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TORONTO — Pascal Siakam carefully stepped down off the press conference podium on Monday, resting a hand on a Raptors staff member for support. Kyle Lowry spoke to reporters with his injured left hand stuffed in his blue compression oven mitt glove.

Indianapolis 500 pole winner Simon Pagenaud devoted Monday's practice to working exclusively in race trim. The result didn't change.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — For linebacker Adam Konar, coming home to play for the B.C. Lions marks the start of a "new chapter.

Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel typically heads into his team's dressing room at intermission, sits down and might re-hydrate with a sports drink while focusing on the next period.

More than 200 of the world's top women's hockey players have formed a union, saying they must "stand together" if there is to be a sustainable professional league.

TORONTO — Marc Gasol threw himself on his sword after the Raptors' lopsided Game 2 loss in Milwaukee, offering the kind of mea culpa that is all too rare today. "I played really bad and that set the tone," he said.

TORONTO — Eric Perez has done it again. A rugby league enthusiast, the Toronto native first hatched the idea of bringing the sport of sport to Canada on a fish-and-chips wrapper.

TORONTO — Veteran Atiba Hutchinson and teenager Alphonso Davies highlight Canada's preliminary 40-man roster for this summer's Gold Cup.

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard's teammates had long gone by the time he emerged from the nether-regions of the Raptors locker-room to get dressed. It was 11:29 p.m. local time.

Sunday's Games World Hockey Championship At Kosice, Slovakia United States 3 Germany 1 Finland 3 France 0 At Bratislava, Slovakia Czech Republic 8 Austria 0 Russia 3 Switzerland 0 --- NHL Playoffs Western Conference final St. Louis 5 San Jose 0 (St.