--- title: Drake Asks Out ESPN Reporter Doris Burke During Raptors Game description: Drake let his intentions towards ESPN sideline reporter Doris Burke be known during the Toronto Raptors "Drake Day" game. canonical: https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-17T18:17:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:37.407Z og:title: Drake Asks Out ESPN Reporter Doris Burke During Game og:description: The smitten rapper even wore a customized sweatshirt for the occasion og:url: https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Asks Out ESPN Reporter Doris Burke During Game twitter:description: The smitten rapper even wore a customized sweatshirt for the occasion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drake Asked ESPN Reporter Doris Burke on a Romantic Dinner Date During a Courtside Interview ## Video: Kevin Durant was not a fan of 'Drake Night' in Toronto [Watch (HLS stream): Kevin Durant was not a fan of 'Drake Night' in Toronto](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AbG4ipJp.m3u8) (0:39)  _Published 2016-11-17. It was "Drake Night" in Toronto when the Raptors took on the Warriors, but it doesn't seem like Kevin Durant was a fan._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 17, 2016 6:17 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 17, 2016 6:17 PM UTC Noted basketball enthusiast and sometimes [bandwagon fan](http://time.com/4543654/drake-nba-bandwagon-fan/) [Drake](http://time.com/4570131/drake-sneakin-video/) took full advantage of “Drake Night” where his beloved Toronto Raptors took on the [Golden State Warriors](http://time.com/4549512/obama-on-favorite-rappers/) — to ask out [ESPN sideline reporter Doris Burke](http://time.com/3145/espn-draws-fire-over-reporters-reaction-to-kevin-durant-thanking-god/) during the game. The Canadian rapper, a global ambassador for the Raptors, made his intentions known early during the evening by sporting a customized sweatshirt with Burke’s face printed on it and the declaration, “Woman Crush Everyday.” Later during a court side interview with _ESPN’_s Israel Gutierrez, he expressed admiration for Burke, calling her his “inspiration” and layering on praise. “I think she’s a stunning woman, incredible at what she does,” he said. “I wish she was here tonight.” Drake ended the interview by extending an invitation for a dinner date with Burke with an interesting caveat. “Dinner at my house anytime, as long as she comes alone,” he said. > [](https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/799093702849417218) Lucky for Drizzy, however, Burke was open to the idea and sent her reply via Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/heydb/status/799092560123875329) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/"},"headline":"Drake Asked ESPN Reporter Doris Burke on a Romantic Dinner Date During a Courtside Interview","datePublished":"2016-11-17T18:17:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:37.407Z","description":"The rapper even wore a customized sweatshirt for the occasion","url":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Basketball","Sports topic","Music","Drake","celebrity","NBA","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/","name":"Drake Asked ESPN Reporter Doris Burke on a Romantic Dinner Date During a Courtside Interview"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kevin Durant was not a fan of 'Drake Night' in Toronto","description":"It was \"Drake Night\" in Toronto when the Raptors took on the Warriors, but it doesn't seem like Kevin Durant was a fan.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AbG4ipJp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-11-17T18:25:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AbG4ipJp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/","duration":"PT39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4575157/drake-doris-burke/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```