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The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers will battle in a high-stakes World Series beginning Friday night at Rogers Centre. Here are eight people who could determine the outcome of the Fall Classic. Source link

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press and ESPN on Thursday. Source link

The Toronto Blue Jays are heading back to the World Series for the first time in over three decades — and the world, the city, and even the way people watch sports has drastically changed since then. Here’s how Toronto looked in 1993 when the Jays were last headed to the World Series. Source link

Sandy Brondello is set to become the first coach of the Toronto Tempo, a person familiar with the hire told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Source link

The New York Islanders fired goaltending coach Piero Greco, making the change at an unorthodox time just six games into his seventh season with the team and after winning three in a row. Source link

CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at the top players from the NBA’s biggest non-U.S. source of talent, including the reigning MVP. Source link

Canada’s Brad Jacobs improved to 3-0 at the Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 14-6 win over South Korea on Wednesday in Virginia, Minn. Source link

Felix Auger-Aliassime beat fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-5 Wednesday in an all-Montreal matchup at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. Source link

If the United States is going to win the most gold medals three years from now at the Los Angeles Olympics, there’s a good chance the U.S. track relay teams will play a big part. Source link

The Maple Leafs and Raptors are changing the times of their games this weekend and next week so sports fans can watch the Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball’s championship. Source link