{"id":15002,"date":"2025-02-04T03:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/raptors-notice-anthem-booing-but-focus-on-playing\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T03:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:55:57","slug":"raptors-notice-anthem-booing-but-focus-on-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/raptors-notice-anthem-booing-but-focus-on-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors notice anthem booing but focus on playing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By John Chidley-Hill<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted February 3, 2025 2:17 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 RJ Barrett got right to it as soon as he stepped in front of the cameras and microphones of a post-practice media scrum at the Toronto Raptors\u2019 training facility.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get it out of the way. Ask it. Just ask it,\u201d said an upbeat Barrett. \u201cLet\u2019s get it out of the way. Just ask it already. Come on. Let\u2019s get it out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did you hear the boos during the American national anthem before the Raptors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 115-108 on Sunday?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have ears, so I heard it, for sure,\u201d said Barrett, who is from Mississauga, Ont. \u201cBut I mean, I don\u2019t know. 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I was just there to play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fans at Scotiabank Arena booed during \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner,\u201d then switched to loud cheers when \u201cO Canada\u201d began, joining the 15-year-old anthem singer for some verses of that anthem.<\/p>\n<p>There were similar scenes at Ottawa\u2019s Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday night when fans also booed during the American national anthem before the Senators shut out the Minnesota Wild 6-0 on Saturday. 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