Asking whether California is America's Greece seems like a fair question to more and more people, Keith Boag writes. It's in financial crisis and, like Greece, has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy.

The Edmonton Oilers could use some blue-line help and with a plethora of forwards, like Ales Hemsky and Sam Gagner, general manager Steve Tambellini has some options on trade deadline day, writes CBCSports.ca senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby.

A lot of questions surround the Toronto Blue Jays' starting pitchers this season but Brandon Morrow finally harnessing his potential would compensate for mediocrity in the bottom of the rotation and could be the key to a wild-card run, writes CBCSports.ca baseball contributor Kevin Glew.