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TORONTO — Raptors president Masai Ujiri says he hopes his team will play the next NBA season at Scotiabank Arena, despite rising COVID-19 cases both in Toronto and in the United States.

A 2021 contract as the Vancouver Whitecaps' official esports gamer is on the line Friday when Alex (Exraa) Gonzalez takes on Erfan (Skill Shack) Hosseini. Both are familiar with the job.

SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. — Alberta intends to hold its provincial men's and women's curling championships jointly in January. Curlers won't "bubble" at the Jan.

Rhyne Howard is rewriting the record books at Kentucky and she is only a junior. Now the Wildcats star is the first player from the school to be honoured as a preseason All-American by The Associated Press.

TORONTO — The nine CFL teams unveiled their local events Thursday for the league's Grey Cup Unite program.

The coronavirus pandemic initially clouded Luka Garza’s decision whether to stay at Iowa or leave for the NBA. The uncertainty of the 2020-21 college basketball season and NBA draft made a tough choice even tougher.

Toronto FC players will be sleeping in their own beds in the lead-up to the MLS playoffs. Rather than return to Hartford, Toronto remained home Wednesday thanks to a relaxation of the rules regarding training during the pandemic.

Shane Bieber and Trevor Bauer love to talk pitching. They bonded as teammates with the Cleveland Indians, and stayed in touch after Bauer was traded to the Cincinnati Reds last year. Bieber got a text from Bauer before this season started.

Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is one of five finalists for the Landon Donovan MVP Award while Toronto's Greg Vanney is up for Major League Soccer coach of the year.

Nathan Rourke is living this football season vicariously through his younger brother, Kurtis. The B.C.