The collateral damage surrounding the Raptors

Pushing and falling and self-owning

Axios @axios

SCOOP: Mark Stevens, the person who pushed Toronto Raptors player Kyle Lowry at last night's NBA Finals game, is not just any fan, but venture capitalist — and part Warriors owner, multiple sources confirmed to Axios.

axios.comWarriors fan who shoved Raptors player is a part ownerMark Stevens is a venture capitalist and part owner of the Warriors.

The push that cost Mark Stevens $500,000 and got him banned from the stands for a year was at the same game where Raptors broadcaster Leo Rautins was almost hit by a falling lamp. Back at home, cops charged a fan who made an obscene comment to CP24.

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DoFo laying low for the people

Marieke Walsh @MariekeWalsh

Sources say Premier Doug Ford wants to keep a low profile during the federal election in order to avoid giving Justin Trudeau more openings for attack #onpoli #cdnpoli

ipolitics.caLong break at Queen’s Park will help Ford and Scheer: sources - iPoliticsTORONTO—Shuttering the Ontario legislature for five months serves multiple goals for Premier Doug Ford as he aims to regroup after a rough spring and starve Justin Trudeau of fresh fodder for attacks during the fall election, sources say. The provincial conservatives changed the legislative calendar…

Andrew Scheer’s squad is also betting on Raptors game commercials to try and boost the federal Conservative leader’s profile.

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Daniel Dale counted 5,276 false claims from Donald Trump for the Toronto Star. The tally was served in the final update before Dale officially departed for a similar role with CNN.

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No country for Young Sheldon

The Big Bang Theory’s final season dominated Canadian ratings, Bell Media reminded advertisers at its upfront. But even with its flow of new episodes gone, CTV must carry on:

Steve Faguy @fagstein

CTV2: It's got NFL, The Voice and two comedies. That, plus two late-night shows, is it. Everything else is reruns, including nine slots devoted to The Big Bang Theory. Between CTV and CTV2, you can watch Big Bang Theory reruns 14 times a week between 7 and 11pm.

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Brian Doherty dead at 51. The guitarist for the band Big Wreck met its frontman, Ian Thornley, at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Doherty, a native of Long Island, later moved to Sarnia.

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Rallying behind a “Bookie Day”

Dave Bookman is the subject of a petition to get Toronto’s mayor to proclaim May 30 in his honour. Nine days after he died, Bookie’s 59th birthday was commemorated at the Horseshoe Tavern. His former collaborator, guitarist Tim Mech, has started a SoundCloud page to share songs recorded in the 1980s, as the Bookmen:

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