National Sports

The Toronto Raptors' historic championship-clinching win will go down in the Canadian television record books. Bell Media says a Canadian TV NBA record average audience of 7.

BRUSSELS — The Canadian women's basketball team lost 69-60 to China on Friday in the opener of a five-game exhibition series. Kayla Alexander of Milton, Ont., scored a game-high 17 points and added eight rebounds.

Alek Manoah used to go to bed each night thinking about how it would feel to hear his name called at the MLB draft. When he heard the Toronto Blue Jays pick him 11th overall nearly two weeks ago, the moment was just as he'd imagined it.

CALGARY — The dream never died for Michael Klukas. Born and raised in Calgary, he often imagined himself running out of McMahon Stadium's tunnel wearing a jersey with a galloping horse on it. "A million times," Klukas said Friday.

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GRENOBLE, France — The Canadian women's soccer team hopes to build on the Toronto Raptors' NBA championship triumph by making some history of its own at the World Cup.

VANCOUVER — B.C. Lions quarterback Mike Reilly says no one wants to see the kind of hits that injured Saskatchewan Roughriders pivot Zach Collaros on Thursday in Hamilton.

OAKLAND, Calif. — After Monday's championship parade in Toronto, Raptors star Kawhi Leonard can turn his attention to June 30. At 6 p.m. ET that day, Leonard can begin negotiating with teams as a free agent.

TORONTO — Fans basking in the glory of the Toronto Raptors' historic NBA championship win rushed to cement the memory with official merchandise Friday as the city prepared for a massive public celebration next week.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors became Canada's team even before winning the NBA Finals, but international news headlines on Friday suggested they are now celebrated as world champions. The team — which became the first NBA franchise outside the U.S.