National Sports

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kei Kamara scored the go-ahead goal on a diving header in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps came from behind to beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday.

SEATTLE — Jeisson Vargas doesn't like to talk much. His scoring — and his Montreal Impact teammates — say plenty about him.

LAS VEGAS — Canada's Brad Gushue wasn't pleased to be .500 after the first day of the men's world curling championship. Gushue's team from St. John's, N.L., fell 8-7 to Scotland's Bruce Mouat after a 7-6 win over Russia's Alexey Timofeev on Saturday.

Saturday's Games NHL Calgary 3 Edmonton 2 Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 2 Winnipeg 3 Toronto 1 Detroit 2 Ottawa 0 Vancouver 5 Columbus 4 (OT) New Jersey 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 Boston 5 Florida 1 N.Y.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr found himself on the defensive for not attending a rally in California's capital city after he pledged his organization's support to the family of an unarmed black man killed by police.

SAN ANTONIO — Staring down a 10-point, second-half deficit against an underdog that seemed nothing short of blessed during the madness of March, Moe Wagner and Michigan clamped down on Loyola-Chicago and ended one of the most memorable NCAA Tournamen

LOS ANGELES — Kenta Maeda struck out 10 over five innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers finally found their offence to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Saturday night for their first win of the season.

SAN ANTONIO — To sum things up, Villanova was feelin' it Saturday night. Like every night that ends in "Y'' for the Wildcats. Like all these games where they walk away with a "W'' and leave their opponents shaking their heads.

TORONTO — The Winnipeg Jets weren't worried about performing in front of a national television audience on a Saturday night against the only other Canadian team heading to the playoffs.

BOSTON — The race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference is getting more interesting.