National Sports

TORONTO — Jamal Murray's breakout NBA season has paid off. The 22-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., agreed to a five-year, US$170 million contract extension with the Denver Nuggets, the richest deal for a Canadian player in NBA history.

WIMBLEDON, England — It was only a matter of time until Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first career main draw singles match at a Grand Slam tennis tournament.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets shored up their blue-line depth Monday, signing defenceman Nathan Beaulieu to a one-year contract worth US$1 million.

DALLAS — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent is being held on charges that include assaulting a public servant after authorities say officers found him intoxicated outside a Dallas-area fast food restaurant. Coppell police Sgt.

MONTREAL — Longtime Montreal Alouettes centre Luc Brodeur-Jourdain will retire after the team's home opener against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday. The team announced Monday the 36-year-old native of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.

CHICAGO — A White Sox official says it was "poor form" for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of "famous people from Chicagoland" that grouped lynching victim Emmett Till with game show host Pat Sajak and film icon Orson Welles.

OTTAWA — Marnie McBean is ready to inject some confidence into Canada's Olympic team. McBean was named Canada's chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games on Monday as part of the Canada Day festivities at Parliament Hill.

TORONTO — Canadian Marie-Soleil Beaudoin has been appointed to referee Wednesday's Women's World Cup semifinal between the Netherlands and Sweden in Lyon, France.

BROCKVILLE, Ont. — A hydroplane racer from Quebec is dead after a crash on the St. Lawrence river in eastern Ontario. The Hydroplane Racing League says Mathieu Daoust from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.

Sunday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 12 Boston 8 Cleveland 2 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 7 Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 6 Texas 2 Houston 6 Seattle 1 Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 3 Oakland 12 L.A.