Mike Koreen

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[[1]]Mike "Quagmire" Koreen (born June 29, 1980) covers the Toronto Raptors basketball team for The Toronto Sun. Prior to covering the Raptors, Koreen won the 2005 Tom Borrelli Award as the top writer covering the National Lacrosse League. He also won the 2002 Sports Media Canada Nike Bursary as the top student sports journalist in Canada in his final year at Ryerson University in Toronto. Koreen started working at the Sun as a co-op student from Thornlea Secondary School.

Koreen was nicknamed Quagmire by former Toronto Raptor Mike James and was recently featured on The Grill Room alongside a picture of the character from Family Guy. "Giggity, Giggity."

Mike is also a circus clown (available for birthday parties) and avid musician. His heavy metal band Apocalyptic Sneeze is recording its debut album, Making My Scratch With Pun Leads, due for a Christmas 2006 release.