National Sports

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes lost another forward — and won another playoff game. "'Next guy up' has been the memo lately," rookie Warren Foegele said. Enough of them have stepped up to even their series with the Washington Capitals.

NEW YORK — The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer.

CALGARY — The saying "when eating an elephant take one bite at a time" applies to the Calgary Flames.

OTTAWA — Canada's telecom regulator issued an order Thursday compelling Quebecor to maintain its TVA Sports signal to Bell TV subscribers and threatened to automatically suspend its licence should it fail to comply.

MINNEAPOLIS — Randal Grichuk, Justin Smoak and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Thursday. Eric Sogard added a three-run double for the Blue Jays, who took three of four at Target Field.

BOSTON — Mike Babcock's frustration didn't stem from the Boston Bruins scoring on the power play — it was how the sequence unfolded.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Christian Folin to a one-year, one-way contract worth US$800,000.

UMEA, Sweden — Canada rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat Finland 5-3 on Thursday in the opening for both teams at the world under-18 men's hockey championship. Brayden Tracey tied it at 3-3 in the third period and then added the winner.

Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney challenged his team after it suffered its first loss of the season, a 3-2 setback at Seattle last weekend.

TORONTO — Jean-Paul Charlebois has been piecing together the history of hockey in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., going on two decades.