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When: 7:30. Where: Home Depot Center. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket. Radio: 1150. Records: Galaxy 8-2-6; Toronto 2-5-7 Record vs. Toronto : 0-0-1. Update: The Galaxy rides a seven-match unbeaten streak into this encounter with Toronto, outscoring its opponents 9-3. A scoreless draw against D.C. United on June 3 snapped a four-match winning streak, as the Galaxy felt the absence of forward Landon Donovan. Donovan and goaltender Donovan Ricketts are tending to national duties in the Gold Cup, and midfielder Juninho is away in Brazil with wedding vows on his mind.

It was September 2010 and anticipation for Dustin Lance Black's directorial debut at the Toronto International Film Festival was running high. A year earlier, the "Milk" screenwriter had made a splash at the Oscars with his moving acceptance speech touching on the difficulty of growing up gay, transforming him into a hero for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Now, his Southern-set film, "What's Wrong With Virginia" - starring Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris - was unspooling in Toronto's special presentation section alongside the works of Danny Boyle, John Sayles and Clint Eastwood.

Clippers tonight AT TORONTO When: 3 p.m. PST. Where: Air Canada Centre. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket. Radio: 980. Records: Clippers 20-33. Raptors 14-40. Record vs. Raptors (2009-10): 0-2. Update: A chance for two of the dunk contest entrants ? Blake Griffin and the Raptors' DeMar DeRozan ? to eye each other at close range. DeRozan, who is replacing Brandon Jennings, finished second in last year's contest. Raptors forward Amir Johnson (sprained right ankle)

The bullpen, the Angels' weakest link, may have been weakened even further in the ninth inning Sunday when in the span of three pitches two relievers were injured by line drives. First up was Scott Downs , who hasn't given up a run in 11 appearances this season. He appeared to tweak his left knee trying to avoid a single up the middle by Toronto's J.P. Arencibia and had to leave in favor of LaTroy Hawkins . Then Hawkins, who has given up only one earned run in 10 games, saw Omar Vizquel line a shot that the pitcher caught, but not before the ball got a piece of the little finger on his pitching hand.

The Toronto International Film Festival holds a special place for Robert Redford — Redford the filmmaker that is, not the actor, entrepreneur, man behind his own monster festival in Sundance. Each time, the invitation to bring a film to Toronto has come as an unexpected gift. In 1992, his poetic drama of brothers and fly fishing, "A River Runs Through It," was embraced by the city's film-loving crowd, which helped quell studio nerves about its languid pacing. Far more is riding on this trip.

Question: What comes after two days of rain? Answer: Monday. Toronto has just endured its 17th consecutive rainy weekend. If that isn't bad enough, the city also has suffered the coldest July of the century. And, the weather bureau says, if things don't pick up soon, Toronto may record its coldest combined July and August ever.

Reporting from Toronto -- These are the wild, even ridiculous, ways the Lakers have to win nowadays. A controversial five-second violation by Toronto with 4.2 seconds left. An airballed three-point attempt by the Raptors as time expires. The Lakers lost an 18-point lead Sunday but survived the Raptors, 94-92, at Air Canada Centre. It looked as if another point guard would shred the Lakers until Kobe Bryant drilled a 17-foot fadeaway from the right side with 4.2 seconds left to play, giving the Lakers the lead for good at 93-92.

MINNEAPOLIS -- There was bad news and some not-so-bad news for the bullpen Monday, a day after the team lost its two best relievers to injury within a three-pitch span of the ninth inning. Set-up man LaTroy Hawkins , who has a 1.08 earned-run average in 10 appearances, will be out four to six weeks because of a broken pinky finger on his right (throwing) hand. He was injured when he fielded Omar Vizquel's game-ending line drive in a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Albert Pujols has hit 446 home runs in a career that is certain to end in the Hall of Fame. But it's unlikely many felt better than the one he hit in the fifth inning Sunday at Angel Stadium. Because not only did the two-run shot account for the deciding runs in a 4-3 Angels win over the Toronto Blue Jays, silencing the boos from a fickle crowd of 37,548, but it was also Pujols' first home run as an Angel, ending a career-long drought at 27 games and 110 at-bats. "It's a relief for him. And I'm pretty sure it's a relief for us," teammate Torii Hunter said of a slump that was threatening to consume Pujols and the Angels.

The Angels figured Albert Pujols would have the bat taken out of his hands this season by opponents looking to intentionally walk or pitch around the slugger, not by their own manager. But with the first baseman mired in the worst slump of what many consider a Hall of Fame career, Mike Scioscia benched Pujols on Saturday night against the Blue Jays, the first time in 28 games he didn't write Pujols' name into the third spot. Pujols, hitting .194 with no home runs and five runs batted in, did not participate in batting practice.

After putting together a three-game home winning streak against the last-place Minnesota Twins and embracing the euphoria of a no-hitter by Jered Weaver, the Angels were brought back to a blunt reality that not everything is all right, particularly with their prize off-season acquisition, Albert Pujols. On Thursday night, Pujols' homerless streak reached 104 at-bats, one short of equaling the longest single-season drought of his 12-year career. He was 0 for 3 in a 5-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium, dropping his batting average to .202 with five RBIs after 26 games.

When: 1:30 PDT. Where: BMO Field, Toronto. On the air: TV: FS West, KWHY. Records: Chivas 2-3, Toronto 0-4. Record vs. Toronto (2011): 1-0-1. Update: This is a good matchup for Chivas USA, which is not only unbeaten on the road this season but, in Toronto FC, will play the only MLS team still looking for its first point in the standings. Chivas remains without striker Juan Pablo Angel (concussion) and midfielder Michael Lahoud (hamstring)

Several playoff berths and positions will be decided as the season winds down. Saturday's league finale, featuring the Kings at San Jose, might determine who wins the Pacific Division and who goes home. The overall point title is being contested by Vancouver, St. Louis and the New York Rangers. The Atlantic, Southeast and Pacific division titles are still undecided. Here's a look at the most crucial games this week: Tuesday Pittsburgh at Boston: The Penguins have a slim chance to pass the Rangers in the Atlantic but are more likely to battle for the No. 4 seeding and home-ice advantage in the first round.

The names are the same and the uniforms are the same. But the results? Not so much. Three games into its new season, the Galaxy, Major League Soccer's reigning champion, is still looking for its first win. And the latest loss was the costliest yet, with Toronto FC riding goals by Ryan Johnson and Nick Soolsma to a 2-1 victory Wednesday at the Home Depot Center, knocking the Galaxy out of the CONCACAF Champions League. The win sends Toronto on to the tournament semifinals against Mexico's Santos Laguna.

No Major League Soccer team has ever won the recently revamped CONCACAF Champions League. And Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena thinks he knows why. "We probably don't schedule it as a priority," he says. "So there's things as a league that we have to make better for us to have the elite clubs in North America and Central America. We have to grow as a league on the field and off the field in order to achieve that goal. " The Galaxy has a chance to brush aside those obstacles, not to mention Toronto FC, when the two MLS clubs meet in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Home Depot Center in Carson (the game will be televised on Telefutura and Fox Soccer)