National Sports

Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer had so much fun in their first season calling NFL games on Amazon Prime that they are coming back for an encore.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she's suddenly on the verge of a second consecutive major championship. And the No.

VANCOUVER — Bo Horvat says the Vancouver Canucks simply need to play better if they want a chance at a spot in the post season. The team ended a five-game points streak on Wednesday with an ugly 5-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

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TORONTO — The jubilant cheers coming from the Maple Leafs' locker-room could have very easily been swapped out for a collective sigh of relief.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — B.C. skip Tyler Tardi remained perfect at the Canadian junior curling championships with a 6-2 win over Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan on Wednesday afternoon.

MONTREAL — There was a pair of unlikely heroes for the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night as Claude Julien praised his video replay coaches for being instrumental in the team's victory.

TORONTO — Alex Ovechkin reached another career milestone Wednesday but any celebration was muted as the Washington Capitals' slide reached seven games.

INDIANAPOLIS — A promising season for the Indiana Pacers was instantly transformed when Victor Oladipo's leg buckled and he fell to the floor in pain.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez cruised into the semifinals of the Australian Open's junior girls' tournament on Thursday, downing France's Manon Leonard 6-3, 6-1.