me. 🥲🥲❤️

( h/t: @masfresco )

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

Canadian soccer star, Alphonso Davies, was born in a refugee camp in Buduburam, Ghana in November, 2000. This is the structure he lived in with his family before emigrating to Edmonton, Alberta as a refugee at the age of 5. He is now one of the most successful players in the world. 🇨🇦

[Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050]

Act like you've been there before. Anunoby has.

The quality you'll find in almost every clutch player across sport is composure. You can't be fazed by the bright lights or big moments. You've gotta be calm, cool and collected to execute under pressure. Nobody's cooler than OG.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

This is the largest sporting event on the planet, despite what some Americans may believe, and the decision to prevent Africa's leading referee from participating in the World Cup sends an extraordinarily damaging message about the United States and the direction in which it is heading.

I am genuinely astonished that FIFA has not lodged a formal protest with the United States Government and sought intervention to ensure that this referee, who is held in the highest regard within the international refereeing community, is granted a visa to undertake one of the most important roles in world football. For any referee, appointment to a World Cup is among the greatest honours the sport can bestow.

A person's country of birth should never be the sole reason for preventing them from entering a country to carry out a specific professional duty at a specific international event. Particularly when the President of the United States publicly assured the world that participants would be welcomed.

If nationality alone has been the determining factor, then this is a serious stain upon both the tournament and the host nation. It raises profound questions about fairness, equality of treatment and whether political considerations are now taking precedence over sporting merit.

The World Cup is supposed to bring nations together. Decisions such as this achieve precisely the opposite.

[Harry Heymann 🥑 @harryh]

Imagine being a bar owner inside this zone near MSG. You'd prepared to have maybe the highest revenue night in this history of your bar.

Now you'll make nothing thanks to Trump.

[sin ⁴⁴ @44britcedes]

🎥|| https://t.co/ziLzfh8KiS
Lewis: “Someone just told me outside that both of their ages compared… I'm older than both of you two together.”

Kimi: “Oh really??”

Lewis: “You’re [Isack] 21? You’re [Kimi] 19… jeez… But the thing is I don’t feel it which is kind of crazy.

Kimi: “You're in great shape!”

Lewis: “No, I feel good. Thank you, dude. Thank you, man. Appreciate it!”

[David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS]

This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

You get a few more when they move back in their 20s too.

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

Did you use Laurentien coloured pencils? 🇨🇦