National Sports

Edmonton's police chief says he will speak with National Football League executives about the Sept. 30 attack outside a CFL football game that injured a police officer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Game 4 lacked the intensity of the three before it, and no overtime heroics were necessary.

NEW YORK — David Robertson went wild and loaded the bases in the eighth inning, and the Yankees weren't all that concerned. "Whenever it's a tough situation like that, I want D-Rob on the mound," Aaron Judge said.

MIAMI — Joel Embiid had trouble with his new mask. It didn't slow him down. Embiid's playoff debut was a smashing success for Philadelphia.

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Players on a Saskatchewan hockey team who were hoping to continue wearing a crest to honour a teammate who committed suicide have to remove it from their jerseys before next season.

NEW YORK — Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning and P.K. Subban of the Nashville Predators were named the three finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Dwane Casey remembers the "powwow" he had with DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry.

TORONTO — Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron was ruled out of Thursday's playoff game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an upper-body injury.

CALGARY — One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash in Saskatchewan earlier this month has been transferred to Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Ryan Straschnitzki, a 19-year old from Airdrie, Alta.

Attendance is up and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have become a profitable, stable franchise but Mike O'Shea takes no satisfaction from that. That's because the Winnipeg head coach has a different measuring stick for success.