National Sports

TORONTO — Win or lose, the Toronto Raptors' deep run into the basketball post-season has put Canada's lone NBA team in the spotlight around the league and across the country.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Patrick Russell to a one-year contract extension.

Toronto's mayor is defending his city's basketball fans, saying cheers from Raptors supporters when a star Golden State Warriors player got injured in Monday's nail-biter playoff game are being "overstated.

TORONTO — Raptors championship hats and T-shirts sat stacked in bins at Scotiabank Arena, ready to be distributed to players on Monday night.

GRENOBLE, France — After surviving Cameroon, Canada now turns its attention to New Zealand and a familiar face in Tom Sermanni at the Women's World Cup.

REGINA — It's rare when a punter is arguably the most popular off-season addition joining a CFL team's roster. But Jon Ryan is no ordinary punter. Ryan comes to the Saskatchewan Roughriders with an impressive NFL resume.

EDMONTON — After an off-season of sweeping personnel changes, the Edmonton Eskimos are trying to fit the new pieces together.

HAMILTON — The 2019 CFL season will start 30 minutes earlier than expected thanks to the Toronto Raptors. Thursday's game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders will begin at 7 p.m.

TORONTO — The scoreboard said Golden State 106, Toronto 105. The reality was that both teams lost. It's almost unimaginable: an NBA Finals game where neither team felt like celebrating afterward.

STUTTGART, Germany — Two of three Canadians won first-round matches on Tuesday at the Stuttgart Open. Sixth seed Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., and No.