2015 will be a busy year in sports. Here are 10 things to watch for in the coming year:PAN AM PARTYToronto is gearing up to host the Pan American Games in July.The Games were last held in Canada in 1999 when Winnipeg hosted.Toronto residents have been cursing construction that has snarled downtown traffic for years leading up to the Games, which are expected to cost about $2.5 billion, including security, transportation and the athletes village.But Canada is likely to shine in the medals table with many of the countrys top athletes expected to compete in the July 10-26 Games.FOOTBALL FEVERThis summer, the FIFA Womens World Cup will hit six Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton.The Canadian womens soccer team is ranked eighth in the world and their best finish so far at the World Cup was fourth in 2003. They also won bronze at the 2012 Olympics.The tournament has had its share of controversy already with some elite players fighting the decision to play it on artificial turf.HOMEGROWN TALENTCome one, come all.More than 2,400 athletes from the ages of 12 to 35 will be taking part in the Canada Winter Games from Feb. 12 to March 1 in Prince George, B.C., making this a massive event for amateur athletes across the country and a great chance to spot some future stars. Eugenie Bouchard, Sidney Crosby and Hayley Wickenheiser all competed for their province at past Canada Games.LOVE THAT TENNISCanadian tennis stars Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic rose to new heights in 2014.The spotlight will shine even brighter on them in 2015 as they try to live up to their success.Bouchard, a 20-year-old from Westmount, Que., jumped from 32nd to fifth in the WTA world rankings this year to become Canadas highest-ranked singles player ever. She also made the Wimbledon final as well as the semifinals in the Australian Open and French Open.Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., soared as high as No. 6 in the rankings, along the way beating Roger Federer for the first time in Paris this fall and making the Wimbledon semfinals.ON COURSEWatch for Abbotsford, B.C., golfer Nick Taylor on the PGA Tour in 2015.In November, he came from four back to fire a final-round 66 at the PGA Tours Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss., for his first PGA Tour win.The first Canadian to win a Tour event since Stephen Ames in 2009, Taylor has earned his tour card through the 2016-17 season.THE YEAR OF THE DRAFTExcitement is building for the 2015 NHL draft with a couple of possible franchise players up for grabs.Forwards Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel have generated huge buzz leading up to their draft year. The draft is being held June 26–27 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., home of the Panthers.This is also the last best chance for teams that finish at or near the bottom of the standings to score big in the draft, since the lottery will be expanded in 2016 to give other teams a better shot at improving their picks.RAPTORS RULE After a franchise-record 48 wins in 2013-14, Canadas only NBA team jumped off to their best start ever in 2014-15. Last season, fans got their hopes up as the Raptors won their second Atlantic Division title, after failing to make the playoffs five years running.Can players like Kyle Lowry and Amir Johnson get them back and move them beyond the first round?VIVA LAS VEGASLas Vegas could be an NHL town soon, with an ownership group in place and a $350-million, 20,000-seat arena under construction.And NHL commissioner Gary Bettman recently gave millionaire businessman Bill Foley the go-ahead to gauge interest in expanding to Sin City with a season-ticket drive.While its good news for hockey fans in Nevada, it could mean the wait just got longer for other potential expansion cities like Quebec City and Seattle.The ticket drive is expected to start early in the New Year so stay tuned.SWINGING FOR THE FENCESThe Toronto Blue Jays have made a couple of significant moves this off-season, adding Canadian catcher Russell Martin and all-star third baseman Josh Donaldson.General manager Alex Anthopoulos is hoping the additions will help propel his team into the playoffs for the first time since winning the World Series in 1993.Its not the first time Anthopoulos has shaken things up — he made a blockbuster traded with the Marlins before the 2013 season only to watch his team have yet another mediocre season.But Martin and Donaldson are proven winners and could give the Jays the boost they need. O CANADACanada was woefully under-represented in the 2014 NHL playoffs with only the Montreal Canadiens qualifying for post-season play. While they did make Canada proud by advancing all the way to the Eastern Conference final, it was the first time since the 1973 post-season that Canada was so poorly represented.This season is shaping up to be a different story with Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver all in the playoff conversation.April is still a ways off but there should be plenty of drama for Canadian fans to look forward to between now and then. Grey 2018 Air VaporMax Shoes . Three days after falling to Hamilton, Abbotsford scored three goals in 53 seconds en route to a convincing 5-1 win over the Bulldogs Saturday in American Hockey League play. Black Air VaporMax Shoes . Niese pitched seven steady innings on a rainy Tuesday night and Daniel Murphy had three hits to lead New York to a 6-1 victory over the Phillies. http://www.cheapairvapormaxstore.com/. Portuguese sides Benfica and Porto also advanced to the last eight while Basel overcame an early red card to win 2-1 at Salzburg and progress from a last-16 second leg that was briefly suspended because of crowd trouble. Lyon, Valencia and AZ Alkmaar will also be in Fridays draw in Nyon, Switzerland, where the team to avoid will be Juventus -- even though the Italian champions made heavy work of their all-Italian last-16 match against Fiorentina. Cheap Air VaporMax 2018 .Y. -- Cory Schneider has to make the most of his opportunities to guard the New Jersey Devils net to earn more playing time. White Air VaporMax 2018 . He was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 5th. The 34-year-old Laval, Que. native has played six seasons with the Penguins.ATLANTA - Paul Millsap scored 20 points, Al Horford added 19 and Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-100 on Sunday