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[View Web Version]( [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Bruce Arthur: Raptors rise to Game 1 challenge on NBA’s biggest stage]( [Every time the Raptors were put under pressure by the Warriors in the opener of the NBA Finals, they responded. The Warriors’ pushes just kept hitting walls, or hands in their faces, or bodies in their way. The Raptors believed, Bruce Arthur writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Pascal Siakam’s coming-out party extends to Raptors’ Game 1 win over Warriors]( [The favourite for the league’s most improved player award scores 32 points in NBA Finals debut.]( [Read More [arrow]]( Climate change is already changing Canada. Find out how throughout this spring in Undeniable, a new, limited-run newsletter from Star reporters covering climate change's cross-country impact. [Sign up for the Undeniable newsletter here]( to follow along. [Feature Seperator] OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Raptors handle Warriors with Kawhi and a lot of help from his friends]( [Kawhi Leonard, who has history with the Warriors, wasn’t the Raptors’ best player in Game 1 of the NBA Finals — and they still managed to be the better team, Dave Feschuk writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Raptors forward OG Anunoby expected back for Game 2 of NBA Finals on Sunday]( [Raptors head coach Nick Nurse expects Anunoby will be active for the second game of the best-of-seven series. Anunoby has missed the entire post-season after having an appendectomy on April 12.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Golden State’s DeMarcus Cousins gets better just in time for first Finals]( [Warriors centre missed half of this season and most of the playoffs with injuries.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Raptors stake long-term claim to north]( [Commissioner Adam Silver shoots down notion of Canadian expansion any time soon, despite interest.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Nikita Zaitsev requests trade from Leafs, Mitch Marner talks progressing]( [As the Leafs’ only NHL-able right-handed defenceman, Zaitsev’s desire to be moved would be both a blessing and curse for GM Kyle Dubas as he tries to manage a salary cap in which he has to squeeze in new deals for Marner and fellow restricted free agents Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] OPINION [Gregor Chisholm: Jays prospect Anthony Alford working to get back in the team’s outfield picture]( [Opening day turned out to be a false alarm for Alford, and his season quickly went downhill. But hard work is turning things around.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Argonauts backup quarterbacks school Alouettes in pre-season opener]( [McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Mississauga native Brandon Bridge each passed for two touchdowns, while Canadian rookie Michael O’Connor tossed another in the Toronto Argonauts’ 45-20 exhibition win against the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [NWHL puts expansion to Toronto and Montreal on hold]( [The National Women’s Hockey League makes a public call for more investors, even if it means starting a new league.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [✉ Like this? Click to sign up for more newsletters]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( Download our FREE mobile app [android]( [ios]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000. If you no longer wish to receive Sports Headlines emails, please [click here to unsubscribe](. To see our Privacy Policy, [click here](.