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The ESPYS focus on honours, pandemic and racial justice
No red carpet, no nattily dressed athletes, no house band or monologue poking fun at…
NBA sets Oct. 16 draft date, Oct. 18 for free-agent talks
The NBA has firmed up the schedule for what will be a hectic time for…
Odd ball: Runners start on 2nd base, tie games, re-entry?
NEW YORK – Extra innings that start with runners on second base, games ending in…
Raptors Uprising down Kings Guard Gaming to win NBA 2K League Tipoff Tournament
TORONTO – Raptors Uprising GC, yet to lose this season, swept Kings Guard Gaming on…
De Grasse will get a taste of racing with no fans next month in Florida
TORONTO – The Olympic stadium buzzes as the finalists in the 100 metres take their…
Raptors Uprising GC advances to semifinals of NBA 2K League Tipoff Tournament
TORONTO – Raptors Uprising GC’s unbeaten esports season continued Thursday as Toronto swept its best-of-three…
Players at 70 games, MLB at 60, Manfred says deadline near
NEW YORK – Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule Thursday, a plan immediately rejected…
Bejeweled, Minecraft among games inducted into hall of fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted Bejeweled, Centipede, King’s Quest…
A timeline of events in Canada’s fight against COVID-19
Here’s a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first…
Raptors Uprising rolls over Blazers, Lakers in NBA 2K League Tipoff Tournament
TORONTO – Raptors Uprising GC, unbeaten in regular-season play, kept rolling Wednesday by thumping Blazer5…
Manfred, Clark reach framework: 60 games, full prorated pay
NEW YORK – After days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and…
As Florida virus test numbers rise, NBA prepares for Disney
The rate of positive coronavirus tests in the Orlando, Florida, area has been soaring in…
Would MLB fans view champ, stats as legit in 50-game season?
NEW YORK – Fresh off a robust round of batting practice in Central Park, softball…
Toronto Raptors eye Florida for workouts to eliminate quarantine concern
The Toronto Raptors are expected to hold workouts somewhere in Florida before the NBA season…
CFL Players’ Association says it has yet to hear from CFL regarding 2020 season
TORONTO – The already fractured relationship between the CFL and CFL Players’ Association isn’t getting…
Raptors Uprising look to turn NBA 2K League dominance into some cash this week
TORONTO – Unbeaten Raptors Uprising GC looks to turn its regular-season dominance in NBA 2K…
NFL commissioner Goodell encourages team to sign Kaepernick
Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season. The…
Toronto-based sports tech company PUSH helps athletes train smarter
TORONTO – From Chelsea FC and the New York Yankees to the Canadian softball team,…
Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy
NEW YORK – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games…
Wayne Embry says if given the choice to play amid racial unrest, he would
TORONTO – Wayne Embry remembers the shock and sorrow that swept through the Boston Celtics…
Some pubs closing temporarily as Florida virus cases rise
ORLANDO, Fla. – Some Florida bars and restaurants are temporarily closing their doors after being…
NHLers ponder playing in arenas without fans: ‘We gotta do what we gotta do’
Like many sports fans hungry for something, anything, to watch during a spring of self-isolation…
Baseball players say talks futile, tell MLB to order return
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball appears headed to its shortest season since the 1870s.…
Florida coronavirus cases rising as state reopens
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in Florida as the…