Dwane Casey gave the Toronto Raptors a day off from practice on Friday, which is the kind of thing a guy who has been around a while in these parts would do. Not making his players drive to work on the morning after the season’s first snowfall, an occasion that renders the region’s drivers into…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Richard Sherman limped off the field with a ruptured Achilles tendon, just one of a host of players knocked out of the Seattle Seahawks’ 22-16 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. “It’s a good division win, a good team win,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said afterward, “but it’s hard to truly appreciate it…
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Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman has joined the list of U.S. gymnasts who say they were sexually abused by Larry Nassar, the team’s longtime doctor. Raisman describes the abuse during an interview on 60 Minutes that will air Sunday and also talks about it in her new book, “Fierce,” which comes out next week. “I…
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NEW YORK — A celebration of life for former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay will be held next week in Florida at the spring-training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay was killed Tuesday when the tiny sport plane he was flying crashed in the Gulf of Mexico. The service, which will be open to…
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Between the two of them, Jaromir Jagr and Mark Jankowski have 767 National Hockey League goals. Jagr, after scoring his first goal with the Calgary Flames in Thursday’s 6-3 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings, has 766 of them. Jankowski, the Flames’ five-year project and emerging young star, has the other. After scoring, one…
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Your midday sports snack. Toast points • As expected, the CFL’s leading passers are the last candidates standing for the league’s top individual honour. Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray and Edmonton QB Mike Reilly were revealed today to be the Most Outstanding Player finalists for their respective divisions. Ottawa receiver Brad Sinopoli and Winnipeg running back…
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