• Small Talk – Daniel Radcliffe (2 of 2)

    In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.

  • #freshpresslive – feb 10/12

    Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 8/12

    Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 7/12

    Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (2 of 2)

    When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (1 of 2)

    The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 2/12

    Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 1/12

    Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 31/12

    Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 30/12

    David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.

  • Small Talk – Daniel Radcliffe (1 of 2)

    Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (2 of 3)

    Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (1 of 3)

    Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (3 of 3)

    Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (2 of 3)

    During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (1 of 3)

    There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (2 of 2)

    When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (1 of 2)

    It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.

  • Small Talk – Marina and The Diamonds (2 of 2)

    Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.

  • Small Talk – Neverest

    Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.

 
 


Vince Carter Says Return to Toronto ‘Just Another Game’

Posted by Adam Gonshor on November 6th, 2005

An hour and a half prior to tip-off, Vince Carter was sorting through the stack of tickets he was leaving for his old Toronto acquaintances, an arduous errand which required a half hour of his time.

Taking the court about 20 minutes before the game was to begin, Carter was greeted by pestering jeers and chants of “V.C. sucks.”

Every time he touched the ball during Friday night’s game, the heckles continued.

Carter says every time his New Jersey Nets play the Toronto Raptors, it’s “just another game,” but even though this is his third time back to Toronto, the fans don’t see it that way.

Carter was traded to the Nets last December after demanding a move out of Toronto, where he had played his first six NBA seasons.

Toronto fans saw it as a betrayal. They had watched Carter excel into one of the game’s brightest young stars, but struggle with injuries in his latter years as a Raptor.

What also irked them was what seemed to be a lack of commitment to the team. At the beginning of last season, playing for the Raptors, he averaged 15.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. For the Nets, he averaged 27.5 points 5.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, dramatic increases in all categories.

After the game, in which he scored 20 points in a 102-92 Nets win, he admitted to being conscious of the boos and chants, but said he was happy to hear them.

“It was beautiful,” he said. “It doesn?t bother me. I enjoy it.”

The atmosphere in the building was far less grating than in Carter’s first return to Toronto in April, when he scored 39 points in a 101-90 Nets victory.

Then, a sold-out crowd arrived an hour before the game. They wore bibs, held up signs, and voiced their opinions perhaps louder than the Air Canada Centre walls had ever heard before. This time, the building was only a third full when Carter walked onto the court, and was about a thousand people short of a sellout. The bibs were minimal, the signs were almost non-existent, and the crowd was generously half as loud.

As the Nets practiced before tip-off, a group of about ten fans gathered behind the basket to cheer on Carter. They wore Carter jerseys and held up an encouraging sign.

And somehow, Carter spotted them amongst the boos and flashed the peace sign.

“Anything you want to say to the Toronto fans at all?” asked a reporter. “Like I said, they must care. If they boo you, it must mean that you meant something.”

“There you go. You asked it and answered it,” Carter said with a stone-cold face.

“Pretend he didn?t answer,” another reporter said. But Carter didn’t bite.


Tags:
Categories: Sports