National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks face many questions as they head into their sixth season.

TORONTO — Fun Guy. Board Man. Kawhi Leonard's stoic personality has been milked by basketball fans and marketers alike, earning him nicknames that have been plastered on Internet memes and used in successful ad campaigns.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Nick Ebert to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$700,000 in the NHL and $300,000 in the American Hockey League, with a $350,000 guarantee.

TORONTO — The NBA and Canada Basketball are forming a group in an effort to grow youth basketball in Canada. The Jr.

Rory McIlroy may have won the RBC Canadian Open, but he left Ontario with the best prize of all: friendship. The world No.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers continued a busy off-season with the promotion of one executive and the hiring of another on Monday.

HAMBURG — Canada's Dawson Murschell upset world No. 1 Michael van Gerwen 4-2 but the top-seeded Netherlands rallied to down the Canadians 2-1 in quarterfinal action at the BetVictor World Cup of Darts. At No.

MONTPELLIER, France — Cameroon defender Estelle Johnson will see some familiar faces Monday when Cameroon lines up against Canada at the Women's World Cup. Johnson, who was born in Cameroon but raised in the U.S.

In the tiny hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, more than 3,000 kilometres northwest of Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Raptors' famous slogan takes on a whole new meaning. "One of our big jokes is the line 'We the North.

ANCASTER, Ont. — Rory McIlroy examined the RBC Canadian Open trophy closely, reading the names to himself, soaking in the history of the 110-year old championship.