Feb 2 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Lucia Stafford says the key to her early-season track and field success is simple. She's happy. Life is good. The 24-year-old from Toronto crushed the Canadian indoor record in the 1,000 metres last week and is aiming for another solid result...
Feb 1 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Sports are rife with stories of coaches facing allegations of maltreatment from a club or provincial organization, who, under the cover of jurisdictional borders, move to another club, province or even another sport, and no-one is the wiser. ...
Jan 31 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Three Canadian gymnastics stars have joined the call for the resignation of Ian Moss. In a letter to Gymnastics Canada's board of directors, obtained by the CBC, Rosie MacLennan, Ellie Black and Kyle Shewfelt asked for the resignation of Moss...
Jan 22 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' early lead was nothing out of the ordinary. The victory at the end of the night, however, was. Fred VanVleet scored 28 points and the Raptors beat the New York Knicks 125-116 on Sunday, finally hanging on to a win after b...
Jan 18 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The WNBA is coming to Toronto, for one game at least. The Minnesota Lynx, whose roster features Canadians Bridget Carleton and Natalie Achonwa, will play the Chicago Sky at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena in a pre-season matchup on May 13, the fir...
Jan 12 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OSHAWA, Ont. — Deanna Stellato-Dudek hopes to capture her first Canadian figure skating title — at the age of 39, and more than 20 years after she initially retired from the sport. But a viral infection that's been bothering her for nine weeks could g...
Jan 10 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors finally rediscovered their three-point shooting — and it led to a much-needed victory on Tuesday. Entering the night as the lowly 29th-ranked team in the league in three-point shooting, the Raptors hit a season high 20 sho...
Jan 8 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — In a key span of 18 seconds midway through the fourth quarter on Sunday, Fred VanVleet calmly hit two catch-and-shoot three-pointers. While the all-star guard has fallen out of favour with some Raptors fans amid his recent shooting struggles,...
Jan 6 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The frustration continues for the Toronto Raptors. Julius Randle scored 19 of his 32 points in the first quarter and hauled down 11 rebounds to lead the New York Knicks 112-108 over the Raptors on Friday, beating Toronto for the first time in...
Jan 4 2023 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — In what coach Nick Nurse called one of the craziest games of his career, the Toronto Raptors almost pulled off the unlikeliest of victories. They scored 12 points in the first quarter. And 18 in the final 74 seconds of regulation. But their f...
Dec 27 2022 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — If 2022 was a defining year for Canadian athlete activism, the snowball started rolling back in January. Dave Bedford, a high-profile Canadian sport executive for four decades, retired as Athletics Canada's CEO after the exposure of a series ...
Dec 16 2022 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors were oh so close to ending their season-long losing streak Friday, despite another night of inconsistency. But Kyrie Irving's three-point buzzer-beater with a tenth of a second on the clock, part of a 32-point performance,...
Dec 14 2022 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' problems with consistency continue, and veteran guard Fred VanVleet said now it's a fine line between being serious about the losses and not slipping into negativity. The Raptors coughed up a 16-point lead en route to 124...
Dec 7 2022 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — It was anything but pretty. But Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet was pleased with the professionalism of his team in dispatching a Lakers squad missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 10 rebounds and the Ra...
Dec 5 2022 — Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — In a season of struggling to find some consistency, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse deemed Monday's game against the Boston Celtics a good measuring stick for his team. He came away pleased for the most part after dropping a 116-110 decision...