National Sports

As Raptors fever burns its way across Canada, the team's parent company said it's trying to help fans far beyond Toronto experience the excitement of the NBA Finals.

TORONTO — OG Anunoby was forced to sit out and watch from the sidelines this post-season as his Toronto Raptors teammates dismantled team after team en route to the first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida point guard Andrew Nembhard is returning to school for his sophomore year, a move that should have a positive impact on the Gators next season.

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar is looking to do what featherweight title-holder Max (Blessed) Holloway failed to do last time out against Dustin (The Diamond) Poirier — become a champion in a second weight class.

TORONTO — The NBA Finals will make a first non-American appearance on Thursday night when the Toronto Raptors host the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. The Warriors are the betting favourites, and rightly so.

TORONTO — There's nothing quite like Jurassic Park anywhere else in the NBA.

TORONTO — The Touchdown Atlantic CFL game in Moncton, N.B., will be an afternoon game instead of an evening contest in an effort to attract more fans from across the region.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Joseph Gambardella to a two-year contract extension. Gambardella, 25, has played most of the past two seasons with AHL Bakersfield. The native of Staten Island, N.Y..

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have re-signed goaltender Anders Nilsson to a two-year contract. The deal has an average annual value of US$2.6 million ($2.8 million in 2019-20, $2.4 million in 2020-21).

One week before the final game was played in the now-defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the country's top university women’s hockey teams waged their own battle for a national championship.