National Sports

LAS VEGAS — Team North America is on the board at the Continental Cup, but Team World remains in command at the annual team curling event. Team World leads 13.5 to 4.5 after winning two of three men's singles matches in the evening draw on Friday.

RALEIGH, N.C. — After their worst stretch of the season, the Ottawa Senators are beginning to play some of their best hockey.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Carey Price was terrific for the Montreal Canadiens on a night his team was outplayed for much of the game and outshot by the Columbus Blue Jackets. That's how it happens sometimes when things are going right.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Vincent Trochek's return gave the Florida Panthers the spark they desperately needed.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Stephen Gogolev might be two years too young to compete internationally as a senior skater. But he's poised to become the youngest skater ever to capture a Canadian senior title, a record set 65 years ago.

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Phil Mickelson birdied four of his last five holes Friday in the Desert Classic to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend in his first event of the year.

He already has taken the CFL into Mexico, but commissioner Randy Ambrosie isn't stopping there.

EDMONTON — Dozens of students at St. Nicholas Soccer Academy in Edmonton gathered Friday hoping to watch alumni Alphonso Davies make his official international soccer debut.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Mikael Kingsbury's perfect start to the moguls season finally came to an end on Friday. The Canadian settled for fifth in a World Cup event, marking the first time in five starts Kingsbury, 26, did not finish on top of the podium.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.