National Sports

Considering the strength of the field, Scott McDonald would have done well just to make the playoffs at the Ontario curling championship. He did much more than that.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump claimed that "a lot of people" from the NFL have been calling and thanking him for signing legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system.

TORONTO — The Los Angeles Clippers limped into Toronto less than 24 hours after their biggest regular-season comeback in franchise history. The Raptors were rested and ready.

MONTREAL — With Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on a 2-on-0 breakaway in overtime, it looked like the Edmonton Oilers were destined to snap their four-game losing skid. But Draisaitl's bobbling pass hit McDavid's skate and the opportunity was lost.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Bill Peters' return to Carolina went about as perfectly as he could have imagined. He has the players he brought with him to Calgary to thank for that.

VICTORIA, Australia — Canada's Brooke Henderson has pulled out of the ISPS Handa Vic Open due to an undisclosed illness. Henderson made the announcement on Sunday, four days before the opening round of the first full event of the LPGA Tour's season.

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — A brawl erupted between two Nova Scotia hockey teams on the ice Saturday night, prompting an investigation from the body that oversees university sports in Atlantic Canada.

HAMAR, Norway — Calgary's Kaylin Irvine finished a career-best fourth place in the women's 500-metre race on Sunday at a speedskating World Cup, while Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin placed fourth in the women's 1,500 for her best result on the World Cup cir

IBIUNA, Brazil — Nicaragua scored four runs in a dramatic top of the 10th inning en route to a 14-12 victory over Canada on Sunday in the third-place game of a Pan American Games baseball qualifier.

DRESDEN, Germany — Canada won gold in the 5,000-metre men's relay on Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup. Charle Cournoyer, Pascal Dion, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin completed the 45 laps in six minutes 44.