Aboard a flight during a recent Toronto Raptors playoff game, Adam van Koeverden had to turn MacGyver to catch it.
The WiFi was cutting in and out. The online stream wouldn’t work. So the Olympic kayak champion FaceTimed a friend, who set up his cellphone in front of his television.
“My best trick this year,” Van Koeverden said. “I go to all lengths to catch the Raptors.”
Van Koeverden has squeezed in watching games between training and competitions on his final run-up to this summer’s Rio Olympics. A trip home to Oakville, Ont., coincided with Saturday’s 99-84 victory over Cleveland at the Air Canada Centre.