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TORONTO — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league's draft remains on schedule — at least for now. Ambrosie addressed the status of the April 30 draft during a question-and-answer video conference Friday with CFL fans.

TORONTO — It's been 20-plus years since Jim Liston used to train Greg Vanney and Dan Calichman in a small space in Pasadena, Calif. "We had very little space," Liston recalled. "About 2,000 square feet where we'd do physical therapy and training.

Fear of the unknown was holding Markus Thormeyer back in the pool. When the Canadian swimmer told teammates he was gay, the walls he'd built up came down and Thormeyer felt liberated to swim fast.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The house of Hall of Fame golfer Davis Love III was destroyed by fire early Friday morning in a blaze that could not be controlled, even with 16 firefighters arriving within minutes, the fire chief said.

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona and Atlético Madrid will reduce the salaries of their players amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Cancelling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation. Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others.

MONACO — Two Olympic gold medallists were among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences .

Canada remains eighth in the latest FIFA women's world soccer rankings, but now has some company. Brazil, which tied Canada 2-2 at the Tournoi de France earlier this month, moved up one spot to join the Canadians at No. 8.

It was bump day for the Indy 500. The Indianapolis 500 is now a summer event. The Monster Mile could be set for a monster-sized NASCAR weekend spectacle of racing.

It's becoming an increasingly ambiguous scenario: the elevator door opens and someone is already inside.