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Old Posted Aug 16, 2018, 11:49 PM
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The Duke University men's basketball team is on a 3 game tour of Canada. They played hometown Ryerson University last night in front of a sold out Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga but few in the crowd were there to cheer on the Rams. They came to see hometown phenom RJ Barrett and they came to see Duke.

It could have been a blow out but Ryerson ended up losing by 19, 86-67. A loss is a loss but quite a respectable score given that the top 3 players in the class of 2018 are all going to Duke and that almost all of Canada's best players play in the NCAA. Duke will play the University of Toronto on Friday then head to Montreal to take on McGill University.


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Old Posted Aug 26, 2018, 8:43 PM
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Congratulations to Brooke Henderson who won the CP Womens Open today in Regina - the first Canadian to win the event in 45 years.

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^That's great! I totally missed it, was there much publicity going into the final round? Great that she realized the significance and wore the red top.




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Canada's Brooke Henderson holds the trophy with her sister and caddie Brittany as she celebrates her win at the Women's Canadian Open golf tournament in Regina, Saskatchewan, Sunday Aug 26, 2018.
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Old Posted Aug 26, 2018, 10:45 PM
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Must See: Henderson makes history, wins CP Women's Open

Watch Brooke Henderson make history, nailing her final putt to become the first Canadian to win the CP Women's Open since 1973, before the event even became a major.
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Henderson, Davies highlight big summer for Canadian kids
TSN.ca Staff August 27 2018

The kids are alright.

It’s hard not to take that view when you consider the performance of young Canadian athletes over the course of the last few months, announcing their presence on the world stage.

From the pool to the tennis court to the links, the kids have made it a spring and summer to remember when it comes to Canadian sports.

Let’s start in golf where 20-year-old Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. entered rarefied on Sunday with the capture of the CP Canadian Women’s Open in Regina.





Leading heading into the final round, Henderson put on a scintillating performance to wrap up the title, shooting a 65, including four straight birdies on the back nine. Henderson ended things in style with another birdie on 18.

"Ten minutes from when I hit my second shot in on 18 to when I made that putt and when the celebrations all happened, those are the things that I'll remember forever," Henderson said afterwards.

With her sister and caddie, Brittany, by her side, Henderson became visibily emotional as she was serenaded by the gallery with a rendition of “O Canada” and with good reason – Henderson became just the second Canadian woman to win the national title, joining Montreal’s Jocelyne Bourassa who performed the feat in 1973. Her win was only the fourth by a Canadian in the LPGA or PGA on home soil since 1950.

The title was Henderson’s second of the season, having won in April at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Her win in Regina was the seventh of her career, putting her only one behind Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson for most all-time by a Canadian golfer. Considering her age and prodigious talent, it’s highly likely that Brooke Henderson will become Canada’s most decorated golfer ever sooner rather than later.

While Henderson is winning at home, Alphonso Davies hopes to do so abroad. The 17-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps wunderkind will finish up the Major League Soccer season with Carl Robinson’s side, but then comes the adventure – in late July, Davies signed with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and will head to Europe after his domestic campaign wraps up.

"Being able to sign for a club like Bayern Munich is really exciting, I wanted to jump and scream,” Davies said after the move. "I'm really excited to be playing alongside world-class players, like [Arjen] Robben, [Franck] Ribery, [David] Alaba. Those are the guys that – you know – as a kid, I was looking up to. Watching them on TV, playing as them on FIFA. It's just a dream come true."

While Davies won’t be the first Canadian to play in the Bundesliga, he’s easily the most high-profile young Canadian talent to head to Europe. Players like Junior Hoilett, Atiba Hutchinson and Milan Borjan have all carved out successful careers in Europe, but Davies has the chance to become the first true Canadian star among the next generation of footballers with Christian Pulisic, Kylian Mbappe and Gabriel Jesus among them. With at least part of the 2026 World Cup being played in Canada, having a world-class talent to lead the CMNT charge is something Canadian footy fans could only have dreamed of only a few years ago.

But until he heads to Germany, MLS fans have a few more months to enjoy Davies doing stuff like this:

Joey Votto is likely headed to Cooperstown when his Major League Baseball career is over and the 35-year-old Etobicoke, Ont. native is in the middle of another quietly impressive campaign with the Cincinnati Reds. Though Votto remains at the vanguard of Canadians in the MLB, an injury has derailed some of Votto’s company from north of the 49th parallel in the National League.

On June 27, the Atlanta Braves placed rookie hurler and Calgary native Mike Soroka on the 60-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.

Called up in May to make his MLB debut (and winning it against the New York Mets), the 21-year-old Soroka slotted into the Braves’ rotation, going 2-1 in five starts with an earned run average of 3.51 and a WHIP of 1.442 in 25.1 innings pitched. His last appearance came in his home nation in an 11-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on June 19.

