National Sports

OTTAWA – Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team from the Tokyo Olympics has officially been upgraded to silver nine months after they raced to bronze. The International Olympic Committee rubber-stamped the upgrade during Thursday’s meeting of the executive board. Jerome Blake of Burnaby, B.C., Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney of Toronto, […]

Here are five things to know as we head into Tuesday’s post-season action: BATTLE OF FLORIDA The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers are meeting in the playoffs for the second consecutive season, with Game 1 starting Tuesday on Florida’s home ice. […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs say Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in To- ronto on Monday evening. The team says the hockey player was unharmed in the incident, which occurred in the city’s west end. It adds that Toronto po- lice have asked that “neither Marner or the […]

BOSTON (AP) – Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday night against the Boston Red Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park field on a stretcher. Odorizzi, who entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak, appeared to […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off their fame, sparking speculation that a crackdown could be coming for schools and boosters that break them. But the NCAA isn’t […]

Seattle Mariners (16-19, third in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (18-17, third in the AL East) Toronto; Monday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Chris Flexen (1-5, 4.24 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 4.15 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 27 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue […]

The Oilers need a win to stay alive and the the Leafs need one to end an 18-year drought. Here are five things to know as we head into Thursday’s post-season action: The Edmonton Oilers will be fighting for their playoff lives as they take on the Kings in Los […]

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid are two of the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s most valuable player award. New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin is also in contention for the prize awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most […]

TOKYO (AP) – Yasuhiro Yamashita, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, acknowledged the biggest stumbling block to holding the Olympics is the billions in costs. However, in another breath on Tuesday at a so-called “All Japan” meeting to promote Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, he said that […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Seven- time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead football analyst once his playing career ends, the net- work said Tuesday. When that actually happens is unclear, because Brady recently changed his mind about retiring and said he plans to continue […]

LONDON (AP) – A high-profile libel court battle between two soccer spouses, in which one publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking made-up stories to the tabloid press, opened Tuesday in London. Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking fake stories she had posted on her Instagram account to […]

The New York Islanders have fired coach Barry Trotz after missing the playoffs in his fourth season with the team. General manager Lou Lamoriello made the surprising announcement Monday, more than a week after the regular season ended. Trotz had one year left on his five-year contract. “It would be […]