Basketball

PRAGUE, Czechia — Edmonton's Michelle Plouffe had 15 points and five rebounds as Canada beat France 20-17 to capture gold in a 3x3 FIBA Women's Series event in Prague.

TORONTO — The Scarborough Shooting Stars poured it on in the final quarter on Friday to bounce the Brampton Honey Badgers 98-74 in a Canadian Elite Basketball League play-in game held at Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Davis is under contract to the Los Angeles Lakers for the next five seasons, after agreeing to an extension that comes with the highest per-season average salary in NBA history.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — USA Basketball assembles what it calls a select team to practice with and scrimmage against its national team before big events like the World Cup and the Olympics, while hoping those games become a real test. Mission accomplished.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jalen Brunson could be on his honeymoon right now. He’s playing for his country instead.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison Thursday, saying he used his people skills to entice others to aid his $5 million health care fraud after he “frittered away” substantial earnings fro

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A new era has begun for the Charlotte Hornets, raising hope that one day the struggling franchise might turn things around.

TORONTO — Vancouver and Montreal will be hosting NBA pre-season games come October in the ninth NBA Canada Series. The Toronto Raptors will be taking on the Sacramento Kings at Vancouver's Rogers Arena on Oct. 8.

TORONTO — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has come a long way from being the youngster soaking up information on the Canadian men's basketball team.

TORONTO — Jamal Murray is enjoying maintaining a winning mentality, even through the off-season. The Denver Nuggets guard and newly-minted NBA champion from Kitchener, Ont.