National Sports

TORONTO — Seldom-used Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson exercised his player option for the 2020-21 season on Monday. Johnson is slated to make just over US$3.8 million next season. The 24-year-old averaged 2.4 points and 6.

HAMILTON — Forge FC will meet Haiti's Arcahaie FC in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in their Dec. 1 CONCACAF league quarterfinal.

When Adarius Bowman first saw Ajou Ajou, he saw plenty of himself. The six-foot-three, 215-pound Ajou, of Brooks, Alta., is a budding star receiver with the fourth-ranked Clemson Tigers.

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show.

TORONTO — The financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack, a rugby league franchise without a home, have started a GoFundMe campaign to help players and staff who have not been paid since June 10.

TORONTO — Dan Near and his team at Adidas saw the numbers and were brainstorming about how to proceed. The NHL had just released a survey on fans' favourite all-time jersey designs, and 22 of the top-25 were either retro or now-defunct looks.

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger apparently doesn't need to practice to carve up the Cincinnati Bengals.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has announced five new directors to its board of directors, including three women, to serve two-year terms.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he's been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — The Rimouski Oceanic defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar for the second consecutive night with a 4-2 victory in Baie-Comeau Sunday afternoon. Rimouski edged Baie-Comeau 3-2 Saturday.