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The Regina native has always supported Canada’s only Major League Baseball team. Eberle is also captain of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken.

And that makes the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners tricky viewing.

“I’m actually torn,” Eberle said Saturday morning. “I’m a western Canadian. Seattle is closer to me and they have more Canadians on the roster than Toronto does … it’s a win-win. I’d love to see the city of Seattle move on to the World Series. I’d love to see the Jays move on.”

The Mariners scored five runs in the eighth inning Friday to top the Jays 6-2 and take a 3-2 lead in the ALCS. Game 6 goes Sunday at Rogers Centre — just down the street from Scotiabank Arena where the Kraken faced the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Game 7, if necessary, would be Monday.

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Kraken defenceman and Toronto native Jamie Oleksiak said he remains a Jays fan despite getting caught up in Seattle’s run on the diamond. The hulking blueliner was in attendance when the Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers in 15 innings last week to advance to the franchise’s first ALCS since 2001.

“I’m always cheering for the Jays,” said Oleksiak, who watched Friday’s game with his family. “I’m happy either way, I guess … it’s been competitive and entertaining.”

Like many Jays fans, he tried to put on a brave face after an ugly bullpen implosion in Seattle roughly 12 hours earlier pushed Toronto to the brink of elimination.

“Still some series left,” Oleksiak said.

Fellow defenceman Vince Dunn, who grew up in Mississauga, Ont., said he’s been conflicted watching the Mariners, who have never played in a World Series, and the Jays go toe-to-toe in a compelling matchup.

“The Mariners not ever having won a championship, it’s maybe something that you’re hoping for and can rally around,” he said. “The teams in Seattle are pretty supportive of each other. I can only do my part and support them as well.

“Whoever wins, it’s a happy home for me.”

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First-year Kraken head coach Lane Lambert — an associate with the Leafs last season — said his support is firmly planted in the Mariners’ corner.

“It’s crazy,” said the Melfort, Sask., product. “Both cities, I was just in one and (now) in Seattle. I’m a homer. It was a heck of a game (Friday) night.”

A member of the Kraken since the club’s inaugural 2021-22 season and named the second captain in franchise history last October, Eberle has grown to appreciate his adopted city’s passion for its teams, including the NFL’s Seahawks and the Sounders of Major League Soccer.

“I love Seattle sports fans,” he said. “But I know how the Jays fans are, too.”

Eberle is also keenly aware the team that advances from the ALCS will face a potential buzz saw with the Shohei Ohtani-led Los Angeles Dodgers already waiting after completing their sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series.

“It’s gonna be awesome,” Eberle said. “But either way, they’re gonna have their hands full.”

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The Sacramento Kings will be without forward Keegan Murray to start the season.

Murray suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb during the teamâ€s preseason loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, the team announced on Sunday afternoon. Murray is set to undergo surgery in the near future, and heâ€ll be evaluated again in four-to-six weeks.

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If Murray is out the full six weeks, he could be eligible to return for the Kings’ matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Nov. 24, the teamâ€s 18th game of the season.

Murray averaged 12.4 points and 6.7 rebounds last season, his third in the league after the Kings took him with the No. 4 overall pick in 2022. Heâ€s missed just 13 games throughout his career due to injury. The former Iowa standout is entering the final year of his initial four-year, $36.3 million deal with the franchise, and heâ€s eligible for an extension this month. If Murray and the Kings canâ€t get a deal done, heâ€ll enter restricted free agency next summer.

The 25-year-old has been a reliable piece in the Kings†starting lineup over the past three seasons, and heâ€ll presumably play a big role in the teamâ€s effort to make it back to the postseason — something theyâ€ve only done once in the past two decades. The Kings went 40-42 last season and ended up firing head coach Mike Brown. The team eventually promoted interim head coach Doug Christie to replace him permanently.

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The Kings will open the regular season on Oct. 22 against the Phoenix Suns. Itâ€s unclear who will take Murrayâ€s place in the starting lineup in the meantime, though Christie experimented with rookie Maxime Raynaud at the position on Sunday, according to the Sacramento Bee. The Kings took Raynaud with the No. 42 overall pick in the draft earlier this summer out of Stanford, where he averaged 20.2 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

“In our league, two bigs, weâ€re starting to see quite a bit, so itâ€s one of the things I think that youâ€ve got to look at,†Christie said. “Max is a talented player. This is the preseason, so to get him out there and to get him those types of reps is more what thatâ€s about. Weâ€ve got a couple other options over the next couple days that weâ€ll throw out there.â€

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BJ Ray has officially let fans in on a secret about his time on WWE LFG.

