Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Canadians make a big impact across the league to begin the 2020-2021 season, with 17 Canadians earning spots on various teams and Steve Nash winning his first game as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The 17...
Graphic credit: windiescricket.com Cricket West Indies’ CEO Johnny Grave confirmed that the squad for the Windies’ tour of Bangladesh, scheduled to start on Jan. 18, 2021, will be announced soon. Grave said he expected Roger Harper, the chief selector for Cricket...
OG Anunoby. Photo credit: TSN.ca The Toronto Raptors announced on Dec. 21 that they signed forward OG Anunoby to a four-year, $72 million deal that includes a player option for the 2024-2025 season. In a release, Raptors’ general manager Bobby Webster said, “OG...
Photo Credit: Getty Images Tiger Woods might not have enjoyed the recent Masters golf tournament, where he finished 38th but he definitely had fun at this weekend’s PNC Championship, where he teamed up with his son, Charlie, 11. The two were seen high fiving,...
Alphonso Davies. Photo credit: Andreas Gebert/pool via AP Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies added another distinction to his career on Dec. 17 when he became the first North American to be voted onto the FIFA FIFPRO World 11 list. The 20-year-old, who plays...
Photograph: Bahrain Grand Prix No one is immune from COVID-19, even seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The British racing great will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain. The 35-year-old driver tested positive on Nov. 30, after...
The NBA is back. Just 51 days after the LA Lakers were crowned 2019-2020 champions, training camps opened for the 2020-2021 season. This time, there is no bubble. Most teams will hold training camp at home and play home games in their arenas. The Raptors,...
The NFL game between the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers and the 6-4 Baltimore Ravens was postponed yet again, this time to Wednesday afternoon, as the Raven deal with an extended outbreak of COVID-19 in their locker room. The game was originally scheduled...
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The man who best English hopes with his “Hand of God” goal has died after a heart attack at the age of 60. Diego Armando Maradona, who delighted fans from Argentina to Napoli, underwent surgery on November 3 for a blood clot to the brain. That surgery was successful,...
The Toronto Raptors lost two great ones in Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka, who joined the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, respectively. Ibaka thanked Toronto and Canada in an Instagram post saying, "the love I have received on this journey I will never...
Another first for a Black man. On November 17, 2020, the Florida Panthers hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager, making him the first Black executive to hold that position in the NHL. Peterson, an NHLPA certified agent, was previously vice...