Soroka is one of a number of young stars on this Braves team, including Ronald Acuna, Touki Toussaint and Ozzie Albies, who will likely make Atlanta a force to reckon with in the NL East for years to come.

In non-Olympic years, swimming often gets overlooked, but it would be remiss to not acknowledge the exploits of Taylor Ruck in the pool in April at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. A two-time bronze medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jaineiro, the 18-year-old Kelowna, BC native put on the greatest single performance by a Canadian woman at a Commonwealth Games.

Ruck started things off by setting the Commonwealth Games and Canadian record in the freestyle to claim gold and was a member of the silver-winning Canadian effort in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay. There was a three-medal day when Ruck won silvers in the 50m freestyle and the 4x 200m freestyle relay and a bronze in the 100m backstroke. By the end of the competition, Ruck would amass eight medals (a gold, five silvers and two bronze) to match Canadian Ralph Hutton and Australians Suise O’Neill and Emily Seebohm as the only athletes in history to win an octet of medals at a single Commonwealth Games.

The leadup to the 2020 Summer Olympics for Ruck appear to be going swimmingly (I’m so sorry).

The mammoth potential of R.J. Barrett became evident last summer when he led Canada to the FIBA Under-19 World Cup last summer in Egypt and in August, he gave Canadian fans a taste of what could be next in his debut with Duke in a series of games against Canadian universities.

The 18-year-old Mississauga, Ont. native and fellow freshman Zion Williamson were a two-man wrecking crew in Mississauga and Montreal in games against Toronto, Ryerson and McGill. Barrett, with Williamson as his wingman, averaged 30.7 points over the three-game series that saw Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils run roughshod over its Canadian competition. When Cam Reddish - the third member of Duke’s three-headed monster of first years – returns to health, Duke will have at its disposal one of the finest units of freshman talent in recent NCAA memory. So not only will Barrett and Williamson be competing together for ACC triumph and a sixth national title, they’ll also likely be competing against each other to see who will emerge as the top pick in next June’s NBA Draft.

At Flushing Meadows, there’s big exposure for Canadian tennis at this year’s US Open with Eugenie Bouchard competing on the women’s side, while five Canadian men are entered in the main draw in Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Peter Polanksy, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime. While former three are veterans (Raonic at 27, Pospisil at 28 and Polansky at 30 years of age) and been around the block, the latter two are still teenagers – oh, and they’re playing each other in the first round.

For Shapovalov, 19, the US Open is a return to the site of his first breakout on the world stage. At the 2017 tournament, the then-mostly unknown Vaughan, Ont. native went on a run in his Grand Slam debut all the way to the fourth round where he fell to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta, but not before a major upset of the eigth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

To perform a similar feat this year, Shapovalov will have to get by Auger-Aliassime, who is making his Grand Slam main draw bow. But neither of the US Open nor Shapovalov is a stranger to the 18-year-old Montreal native.

In 2016, Auger-Alissiame became the fourth Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam title, taking down Croatia’s Mimor Kecmanovic in straight sets to win the US Open boys’ title. The year prior, Auger-Aliassime teamed up with Shapovalov to win the 2015 US Open boys’ doubles titles.

While both Shapovalov and Auger-Alissiame are seeking their first ever senior title, their matchup guarantees at least one Canadian will advance at the US Open.

As summer begins to turn to fall, Canadian sports fans will hope the rest of 2018 can bring with it as much excitement as the last several weeks have for the country’s young guns.
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Old Posted Sep 28, 2018, 8:57 PM
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With a thrilling 17-16 win tonight over current Super League Champion Leeds Rhinos - the Toronto Wolfpack are guaranteed at least a spot in the Million Pound Playoff Game to get promotion to the Super League.

There's still chance they can be automatically promoted if Hull Kingston Rovers fail to beat Widnes by 12 points or more on Sunday.
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Old Posted Sep 29, 2018, 1:27 AM
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Canada led 50-47 going into the 4th quarter of its FIBA Women's World Cup Quarter-Final against #2 Spain; then things unraveled. Spain started the 4th quarter with a 19-0 run and punched its ticket to the Semi-Finals. Canada plays a classification game tomorrow against China and can finish no higher than 5th place.

Hate to see them lose in that fashion but I suppose it will make them stronger at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Great day to be a BC sports fan! First the Whitecaps versus Toronto, then the Lions versus Toronto, then the Canucks versus Calgary.
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Raptors demolish Melbourne United


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Toronto wasn't at full strength, resting its stars, but it didn't matter. The Australian champions suffered a 3rd quarter collapse as the Raptors started the 4th with a 101-58 lead. Toronto put it on cruise control and coasted to a 120-82 win.
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Great day to be a BC sports fan! First the Whitecaps versus Toronto, then the Lions versus Toronto, then the Canucks versus Calgary.
Vancouver beats Toronto!

