Recently, with the province of Ontario beginning to reopen for business in stages, there has been speculation that sports could return soon, albeit in empty stadia. But Mayor John Tory suggests even that might be asking too much right now. “I would just say to people, don’t hold your hopes out that you’re going to see professional sports played in Toronto, even in front of an empty stadium, before sometime into the fall,” the mayor told Sportsnet’s Writers Bloc on Friday, May 15.