Sports

“Everyone loves bat flips now”: A Q&A with Blue Jays legend José Bautista

The slugger dishes on being inducted into the Level of Excellence, coming to terms with being a villain and how Toronto would be the perfect city if it were closer to the equator

The pickleball craze hits Midtown with Fairgrounds, a new pop-up racquet club

No stuffy dress codes. No decades-long wait lists. No savings-shattering membership fees

“I can boil it down to three words—golf is safe”: A Q&A with the head of Golf Ontario

"Golf can provide people with a way to get outside and maybe have a bit of hope during these challenging lockdowns"

Dear Kawhi, here’s a collection of love letters from big-name Torontonians

Mayor Tory, Jagmeet Singh and Matt Galloway thank the former Raptor

Inside Toronto’s new indoor playground for adults

Pursuit OCR invites grown-ups to play on its monkey bars and in its ball pit

Memoir: I was homeless and suicidal, and then soccer saved my life

A troubled man finds salvation in a childhood pastime

A Blue Jays art show, an all-you-can-eat fundraiser and seven other things to do this week

What to do in Toronto during the week of October 13

How blind soccer works at the Parapan Am Games

How Parapan Am wheelchair rugby player Zak Madell girds for battle

Private Zipcars, hidden kitchens, and more killer features coming soon to a condo near you

See The Roots play for free, watch Eugenie Bouchard hit the ball and eight other things to do this week

How Whitney McClintock, Pan Am Games water-skiier, pulls off one of the sport’s toughest tricks

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the Rogers Centre will rock again

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because we bleed purple