National Sports

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Trahson Yamarr Burrell had 20 points to lead the Edmonton Stingers to an 84-81 win over Real Esteli on Monday in FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas group play.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors poured in a season-high 70 points in the first half to cruise to a 124-101 win against the Sacramento Kings on Monday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors say the club's television broadcast duo of Matt Devlin and Jack Armstrong will be staying away from the team "for a period of time" due to potential COVID-19 exposure.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons.

Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic.

VANCOUVER — Veteran NHL executive Jim Rutherford knows his stress-free days are gone now that he's taken over the Vancouver Canucks.

The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's national governing body is just beginning.

Thursday's NBA game between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago has been postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the Bulls.

NEW YORK — Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko has been named the NHL's first star of the week after backstopping the Canucks to their longest winning streak of the season. Demko went 4-0-0 with a 1.20 goals-against average, .

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has partnered with the University of Toronto's Rotman Commerce business program to launch a new scholarship to support a Black or Indigenous student through their undergraduate degree.