Today's Sports Headlines

Including: Dave Feschuk: Martin Marincin is no Jake Muzzin. Then again, for these Maple Leafs, nobody is [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Martin Marincin is no Jake Muzzin. Then again, for these Maple Leafs, nobody is]( [The Leafs haven’t been a very good team without Muzzin in their lineup, which will be the case for the rest of their play-in series against Columbus. Still, Toronto does see some similarities in Marincin’s game that helps ease the pain entering Thursday night’s Game 3.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Easy Raptors win over Magic comes on the strength of a dominant defence]( [Nick Nurse "ain't trippin'" about one slow stretch and Marc Gasol says expectation chatter makes for "great bar talk"]( [Read More [arrow]]( ANALYSIS [This is the Auston Matthews the Maple Leafs have been waiting for. The numbers don’t lie]( [The all-star centre, who has been asked his entire career to become more involved away from the puck, is seeing career-high results in that area, all while racking up a career-high goal total.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Gregor Chisholm: These Blue Jays may have upside, but a lack of plate discipline remains their downside]( [Toronto strikes out more than most teams, walks far less and finds itself ranked in the bottom third of almost every major offensive category. But the troubling part is those numbers are in line with what the club produced throughout 2019.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [OG Anunoby letting his defence do the talking early in Raptors restart]( [Quiet forward has been delightful, providing precisely what the team needs in these early days of its defence of the NBA championship and it has been most welcome.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Organizers close down Edmonton Oilers’ 50/50 after it soars to record-breaking $5.4M]( [Team’s draw becomes breakout star of NHL’s relaunched season]( [Read More [arrow]]( [WNBA players keep up their social activism campaign on an entirely different level]( [Players openly supporting election opponent of co-owner in Atlanta the latest example]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto Wolfpack in need of new ownership to keep the franchise afloat]( [The fate of the Wolfpack has been up in the air since July 20 when Argyle announced the team could not afford to take part in the remainder of the Super League season.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [PGA Championship host Harding Park a public course with a history of elite winners]( [It hosted a PGA Tour event in the 1960s called the Lucky International. Six of the seven champions are now in the World Golf Hall of Fame.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ryu and relievers hold depleted Braves to three hits in Blue Jays victory]( [Toronto’s prized free-agent signing lasted only five innings but was dominant, allowing one hit — an infield single by Adam Duvall in the second — while striking out eight.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [CFL would use bulk of federal loan to fund shortened season, source says]( [Of the $28 million, approximately two-thirds (or about $19 million) would go toward covering player salaries and operation of the CFL bubble in Winnipeg, it’s tentative hub city.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [In the NBA bubble, the race for No. 8 out West is quite wild]( [The best race in the bubble is the race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference — and the right to face LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs starting in a couple weeks.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Petry the hero again as Canadiens push Penguins to the brink]( [Petry, who provided the overtime winner in Game 1, roofed a shot past Penguins goalie Matt Murray from a sharp angle early in the third period to give 12th-seeded Montreal the victory and move it one win way from upsetting Pittsburgh in their play-in series.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Blackhawks score two goals late to edge Oilers, take series lead]( [Jonathan Toews’ winner with a little more than a minute remaining in regulation has the Oilers on the brink of elimination with Game 4 slated for Friday.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Raptors stretch win streak to seven games with victory over Magic]( [The Raptors improved to 3-0 in the NBA restart at the Walt Disney World bubble, moved closer to clinching second in the Eastern Conference, and swept the season series against Orlando.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Rookie Makar, Avs cruise to round-robin win over Stars]( [The Avalanche improved to 2-0 in the three-game round that will determine playoff seeding for the top four teams in the Western Conference.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Rating the Maple Leafs’ Game 2 performance and candidates to fill Jake Muzzin’s skates]( [Columbus coach John Tortorella didn’t want to break down Tuesday’s game, but we’ll be happy to.]( [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. 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