Today's Sports Headlines

Including: Dave Feschuk: Both NHL hubs should be in Canada. Looking south borders on madness these days [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Both NHL hubs should be in Canada. Looking south borders on madness these days]( [Las Vegas, not exactly a paragon of public health policy, is seen as a front-runner to host half of the 24 returning NHL teams. But with Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton in the mix and the pandemic resurgent in the U.S., going all-Canadian makes sense on a lot of levels, Dave Feschuk writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [MLB puts 60-game regular season in motion]( [Owners voted unanimously to impose a schedule, starting in the last week of July, after players voted down their latest offer. Players must still, by 5 p.m. Tuesday, approve health and safety protocols and agree to report to training camp by July 1.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Raptors hit Fort Myers with cautious game plan in COVID-19 country]( [Players, coaches and team officials are gathering in Fort Myers, Fla. for close to two weeks of small-group workouts before venturing to the Orlando area, where they’ll be sequestered for up to three months while trying to defend their championship.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [NASCAR drivers unite behind Bubba Wallace while FBI joins noose investigation]( [The circuit’s lone Black driver was surrounded by all 39 other drivers and their crews before the race in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Be prepared for a week that includes positive COVID-19 test results in NBA]( [There will be nearly 1,000 people tested this week as part of the league's initial return-to-play health protocols and it would be stunning if there’s not at least one positive test per team — and that includes the Raptors.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Alberta video tries to sell NHL on Edmonton — with very little Edmonton]( [Premier Jason Kenney has been pushing hard to bring NHL players to the province once the league restarts, but locals have questioned his latest sales tactic.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [TFC has a full house with star striker Jozy Altidore back in town for training]( [A club spokesperson said the U.S. international is training on his own while fulfilling a two-week quarantine and will rejoin the club’s full training sessions when that is over.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [A football career on the cusp of glory, dashed by the pandemic]( [Sylve’s story is familiar among those on the margins of professional sports, the journeymen who straddle the thin line between acceptance and rejection.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [English soccer club apologizes after ‘White Lives Matter Burnley’ banner flies over Premier League match]( [Burnley said it “strongly condemns” the actions of those responsible for the “offensive banner” and plans to hand out lifetime bans.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Yale researchers, NBA will partner to study saliva-based COVID-19 test]( [“Yale researchers have identified saliva as potentially a reliable and sensitive specimen for the detection of the coronavirus, although the efficacy of saliva for a sensitive test in asymptomatic individuals has not been demonstrated,” the NBA said in the document.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Coric becomes second tennis player to test positive for coronavirus]( [Coric, a Croatian player ranked 33rd in the world, was among several dozens of people who were tested for the virus after Grigor Dimitrov announced that he was positive.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Slow starts, few home comforts: Early themes in EPL restart]( [Seven of the 11 games so far have had goalless first halves, as well as only three home wins out of the 11 games.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [News and notes on reopening plans around the sports world]( [Orlando pulls out of NWSL relaunch after positive tests. First WNBA player declines.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [NBA rules of re-engagement]( [While teams prepare for training camp on the way to restarting the season on July 30, the NBA’s 113-page (!) handbook will come in — well, handy. There’s a lot to consider. Here are some of the finer details ...]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Wizards’ Bertans sits out NBA restart to season, AP source says]( [Bertans would be classified as an “excused player,” which means he forfeits salary but is not subject to any disciplinary action from the league for choosing not to play.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace]( [Wallace has not commented since a statement on social media late Sunday in which he said the “the despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism.”]( [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. 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