Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan celebrates a late bucket against the New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 9. Photograph by: Nathan Denette Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Brad Jacobs is in trouble at the Olympic curling trials. The man who skipped Canada to gold at Sochi 2014 all but fell out of contention for…

TORONTO — Sometimes athletes who are about to perform in a championship bask in the spectacle. They soak up the atmosphere and the attention, and they take the opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments of a long season and the greater meaning of the big stage ahead. Then, there is Jozy Altidore. The Toronto FC…

Vegas Golden Knights forwards William Karlsson (right) and Jonathan Marchessault celebrate a goal against the Arizona Coyotes on Nov. 25. Photograph by: Ross D. Franklin Alexander Wennberg or William Karlsson? If the Columbus Blue Jackets could do it all over again, which player do you think they would protect? No question, a favourable expansion draft…

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan celebrates a late bucket against the New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 9. Photograph by: Nathan Denette Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Brad Jacobs is in trouble at the Olympic curling trials. The man who skipped Canada to gold at Sochi 2014 all but fell out of contention for…

MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the state will never acknowledge the accusation of state-sponsored doping that prevents the Russia team from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics because it considers it false. Medvedev, speaking at the Cabinet session on Thursday, said, “We can’t and will not acknowledge false conclusions.” He also argued that…

A California woman has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and battery against former Edmonton Eskimos star quarterback Warren Moon. The lawsuit, obtained by The Canadian Press, was filed Monday in Orange County, Calif. It names Moon and his company, Sports 1 Marketing, as defendants. Wendy Haskell, a former executive assistant to Moon at Sports…