Vancouver beats Toronto!

Vancouver beats Calgary?
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Two out of three aint bad.
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I scored a freebie to this rugby game. It's a bit weird watching rugby on Thanksgiving weekend but I'll still have the CFL double header tomorrow. Blow outs are possible in both.

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Rugby league may have its roots in the old industrial heartlands of Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire but its branches have certainly spread far further and wider than those narrow horizons. Fewer than two years into their existence, the Canadian club are just 80 minutes away from a remarkable rise to the Super League in the Million Pound Game, having dominated both the Championship and League One divisions. Could the Wolfpack be about to join the ranks of the Maple Leafs, the Raptors, the Blue Jays and Toronto FC in Toronto's elite sports portfolio?

The novelty factor has also seen head coach Paul Rowley invited to make first pitch at a Blue Jays baseball game before a television crowd in tens of millions, players invited on to national TV chat shows and on finishing top of the Championship league table they were invited to open the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Haha yes we played well and our young star is sick but did not win.
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It's easily one of the least popular sports here, but it could grow a little now...



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It's a great location also - not far from me in Rabbittown but far enough outside the core to have decent parking, etc. It's just outside Empire Avenue, our pre-WWII ring road (it was actually a railroad back then, but same effect).

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https://twitter.com/soshnick/status/1050090619404787714

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Quebec built an expensive NHL-calibre ice rink in Quebec City, yet no franchise years later.

Montreal's been pushing hard for an MLB baseball team, yet nothing to show for it, not even the new stadium.

Toronto's MLSE made a bid for an NFL team, yet no luck so far.

CFL fans have been talking about a Halifax team for as long as I can remember, and yet still nothing, not even a stadium.

Is yet another rumour meaningful? I'll believe it when people exchange money and sign contracts.
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The owners of the Canadiens supposedly approached NBA brass two years ago about locating a team in Montreal and were told none were for sale and there were no immediate plans for expansion, so while I'd love to see it happen (Orlando would be the obvious choice) I doubt that it will. OTHO, now that Seattle is going ahead with Key Arena renovations, it will be front and centre for an expansion team; maybe Montreal piggybacks as the 32nd team.
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Quebec built an expensive NHL-calibre ice rink in Quebec City, yet no franchise years later.

Montreal's been pushing hard for an MLB baseball team, yet nothing to show for it, not even the new stadium.

Toronto's MLSE made a bid for an NFL team, yet no luck so far.

CFL fans have been talking about a Halifax team for as long as I can remember, and yet still nothing, not even a stadium.

Is yet another rumour meaningful? I'll believe it when people exchange money and sign contracts.
NHL to Quebec
MLB to Montreal
NBA to Montreal
NFL to Toronto
CFL to Halifax
NBA to Vancouver

So which of those scenarios is most likely?

IMO NHL to Quebec is hands down the most likely given that they have the market, and they have the building. The only question is whether they can get a leg up on bigger American cities.

I have a hard time with the NBA to Vancouver/Montreal scenarios. The buildings exist so it's obviously feasible, but I'm not convinced that there is much depth in those markets, especially Montreal. Does basketball fandom run deep enough to support a NBA team? That's a lot of $150 game tickets you need to hustle. I'm not sure it would work.

The baseball/football scenarios are obviously thwarted by lack of appropriate venues. I think MLB in Montreal, NFL in Toronto and CFL in Halifax would all be an easier sell than NBA in Vancouver/Montreal. But it could be a while before any of those get to play out, mainly because you're looking at well over a half billion for a MLB/NFL stadium, and probably around $200 million for a CFL stadium.
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NHL to Quebec
MLB to Montreal
NBA to Montreal
NFL to Toronto
CFL to Halifax
NBA to Vancouver

So which of those scenarios is most likely?

IMO NHL to Quebec is hands down the most likely given that they have the market, and they have the building. The only question is whether they can get a leg up on bigger American cities.

I have a hard time with the NBA to Vancouver/Montreal scenarios. The buildings exist so it's obviously feasible, but I'm not convinced that there is much depth in those markets, especially Montreal. Does basketball fandom run deep enough to support a NBA team? That's a lot of $150 game tickets you need to hustle. I'm not sure it would work.

The baseball/football scenarios are obviously thwarted by lack of appropriate venues. I think MLB in Montreal, NFL in Toronto and CFL in Halifax would all be an easier sell than NBA in Vancouver/Montreal. But it could be a while before any of those get to play out, mainly because you're looking at well over a half billion for a MLB/NFL stadium, and probably around $200 million for a CFL stadium.
On that list I think I might put CFL in Halifax above or at least equally likely to NHL in Quebec City.

The others are all super longshots.
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CFL to Halifax is the only one I see happening within the decade. The NHL doesn't want to come to Quebec City.
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