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The next class of basketball stars will be selected for the start of their professional careers at Monday’s WNBA draft in New York City. Here’s all 45 picks as they happen: 1. Dallas: 2. Minnesota (from Chicago):3. Seattle (from Los Angeles):4. Washington:5. Chicago (from Connecticut):6. Toronto:7. Portland:8. Golden State:9. Washington (from Seattle):10. Indiana:11. Washington (from New York via Connecticut):12. Connecticut (from Phoenix):13. Atlanta:14. Seattle (from Las Vegas):15. Connecticut (from Minnesota …

The games are about to get more intense, and Sportsnet is your home for NBA Play-In Tournament action. Sportsnet will carry three games in the play-in tourney as eight squads battle it out to try to secure one of the final four playoff spots. Canadian Shaedon Sharpe is Portland’s second-leading scorer. He returned from a …

Blue Jays Latest April 13

The Washington Mystics will be re-signing the restricted free agent to a three-year deal after the Tempo came to terms on an offer sheet with Austin, Alexa Philippou of ESPN reported Monday. The Mystics matched the Tempo’s offer sheet, which was worth $3.57 million, Philippou reported. Austin became a restricted free agent after completing her …

Ahead of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Ingram was named the Eastern Conference’s player of the week Monday. The 28-year-old helped lead Toronto to a 3-1 record last week, averaging 25.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on 57.8 per cent shooting from the field as the team managed to secure the …

Embiid underwent a successful appendectomy on April 9. Philadelphia coach Nick Nurse said Embiid felt fine in practice on Wednesday before he learned of the situation Thursday morning. The seven-foot centre’s status is also doubtful should the 76ers advance to the playoffs, as he is in the early stages of recovering from the procedure and …

EDMONTON – It’s harder to get a straight answer on an injury at this time of year than it is to score on Andrei Vasilevskiy. When it comes to Leon Draisaitl however, here is what we think we know: His injured knee is well on the mend, and he appears to be within a very …

The status of the Toronto Raptors‘ starting point guard is in question as the playoffs approach. Immanuel Quickley has a mild hamstring strain and is considered day-to-day, the team announced on Monday. The sixth-year guard exited Toronto’s regular-season finale against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday due to right hamstring tightness. He played 16 minutes in …

OMAHA, Neb. — Terence Crawford was found guilty of careless driving Monday and ordered to pay a $75 fine stemming from a traffic stop last year during which police ordered the world champion boxer and passengers out of his vehicle at gunpoint. Crawford was stopped Sept. 28, hours after his hometown of Omaha held a parade through …

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was prepared to spend this past NBA season in the shadows, fighting his way back from a torn right Achilles tendon. He never anticipated the long journey back would take a detour because of a bout with shingles. On Monday, one day after the Pacers completed a 19-win season without their two-time all-star ever …