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TORONTO — The Cleveland Cavaliers raced to an early lead and never looked back in a 131-108 blowout win over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Cleveland’s balanced scoring attack was headed by all star Donovan Mitchell, who had 21 points.

TORONTO — The timing was impeccable.

The Trump administration’s latest directive on Title IX offered athletic departments more certainty about paying players, while suggesting the federal government wouldn’t hold schools to rigid requirements to distribute the proceeds equitably between

The Edmonton Elks made a huge splash on the second day of CFL free agency.

MIAMI (AP) — Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill and the Miami Marlins agreed Wednesday to a $3.5 million, one-year contract. Quantrill can earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. He went 8-11 with a 4.

Life changed for José Bautista after his momentous bat-flip homer, but the former Toronto Blue Jays slugger felt rewarded with the blast's impact on Canadian baseball from coast to coast to coast.

TORONTO — Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.

EDMONTON — When the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge meet Sunday at a sold-out Rogers Place, it will feel like more than a one-off game. It will feel like Edmonton is on trial.

MONTREAL — Matthew Tkachuk has vivid memories of the village. He was eight years old. Younger brother Brady was six. Their father, Keith, was playing at his fourth and final Olympics for the United States in men's hockey.

MONTREAL — Hockey Quebec is banning the use of smelling salts, citing concern over their use by young players.