Taking to Twitter on September 30, the “ratings machine†admitted he wrestled not one—but two full seasons—while dealing with a fully torn rotator cuff and labrum. In his post, BJ Ray explained that even doctors were stunned at how he was still competing:

“Cats out of the bag! Yes… ever since my return on LFG season one I have been competing with a 100% torn rotator cuff and labrum. The surgeon asked me ‘Bro how have you been wrestling, the only thing holding your shoulder together is your muscle fibersâ€. I told em ‘The show must go onâ€.â€

He went on to reveal that he knew his larger-than-life personality would carry him through, even if his body couldnâ€t.

“Thatâ€s right, I wrestled both seasons of LFG basically not even able to wrestle because I knew that my personality was more than any other contender had. I have absolutely zero regrets and my shoulder is now repaired. I will be back in no time and actually able to lift my arm without it feeling detached from my body. Appreciate the love. As the ratings machine, I felt it was my duty to still be out there putting on for yâ€all. As well as the WWE and A&E asking me to push through as 25% of myself, because they knew how many views I drew. We will be back in no time baby! All love, SexyBJRay â¤ï¸â€

In a short video attached to the post, BJ Ray was shown in a hospital bed after surgery, cracking jokes about his recovery.

“I donâ€t need the narcos. I donâ€t need the narcos. Just a beer and a cigarette.â€

BJ Rayâ€s reveal just shows how far some performers go to deliver for their fans—and how much they risk to keep the show running. With his surgery now behind him, fans are eager to see what heâ€ll do at full strength.

Do you respect BJ Rayâ€s “show must go on†mentality? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.

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The New York Giants reportedly suffered a major loss in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Giants star receiver Malik Nabers was carted off the field after appearing to suffer a leg injury while attempting to catch a deep pass from rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported that Nabers “is believed to have torn his ACL.”

Nabers raced down the sideline before leaping for the pass but went down and immediately grabbed his right leg in pain. The crowd at MetLife Stadium fell silent as he laid on the field before medical personnel rushed to check him out.

Before the injury, Nabers caught two of his three targets for 20 yards. Dart was in the midst of a strong performance in his first career start, as he scored a rushing touchdown on New York’s opening possession and led the team to a two-score lead in the first half.

Nabers is one of the brightest young stars in the NFL. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after setting the NFL record for the most receptions by a rookie wide receiver. While he struggled a bit to start the year amid veteran quarterback Russell Wilson’s subpar play, he was expected to benefit from Dart taking over as the starter. Entering Sunday’s game, he had 16 catches for 251 yards and two touchdowns.

The Giants will be will be left thin at wide receiver without Nabers. New York’s other wideouts like Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson will have to step up for Dart in his absence.

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Jayson Tatum was crushed. Physically. Emotionally. Here he was, a top-five player in the world on a Celtics team with a legitimate chance to be the first NBA repeat champions since Kevin Durant was living in the Bay Area, then suddenly, after diving for a loose ball, he was lying on the court at Madison Square Garden in incredible pain with what he knew was a torn Achilles.

Tatum confided all of this in one of the pillars of his support, his mother, he told Andrew Grief of NBC News.

“It was almost like I felt betrayed,†Tatum said of the injury. “I was one of those guys that I never wanted to sit out… I feel like I took care of my body. I didnâ€t cheat the game. When it was time to rest, I rested. When it was time to work out or lift or get treatment or whatever it was, I felt like I always stayed on top of my routine.

“So for this to happen, it was just like, man, this was not supposed to happen to me. And for a while, I was kind of like — it may sound dramatic, but I remember telling my mom, like ‘Mom, I might be done. I donâ€t know if Iâ€ll be able to overcome this or if Iâ€m up for this challenge.†You know, I just felt defeated. And there was a time I was like, I donâ€t know if I want to do this anymore.â€

The mental toughness and fight that led Tatum to become one of the top five players in the world eventually kicked in, and he has gotten on top of his recovery routine, working toward a return. Both in his interview with NBC News and in his appearance on TODAY with Jenna & Friends, he emphasized that this is a day-to-day process. And he would not rule out a return this season.

“Like, [day to day] how Iâ€ve approached this process, is like, man, the most important thing is making a full recovery. Iâ€m not saying that Iâ€m not playing this season.

“Iâ€m not taking that off the table, because, you know, for me as a competitor, every day I go into the weight room and do rehab, Iâ€m working towards something, obviously, coming back 100%, whenever that is.â€

Whether Tatum returns this season could hinge on several factors, the most important being his body and recovery, but also where the Celtics are in the playoff chase in the later stages of the season. Would it be worth the risk? This is a Boston team that sent out two key veteran players from their championship team — Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday — because of the NBAâ€s restrictive second apron. There are expectations in league circles that this will be a bit of a gap year for Boston, which will retool next summer with a healthy Tatum and Jaylen Brown and make another title run. New owner Bill Chisholm said he will do whatever it takes for this team to win.

