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World Rugby cancels rest of Sevens Series, Canada women finish 3rd and men 8th

World Rugby has cancelled the remaining rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to the global pandemic, awarding New Zealand the men's and women's titles based on the existing standings. Join...

Jun 30, 2020

Raptors Uprising GC sets NBA 2K League mark with 11th straight win to open season

TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC recorded its 11th straight victory Monday, sweeping Heat Check Gaming in their best-of-three esports series to set an NBA 2K League record for consecutive wins to st...

Jun 29, 2020

Coroner finds organizational problems in death of 24-year-old during Montreal marathon

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner who looked into the death last year of a 24-year-old runner in a Montreal half-marathon is raising several issues with communication and organization at the ...

Jun 29, 2020

VanVleet: Timing of restart amid racial unrest "sucks," but he likes BLM focus

Fred VanVleet wishes he could wear "everybody's name ever" on the back of his Toronto Raptors jersey in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement. Players will be permitted to replace their names...

Jun 29, 2020

Ujiri confident in restart, saying 'the NBA is a seriously well-oiled machine'

The Toronto Raptors' return to basketball has them living in an otherwise empty hotel in the Fort Myers area of Florida, a COVID-19 hotspot that has seen new cases skyrocketing. They wake up to a...

Jun 29, 2020

Blue Jays closer to getting full approval for training in Toronto

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and...

Jun 29, 2020

Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism

LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...

Jun 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives

The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...

Jun 29, 2020

MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald turns film-maker with digital series

While the Professional Fighters League is on hiatus due to COVID-19, training and family are keeping Canadian MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald busy. The 30-year-old welterweight offers a loo...

Jun 29, 2020

A Long-Overdue 'Tip of the Cap' to baseball's Black pioneers

Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the fo...

Jun 29, 2020