night, extending the Hawks franchise record with their 16th straight win.Jeff Teague finished with 15 points and seven of Atlantas 30 assists as the Hawks won for the 30th time in 32 games.Thaddeus Young had 26 points and Mo Williams added 20 for Minnesota. The Timberwolves, who are last in the Western Conference, have lost four straight and 20 of 22.CAVALIERS 108, THUNDER 98CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 34 points, including the first eight in the fourth quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder for their sixth straight win.James made a pair of 3-pointers and a nasty fade-away jumper to give the Cavs a 91-80 lead. Later, the four-time MVP fed Kevin Love for a 3-pointer with 3:38 left that put the Thunder away. The Cavs are 6-1 since James returned after missing eight games with a strained back and knee.Love added 19 points and 13 rebounds, Kyrie Irving scored 21, and Tristan Thompson had 16 rebounds.Kevin Durant scored 32 and Russell Westbrook had 22 for the Thunder, who went 3-2 on their longest road trip this season.HEAT 96, BULLS 84CHICAGO (AP) — Hassan Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a team-record and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls.Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, Chris Bosh finished with 20 and Luol Deng scored 15 in his return to Chicago. Mario Chalmers had 15 points, and the Heat squashed whatever momentum the Bulls appeared to be building after beating San Antonio and Dallas.Miami led by 10 at halftime, 12 going into the fourth quarter and remained in control the rest of the way.Pau Gasol had 13 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, giving him 50 over the past three games. Derrick Rose scored 19 for Chicago, but missed all six 3-pointers.PACERS 106, MAGIC 99ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — David West had 20 points, reserve Damjan Rudez added a career-high 18, and the Indiana Pacers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a win over the Orlando Magic.The Pacers trailed by seven entering the fourth quarter, but got 16 points from Rudez in the final 12 minutes. They outscored the Magic 31-17 in the quarter.George Hill had 17 points and six rebounds for Indiana in just his second game back from a left groin strain.Nik Vucevic led four Magic players in double figures with 27 points. It was the ninth straight Orlando opponent to score at least 100 points.CLIPPERS 120, SUNS 100PHOENIX (AP) — Blake Griffin and Chris Paul scored 23 points each and the Los Angeles Clippers used a 15-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Phoenix Suns.J.J. Redick scored 20 and DeAndre Jordan added 18 for the Clippers, who are 3-0 against the Suns this season. Los Angeles has won nine of its past 11 against Phoenix.Isaiah Thomas scored 25 points and Eric Bledsoe added 17 for the Suns, who have lost two straight after winning seven in a row at home.PELICANS 109, MAVERICKS 106NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis capped a 28-point, 10-rebound outing with go-ahead free throws in the final seconds and a pivotal stteal, and the New Orleans Pelicans won their third straight game.dddddddddddd.Tyreke Evans scored 24 points, including a clutch running hook in the final half-minute, and Ryan Anderson added 18 points.Monta Ellis scored 36 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 24 points for Dallas, which has lost two straight.RAPTORS 114, PISTONS 110TORONTO (AP) — Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points and 11 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors held on down the stretch to beat the short-handed Detroit Pistons.Amir Johnson added 17 as the Raptors won for the third time in four games and snapped a two-game losing streak at home.The Pistons, who lost for the third time in four games, learned earlier Sunday that guard Brandon Jennings will miss the rest of the season after he ruptured his left Achilles tendon.Starting in place of Jennings, Detroit point guard D.J. Augustin scored a career-high 35 points.SPURS 101, BUCKS 95SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tim Duncan had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and 14 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the second half to beat the Milwaukee Bucks.Boris Diaw added 14 points, helping San Antonio win its fifth straight against Milwaukee.Khris Middleton had 21 points and Jared Bayless had 15 points for the Bucks, who lost after defeating Detroit on Saturday.WARRIORS 114, CELTICS 111OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 22 points and 11 assists, Klay Thompson scored 31 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics for their 19th consecutive home win.Andrew Bogut added 13 points and 13 rebounds to help the Warriors stay unbeaten in 14 games against the Eastern Conference this season. Golden State also improved its NBA-best record to 36-6.Two nights after scoring an NBA-record 37 points in the third quarter of Golden States 126-101 win over Sacramento, Thompson was 11 for 19 from the field and 6 for 8 at the line.Jared Sullinger had 26 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, who have lost four of six.WIZARDS 117, NUGGETS 115, OTDENVER (AP) — John Wall scored six of his 19 points in overtime and had 16 assists as the Washington Wizards beat the Denver Nuggets.Kris Humphries had a season-high 21 points and 14 rebounds to help Washington stop a two-game skid.Ty Lawson had 31 points and 12 assists in his return to the Nuggets lineup. Lawson missed a tying jumper in the waning seconds of overtime. Lawson was back after missing Fridays game after being arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired early Friday morning. Lawson returned to practice Saturday.ROCKETS 99, LAKERS 87LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden had 37 points and eight rebounds, and the Houston Rockets rolled past the Lakers, sending Los Angeles to its eighth straight defeat.Harden hit four 3-pointers, and the NBAs leading scorer added five assists in the Rockets third victory in four games.Josh Smith and Jason Terry had 11 points apiece as Houston cruised to its fourth straight road victory over the Lakers even without Dwight Howard, who sat out after injuring his right ankle two days ago.Carlos Boozer scored 18 points for the Lakers, who are on their longest losing streak in nearly 10 years. ' ' '