ca-hotdailynews: 2015-08-15 Canada English Sports

Williams to face Swiss teen Bencic in Rogers semis
Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams rolled into the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup on Friday with a clinical 6-4 6-3 win over Italy's Roberta Vinci, setting up an intriguing showdown with Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic. Williams ...

Serena Williams leaves Friday's quarter-final feeling positive about win   Toronto Star
Williams wins quarter-final to join Halep and Errani in Rogers Cup final four   Montreal Gazette
Serena Williams marches by Roberta Vinci into semifinals in Toronto   USA TODAY
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Toronto Sun
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National Post

Toronto Blue Jays of 1985 say 2015 team has what it takes to win
National Post
TORONTO — This weekend, it could be argued, is the Toronto Blue Jays' most pivotal series in two decades: a mid-August date with the New York Yankees, jostling for first place in the division. Sanchez flourishing as reliever, principal player in Blue ...

Primer for Jays pennant-race first-timers   Toronto Sun
Gibbons' gut fails him in Yankees' big inning: Griffin   Toronto Star
Blue Jays' stars of first division-title team say this team 'looks unbeatable'   Vancouver Sun
The Globe and Mail
Reuters
New York Times
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Toronto Sun

Jeremy Chardy survives John Isner's serve, advances to Rogers Cup semis
Toronto Sun
It's a single shot, tossed up, thrown down, well before last call. And while the detractors, of which there are many, claim it lowers the bar by taking away from the entertaining long rallies, the tennis ace continues to pay major dividends for players ...
Rogers Cup: Chardy fights off seven match points to beat Isner   Montreal Gazette
Rogers Cup roundup: Chardy upsets Isner in rain-soaked quarter-final   The Globe and Mail
Novak Djokovic rallies past Ernests Gulbis into Montreal semifinals   USA TODAY
CBC.ca
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CBC.ca

Alouettes' Michael Sam leaves team for mental health reasons
CBC.ca
Michael Sam is stepping away from pro football. Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, has told the CFL's Montreal Alouettes that he is leaving the team. He tweeted Friday that he became concerned for his mental health.
Michael Sam stepping away from the Montreal Alouettes   CTV News
Openly gay NFL draft pick Michael Sam to 'step away' from football   Reuters
Michael Sam leaves Alouettes, citing mental health   Toronto Sun

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Vancouver Sun

Iain MacIntyre: Lions look to stain Tiger-Cats' flawless home record
Vancouver Sun
HAMILTON - On a wet, grey morning like the kind Vancouver used to get, Tim Hortons Field still shines like the golden domes on St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox church, visible beyond the north end zone. If the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' new stadium isn't a ...
Ticats face Lions looking to push unbeaten home streak to 10 games   The Province
Ready for the running of the Lions   Hamilton Spectator

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CBC.ca

#CBCPARAPANAM: Best social moments from Friday
CBC.ca
Friday is the second last day of Toronto's 2015 Parapan Am Games, and Canada is in second place in medal count. Here are some of the best social posts we've seen so far. Day 7 began with Canadian swimmers Tess Routliffe and Sarah Mehain nabbing ...

Pam Lejean, Jamey Jewells win medals at Para Pan Ams   TheChronicleHerald.ca
Caldwell, Canada win Parapan Am wheelchair rugby gold   Peterborough Examiner
Cape Breton athletes make the podium at Parapan Am Games   Cape Breton Post
Vernon Morning Star
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Vancouver Sun

Playing the green card at CP Women's Open
Vancouver Sun
The grass, most of it anyway, will be green at Vancouver Golf Club for next week's Canadian Pacific Women's Open. And no, course superintendent Dave Kennedy and his staff haven't been cheating. The private Coquitlam club, which is welcoming the ...

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