National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship.

J.P. Darche is returning to the Super Bowl. The former long-snapper will head to Miami with the Kansas City Chiefs as one of their team doctors. The 44-year-old native of St-Laurent, Que.

Former McGill University football coach Sonny Wolfe realized immediately he had something special in Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

Thursday's Games NBA Washington 124 Cleveland 112 L.A. Lakers 128 Brooklyn 113 Dallas 133 Portland 125 --- The Canadian Press

ST. LOUIS — Rick Tocchet is going to keep his distance. Quinn Hughes, meanwhile, admits it would be a lie to say he isn't interested to see how things play out.

TORONTO — Marc Gasol admits he never thought Pascal Siakam would amount to much when he first played against the Toronto Raptors' wiry forward.

Samuel Hlavaj entered the season as an unknown prospect in unfamiliar territory, passed over at last year's NHL draft.

TORONTO — There was a moment during his keynote speech Tuesday night that Masai Ujiri briefly looked at his phone. With the NBA trade deadline looming Feb.

OTTAWA — Quarterbacks Jonathon Jennings and Will Arndt were among 10 players released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Both Jennings and Arndt started games last season for Ottawa (3-15).

CHERRY BROOK, N.S. — Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes — long before the NHL became part of Canadian lore.