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Veteran righty Matt Shoemaker to start in next Toronto Blue Jays game

WASHINGTON - Matt Shoemaker will be the starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays in their next game, whenever that might be. Shoemaker has gone the longest since his last start among Toronto's rotat...

Aug 01, 2020

NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season

TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...

Aug 01, 2020

NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season

TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...

Aug 01, 2020

Edmonton hopes for NHL hub-city benefits, welcomes Western Conference playoffs

EDMONTON - Across the street from Rogers Place, a pub patio was prepped with picnic tables and television screens slung above them Friday. On the eve of the 2020 NHL playoffs, numerous downtown E...

Jul 31, 2020

Five things to watch as the Toronto Raptors resume their title defence

The defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors resume their title defence when they face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Here are five things to watch: The Quiet: The Raptors boast one of the b...

Jul 31, 2020

NBA champion Toronto Raptors ready to pick up where they left off

The Toronto Raptors were the hottest team in the NBA in early March, on a league-best four-game winning streak, coming off a solid west coast road swing and having just clinched a playoff sp...

Jul 31, 2020

Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

Jul 31, 2020

Sophie Schmidt, Alphonso Davies win Canada Soccer Player of the Month awards

Sophie Schmidt and Alphonso Davies have been named Canada Soccer's Players of the Month for July after helping their teams lift trophies. Schmidt and the Houston Dash won the Challenge Cup, cappi...

Jul 31, 2020

Nurse on Canadian anthem: "We need to do better in the systemic racism area"

The Toronto Raptors will treat both national anthems as "one long song" ahead of their opening game of the NBA restart on Saturday, according to coach Nick Nurse. Two days after every player and ...

Jul 31, 2020

Sources: CFL no longer talking to Business Development Bank of Canada

TORONTO - The CFL is no longer looking to the Business Development Bank of Canada for financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFL had been pointed to the BDC by the federal go...

Jul 31, 2020