Tatum will be at the heart of that — and maybe even be part of this season. He has a goal, he will not rule it out.

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Scoot Henderson showed the kind of development in the second half of last season that had the Trail Blazers and their fans optimistic about the leap the guard could make in his third year. With Anfernee Simons gone via trade, it looked as if Henderson would get his chance to start at the point, plus Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday are in Portland as mentors. Everything seemed to be falling into place.

Now all that is on hold after Henderson tore his left hamstring in a team workout and hopes to start on-court rehabilitation in 4-8 weeks.

This is a heavy blow for the Trail Blazers.

Notice that the Trail Blazers†release says Henderson is “expected to return to basketball activities in 4-8 weeks,†not return to play. Hamstrings are fickle and can be slow to heal, and you can be sure the Trail Blazers will be cautious and not look to rush him back and risk re-injury. The Blazers†timeline suggests that Henderson will start working out toward a return in November and possibly return to the court before or around Thanksgiving.

It seems most likely now that Holiday will start at the point next to Shaedon Sharpe in the backcourt. The Trail Blazers were already a little shorthanded in the backcourt, with Damian Lillard on the roster but not playing this season due to a torn Achilles.

After the All-Star break last season, Henderson averaged 13.4 points, 4.6 assists and three rebounds a game. For the season he shot 35.4% from 3-point range.

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Houston Rockets star point guard Fred VanVleet has suffered a torn ACL and could miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season, sources told ESPN on Monday.

He suffered the injury at a recent offseason workout, sources told ESPN.

VanVleet, a one-time All-Star and former NBA champion (2019 with the Toronto Raptors), has helped spearhead the Rockets’ turnaround from lottery team to playoff contender in his two seasons with Houston.

Fred VanVleet, who averaged 14.1 points last season while leading the Rockets to 52 wins and the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, has a torn ACL that could cause him to miss the season, sources told ESPN. Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

He signed a two-year, $50 million extension with the Rockets in June, with the deal including a player option in 2026-27.

An immediate fit after signing a three-year deal with the team in the summer of 2023, VanVleet helped Houston improve from 22 wins to 41 in his first year. The Rockets then won 52 games last season to grab the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, ending a four-year postseason drought.

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He averaged 14.1 points in the 2024-25 season, his fewest in a season since 2018-19, but averaged 18.7 points per game in the playoffs.

This now places the focus at point guard on Reed Sheppard and Aaron Holiday, as well as the franchise’s ascending two-way stalwart Amen Thompson. Barring a trade, Houston cannot fill their one open roster spot with a free agent because they are $1.25 million below the first apron, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.

VanVleet is a hard-nosed defender who succeeds on offense through playmaking and volume 3-point shooting; he was second on the team in 3-point attempts per game this past season with 7.7. He tends to struggle with efficiency, however, and he shot below 40% from the field in 2024-25 for the fourth time in his career.

The nine-year veteran has averaged 14.9 points and 5.7 assists in his career.

ESPN Research contributed to this report.

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The Houston Rockets reportedly could be without Fred VanVleet for the entire 2025-26 season after he suffered a torn ACL this offseason.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday that the guard suffered the injury and noted it is a “devastating, potentially season-ending loss for the Rockets.”

Houston finished with the second-best record in the Western Conference last season and then added Kevin Durant this offseason after losing to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.

The message was clear that the Rockets were all-in on chasing a championship in 2025-26, although those title chances just took quite the hit with the VanVleet injury. While he wasn’t going to lead the team in scoring this season, he is a veteran leader who controls the pace, facilitates for others and takes important shots in key moments.

VanVleet averaged 14.1 points, 5.6 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game last season, which was his second with Houston.

He previously won a championship with the Toronto Raptors and was an All-Star during the 2021-22 campaign with the Eastern Conference team.Â

VanVleet’s injury puts far more pressure on Reed Sheppard to develop into an impact point guard after the Rockets selected him with the No. 3 overall pick of the 2024 NBA draft. The Kentucky product was a secondary contributor as a rookie and averaged 4.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists a night while shooting 35.1 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from deep.

Unless the Rockets make an outside addition such as signing Russell Westbrook, he will surely see significantly more playing time. If Sheppard can make a second-year leap, it can help Houston tread water and remain a threat in the Western Conference even without VanVleet.

Look for Aaron Holiday to also see more time in the backcourt rotation as a veteran point guard who can look to set Durant, Alperen Şengün and Co. up for easier looks.

Houston has some options and could look for an external addition, but its ceiling is now lower heading into the season without VanVleet.

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