National Sports

TORONTO — Troy Tulowitzki had no plans to be anything but a starting shortstop upon his return from injury. The Toronto Blue Jays felt it was unlikely he'd be able to play regularly at an above-average level.

TORONTO — Former NHL executive Brian Burke's love for rugby started after his hockey playing career ended. Having won the Calder Cup with the AHL's Maine Mariners in 1978, he started that fall at Harvard Law School.

Brady Leman will find out what it's like racing as the reigning Olympic men's ski cross champion, if the season ever starts.

TORONTO — One of Canadian university's most dominant players was a grocery cashier at a corner store in Nassau only a couple of seasons ago. U.S.

PHILADELPHIA — A team in metropolitan New York will join the National Lacrosse League for the 2019-20 season. The league made the announcement in a release Tuesday. The team will become the NLL's 13th franchise.

TORONTO — Freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury has won the 2018 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year. He's the first freestyle skier to win the award.

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

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have re-signed defensive lineman Ettore Lattanzio, receiver Julian Feoli-Gudino and punter Richie Leone through the 2019 season.

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.