National Sports

CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers had a surplus of outfielders. With one attention-getting deal, they reshaped their roster in hopes of another pennant run.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' injury woes grew Friday night as Danny Green joined star point guard Kyle Lowry and big men Serge Ibaka and Jonas Valanciunas on the sidelines for the game against Cleveland.

HALIFAX — Proponents for Halifax's proposed CFL team say they have now sold more than 6,000 season-ticket applications, and will soon unveil plans for a stadium.

LONDON — Dutch pro Benito van de Pas needed a 150 checkout to win a tiebreak and beat unheralded Canadian Jim Long 3-2 in the second round of the William Hill World Darts Championship on Friday.

TORONTO — His 39-year-old right knee wrapped in gauze for support, Roberto Luongo insists it's all still worth it.

Ottawa Fury FC's sanctioning battle with CONCACAF appears to be over — for the time being.

TORONTO — The way the NHL regular season is shaping up, it's a good bet that five of the seven Canadian teams could reach the playoffs this spring. That's the kind of playoff CanCon that Rogers was hoping for when it signed a massive US$5.

DETROIT — A special prosecutor on Friday accused Michigan State University of stonewalling his investigation into the school's handling of the sexual abuse scandal involving disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar and called for "top-down cultura

Canadians RJ Barrett, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Ignas Brazdeikis and Brandon Clarke have been named to the 20-player mid-season watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, presented annually to the men's player of the year in U.S. college basketball.

Foiled Again will forever be a special horse to Canadian Yannick Gingras. The 14-year-old gelding is the richest standardbred of all-time at $7.6 million earned with 108 wins over 329 career starts.