Today's Sports Headlines

Including: Damien Cox: The NHL might come back stronger if the pandemic puts a few teams out of business [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Damien Cox: The NHL might come back stronger if the pandemic puts a few teams out of business]( [The Senators? The Coyotes? The Panthers? For the first time since the Cleveland Barons called it quits in 1978, there seems a distinct possibility that one or more teams will be forced to cease operations, Damien Cox writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Raptors lineups, athletes’ interests and the sky hook all part of the mailbag]( [Another big week here in Ye Olde Mailbag and I can only imagine what it’d be like if the Raptors actually played two games against Milwaukee last week.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Coach Nurse keeps the fire burning for Canada’s Olympic basketball hopes, while assistant weighs future in Spain]( [All of the key players in Canada’s pursuit of a men’s basketball berth in Tokyo 2021 are expected to touch base this week. Spanish head coach Sergio Scariolo copes with the impact of the pandemic on family members in Spain and Italy.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Humboldt Broncos families to quietly mark anniversary of Saskatchewan bus crash]( [Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a transport truck barrelled through a stop sign and into the path of the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team on April 6, 2018.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [An 81-game baseball season is probably the most fans can hope for at this point]( [The likelihood that Major League Baseball will be able to fit more than half of a normal regular-season schedule into what may or may not remain of the summer and fall is declining with every day.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [MLS 25th anniversary remains quiet milestone amid pandemic]( [The league has overcome crisis before, like in 2002 when the MLS contracted by two teams and its future was in doubt. But nothing quite like this.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Russian ping-pong? Belarusian soccer? In the age of coronavirus, sports gamblers find a way]( [Avello has guided sports-books through plenty of economic shocks through the years. Strikes, lockouts, corrections, recessions and now a pandemic.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Virus will make the timeline for sports, too]( [The games, as we know them, are shut down. We’ll never know if San Diego State was a Final Four contender or if Tiger Woods would have defended his green jacket at the Masters.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ex-NFL kicker, Saints hero Tom Dempsey dies at 73]( [Read More [arrow]]( [NBA, ESPN planning H-O-R-S-E event with star players over conference call]( [The players would “shoot in isolation, presumably in home gyms” according to ESPN.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Manchester City’s Kyle Walker apologizes, could face discipline for allegedly partying with sex workers during lockdown]( [The United Kingdom’s The Sun says Walker invited two women to his apartment a day before he went on social media and urged people to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Byron wins virtual Bristol; Bubba ‘rage quits’ early in race]( [Byron easily won the iRacing event Sunday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have been really racing before the coronavirus pandemic caused sports to shut down.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [How desperate are Korean baseball fans? Intrasquad games draw a crowd on YouTube]( [The LG Twins, with one of the country’s largest fan bases, are live streaming practice games twice a week with commentary on their YouTube channel.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Pro day cancellations forcing changes to NFL draft process]( [Younger scouts, front-office executives and even coaches find themselves coping with a whole new draft process with Americans hunkering down and doctors overwhelmed by the mounting cases of COVID-19.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Trump expects pro sports to resume ‘sooner rather than later’]( [The president made the comments after speaking on a conference call with commissioners from most major sports, including the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA and NHL.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Star]( If you’re not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you’d prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. [Unsubscribe From This Newsletter]( [Manage Your Email Preferences]( [Become a Star Subscriber]( [View in Browser]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY](