National Sports

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have locked up two key members of their defence. The Ticats re-signed veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence to a two-year contract Monday and then came to terms with defensive back Delvin Breaux on a three-year deal.

Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet is expected to miss at least three weeks with a partial ligament injury to his left thumb.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have acquired centre Nate Thompson and a fifth-round pick in 2019 from Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019.

EDMONTON — Len Rhodes won't be seeing another term as the Edmonton Eskimos president and chief executive officer. Board chairman Brad Sparrow made the announcement Monday. Rhodes will leave the CFL club Feb. 20.

NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron and Chicago Blackhawks centre Dylan Strome have been named the N-H-L three stars of the week. Binnington went 3-0-0 with a 1.31 goals-against average, .

Taylor Pendrith has come to accept that his path to the PGA Tour is going to be longer and have a few more twists and turns than some of his peers. After two injury-plagued seasons, Pendrith just missed out on earning a card on this season's Web.

TORONTO — The CFL Players' Association has fired back at the league for instructing teams not to pay off-season bonuses to players until after a new collective bargaining agreement is ratified.

Sean Burke still can't bring himself to watch the game. Once was enough.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Three people detained in Croatia over an attack on Serbian water polo team players at a seaside cafe face hate crime charges, police said Monday.

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers have signed well- travelled guard Nik Stauskas, who was traded three times and released last week, for the rest of the season. The native of Mississauga, Ont.