Sports

Dogs to Dinos: Toronto's professional basketball roots run deep

TORONTO - After arriving on the NBA scene in 1995, it took a few years before the Toronto Raptors settled into their current digs at the venue now known as Scotiabank Arena. The team debuted on a...

Jun 01, 2019

Masai Ujiri's talk with Lowry was the turning point in their relationship

TORONTO - Masai Ujiri pinpoints a particular conversation as the turning point in his relationship with Kyle Lowry this season. When the Toronto Raptors president shipped franchise icon and Lowry's go...

Jun 01, 2019

Back on tour in Paris, Federer keeping an eye on the present

PARIS - Roger Federer's return to Roland Garros feels a bit like what happens when a wildly popular rock star goes back on tour after years away. He plays his greatest hits: the no-look, back-to-the-n...

Jun 01, 2019

Montero, DeLeon score as Vancouver Whitecaps, Toronto FC battle to 1-1 draw

VANCOUVER - A Canadian clash between the Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC ended in a 1-1 draw on Friday night. The game was scoreless for more than 80 minutes before a pair of late goals ruined clea...

May 31, 2019

Trevor Story homers twice, Rockies rout Blue Jays 13-6

DENVER - Trevor Story hit a pair of two-run homers as part of a career-high seven-RBI night and the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Toronto Blue Jays 13-6 on Friday for their sixth straight win. It...

May 31, 2019

Winnipeg native Schrot lifts Blue Bombers over Eskimos 20-3 in pre-season game

Winnipeg native Dylan Schrot caught a late 48-yard touchdown pass from Bryan Bennett to seal a Blue Bombers' 20-3 exhibition victory over the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday. Justin Medlock booted a pair o...

May 31, 2019

Adames knocks in run in 11th inning, Rays beat Blue Jays 4-3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - All Willy Adames had to do in the 11th inning was hit the ball through or over five infielders for Tampa Bay to beat Toronto. Adames delivered a long single, driving in the winn...

May 31, 2019

Blues beat Bruins 3-2 in OT, tie Stanley Cup at game apiece

BOSTON - Blues defenceman Carl Gunnarsson bumped into coach Craig Berube in the bathroom before the start of overtime and told him: "I just need one more." "He hit the post in the third there, and he ...

May 31, 2019

Kickoff for Stampeders, Roughriders pre-season CFL game delayed

CALGARY - Kickoff for the pre-season CFL game between the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders was delayed 30 minutes Friday. Smoke from forest fires in northern Alberta blanketed Calg...

May 31, 2019

Rain Rally: Higa holds onto US Women's Open lead after delay

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Mamiko Higa of Japan birdied three of her final six holes following a nearly two-hour weather delay to shoot an even-par 71 and maintain a one-shot lead Friday in the suspended seco...

May 31, 2019