National Sports

NEWARK, N.J. — John Tavares is earning every penny of the seven-year, $77 million contract the Toronto Maple Leafs gave him in the off-season . Not only is he living up to the hype, the 28-year-old centre is having a career year.

TORONTO — Free-agent guard Patrick McCaw is joining the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors announced Thursday that the club had signed McCaw, although terms of the deal were not disclosed.

LAS VEGAS — Cristiano Ronaldo is being asked by police to provide a DNA sample in an investigation of a Nevada woman's allegation that he raped her in his Las Vegas hotel penthouse in 2009 and paid her to keep quiet, the soccer star's lawyer and Las

CALGARY — He's won everything there is to win in moguls, yet Mikael Kingsbury still feels driven. It's common for athletes who stand on the Olympic podium to take a hiatus the following season, or at least skip the first few competitions.

WINNIPEG — Valour FC has signed midfielder Raphael Ohin and defender Raphael Garcia to multi-year contracts.

Centre back Kamal Miller was Syracuse University's best player in 2018, according to head coach Ian McIntyre.

One of the hottest attractions on Sin City's strip, the Vegas Golden Knights say they don't condone situations where season ticket holders "purchase a membership with the intent of profiting.

TORONTO — The Canadian Championship will expand to 13 teams in 2019 with the addition of seven Canadian Premier League clubs.

TORONTO — It seems Duron Carter's football future is tied to just how quickly the CFL and its players can agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. The two sides have yet to hold their first bargaining session.

TORONTO — George Burnett of the Guelph Storm didn't initially set out to be the busiest general manager ahead of the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline.