National Sports

NEW YORK — The logo of the 2019 NHL draft takes its inspiration from one of its host city's celebrated natural landmarks. The NHL and the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday unveiled the logo for next year's draft.

LAS VEGAS — Jayson Stark, acclaimed for mixing humour with impeccable knowledge during more than four decades of commentary, has won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing.

David Shoemaker's inside knowledge of Beijing should be an asset for Canadian athletes competing there in 2022.

HALIFAX — When Halifax Mooseheads players laced up their skates for the first time, the team was a gamble. It was the first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club in the Maritimes, and the city had just lost its American Hockey League franchise.

SEATTLE — Bobby Wagner leaped over the line of scrimmage, swatted Dan Bailey's field goal attempt and sparked the Seattle Seahawks to two late touchdowns. Whether or not what Wagner did was entirely legal, he frankly didn't care.

Monday's Games NFL Seattle 21 Minnesota 7 --- NHL Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 (SO) Tampa Bay 6 N.Y.

Monday's Games NFL Seattle 21 Minnesota 7 --- NHL Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 (SO) Tampa Bay 6 N.Y.

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning are piling up points.

DENVER — An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, after they knew Larry Nassar was suspected of molesting young gymnasts. From the top office at the U.S.

VANCOUVER — A stark message sporadically popped up on Mike DiPietro's phone over the past year. "Got cut from world juniors," it read.