National Sports

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Alain Vigneault as head coach, hoping the veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup since 1975.

NEW YORK — The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to do without Nazem Kadri for the rest of their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins.

TORONTO — William Nylander will take Nazem Kadri's place at centre on Toronto's third line behind John Tavares and Auston Matthews when the Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their first-round series Monday.

TORONTO — Golf Town Canada's website nearly crashed Sunday from the large amount of people trying to buy the red Nike mock turtleneck shirt Tiger Woods wore when he captured his fifth Masters title.

Eric Lapointe's group remains out of the Montreal Alouettes ownership picture, but could re-emerge with a simple telephone call.

DURHAM, N.C. — Zion Williamson is leaving Duke after one high-flying season to enter the NBA draft. Widely projected as the top overall pick in the June draft, the AP national player of the year announced his decision Monday.

TORONTO — If Kyle Lowry had played in Toronto's final game of the regular season, would his shot still have been M.I.A.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to triple-A Buffalo and selected infielder Eric Sogard to the active roster. Gurriel has struggled this season, both in the field and at the plate. He is hitting just .

The Edmonton Eskimos have no immediate plans to change their name. The CFL franchise has spent the past couple of years speaking with Inuit leaders and conducting research on the impact of the Eskimos name on the Inuit community.

BOSTON — "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they paid $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.