AP Spotlight Raptors' fans latest to boo U.S. national anthem IAN HARRISON Associated Press Feb 3, 2025 Feb 3, 2025 Updated Aug 9, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TORONTO — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game continued an emerging trend Sunday of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.kAmu2?D @7 E96 }qpVD =@?6 r2?25:2? 7C2?49:D6 3@@65 E96 2?E96> 27E6C D:>:=2C C624E:@?D 3C@<6 @FE $2EFC52J ?:89E 2E }w{ 82>6D :? ~EE2H2[ ~?E2C:@[ 2?5 r2=82CJ[ p=36CE2[ 9@FCD 27E6C &]$] !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A >256 9:D E9C62E @7 :>A@CE E2C:77D @? p>6C:42VD ?@CE96C? ?6:893@C C62=:EJ]k^AmkAmp7E6C :?:E:2==J 4966C:?8 7@C E96 `d\J62C\@=5 76>2=6 D:?86C[ 72?D 3@@65 E9C@F89@FE Q%96 $E2C\$A2?8=65 q2??6CQ A6C7@C>2?46] pE E96 6?5[ >:I65 3@@D 2?5 4966CD 4@F=5 36 962C5 367@C6 E96 4C@H5 6CFAE65 :? 2AA=2FD6 7@C E96 r2?25:2? 2?E96>[ Q~ r2?252]Qk^Am People are also reading… Franklin County leaned overwhelmingly against redistricting as vote passed statewide Franklin County man sentenced in fatal Henry County crash State bar suspends Rocky Mount mayor Holland Perdue's law license Products at 3 Rocky Mount vape shops seized for possibly illegal THC amounts Judge reinstates Martinsville's mayor, delays hearing Why Franklin County increased its real estate tax by 4 cents Franklin County residents push back on proposed tax increases, zoning changes Osprey races, Earth Day cleanup set for Smith Mountain Lake State Park Virginia budget leaders look for $1.6 billion from data centers Richmond judge dismisses Republican bid to block new maps Rocky Mount keeps tax rates level, but service rates will increase Monte Coleman, a mainstay of Washington's Super Bowl teams, dead at 68 The Michael Jackson movie leaves out his accusers. 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