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TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors named eight assistants to new head coach Darko Rajakovic’s staff on Tuesday. Pat Delany, Jama Mahlalela, James Wade and assistant coach Jim Sann will be on Toronto’s front bench. Mike Batiste, Vin…

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The first collective bargaining agreement in the history of professional sports was signed by the MLB and MLBPA in 1966. At that time the executive director of the MLBPA was the late Marvin Miller, formerly a union negotiator for workers of…

TORONTO – Gradey Dick moved his dad to tears on Monday. The newest Toronto Raptors sharpshooter, chosen 13th overall in the NBA Draft last Thursday, visited his new basketball home over the weekend and was grilled by reporters after a…

Will Victor Wembanyama be the next star to emerge with a no-trade clause?Photo: APIt’s like the holy grail of professional sports contracts. The elusive no-trade clause. This stipulation is preserved for a select few, but they almost seem…

The chants from hundreds of fans, some of whom waited outside for hours in nearly 100-degree heat, started at the very moment Victor Wembanyama stepped out of the private plane that carried him to his new NBA…

Of the 58 players selected in the 2023 NBA Draft, 46 went the traditional route: They played collegiately. NBA teams havedrafted a handful of players outside of that pathway for years, especially in the second round. Nearly 80 percent of…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 22, 2023 9:37 pm…

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