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TORONTO — The mornings are the worst. That's when Vince Carter feels every one of his almost 21 NBA seasons. "Some mornings I wake up and you see me walking into shootaround or meetings and the young guys are all 'You all right?'" Carter said.

TAMPA, Fla. — Bruce Arians is the latest coach entrusted to transform the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers into winners. The 66-year-old came out of a one-year retirement Tuesday to fill the team's fifth coaching vacancy in a decade.

LONDON — By improving the accuracy of refereeing decisions, video review was meant to cut out moaning from coaches. The Tottenham and Chelsea managers have other ideas.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders helped ease Chris Jones' pain. The Riders signed Jones, their head coach/GM, to a one-year extension Tuesday. The 51-year-old native of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., is under contract with Saskatchewan through 2020.

Defenders Jordan Murrell and Skylar Thomas are back together again, this time wearing Winnipeg's Valour FC colours. The two met in Costa Rica at a Canadian under-18 camp before spending four years together at Syracuse University.

TORONTO — Nashville Predators star defenceman P.K. Subban has reached out to a teenage hockey player facing racial abuse. Subban, a Toronto native, recorded a video and sent it by text to Ty Cornett, 13-year-old Detroit-area hockey player last week.

Sometimes caring so much comes with a cost.

TORONTO — CBC Sports executive Greg Stremlaw will be leaving the corporation later this month to become the chief executive officer and president of an unnamed professional sports franchise.

CALGARY — Cassandra Gregory's talent as a hockey linesman was recognized when she was assigned to work the men's final at a prestigious annual midget triple-A tournament in Calgary on Jan. 1.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts re-signed American defensive back Qudarius Ford through the 2020 season Tuesday. Ford, 26, suffered a season-ending injury in Toronto's opening game of the '18 campaign. The native of Pensacola, Fla.