National Sports

HAMILTON — There's nothing wrong with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' offence for the first 80 yards of the field. But when they get close to the end zone, things tend to fall apart.

Vancouver will get the first glimpse at the new-look Toronto Raptors. The Raptors will visit Vancouver and Montreal again as part of their five-game pre-season schedule, beginning on Sept.

TORONTO — Rising star Felix Auger-Aliassime is among five Canadians who earned a wild-card berth into the 2018 Rogers Cup. Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday the final five wild-card recipients for the tennis tournaments in Toronto and Montreal.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Nic Petan on a one-year, two-way contract worth US$874,125 in the NHL. The 23-year-old from Delta, B.C., had two goals in 15 games for the Jets last year.

CANTON, Ohio — Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher, two of the NFL's greatest linebackers, enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week.

ZHANGJIAGANG, China — Canada's women's basketball opened its four-game Asian exhibition series with an 82-65 loss to China on Wednesday. Miranda Ayim had a game-high 15 points and three rebounds. Yang Li Wei led China with 14 points.

Adam Hadwin is optimistic he'll return for the PGA Championship next week after dropping out of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational with a hip injury.

TORONTO — Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris, Edmonton wide receiver D'Haquille (Duke) Williams and Ottawa wide receiver Brad Sinopoli are the CFL's top performers for July.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats never had the chance to see just how good Johnny Manziel could be in a regular-season game. They'll find out Friday night.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Hughes brothers used to play mini-stick hockey in their basement, pretending they were on the same NHL team. Now that dream is edging closer to reality, with two of the brothers among hockey's fastest rising stars.