National Sports

Bruce Cassidy's wife and kids enjoyed his NHL coach of the year honours more than he did. Cassidy went back to coaching.

EDMONTON — When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL's Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew west across Canada on separate charter flights.

Waiver wire pickups. Japanese league veterans. Returnees from injury layoffs. Minor-league free agent signings. The Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen is a varied collection of pitchers that has managed to reliably deliver all season long.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after an MRI exam revealed a right knee strain.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Serge Ibaka has been cleared to play in the Toronto Raptors' do-or-die Game 6 versus the Boston Celtics.

Although 2019-20 was a strange, start-and-stop season on the PGA Tour, it was also arguably the best-ever campaign for Canadian golfers.

MONTREAL — Super Bowl champion and Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif will spend the next few months studying at one of the world's most prestigious universities instead of playing football.

SATURNIA, Italy — Powering up a climb so steep that bystanders gave riders helping pushes, Canadian Michael Woods won Stage 3 of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday and took the overall lead.

NEW YORK — Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships with them off it. Those qualities helped the Canadian become a Hall of Fame player.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack are currently a team without a league, an insolvent rugby league franchise whose missed payroll totals some 500,000 pounds ($854,620). But where others see a sporting sinkhole, Carlo LiVolsi sees a business opportunity.