National Sports

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Josh Davies and Diego Buttazzoni each scored twice as the Portland Winterhawks defeated Medicine Hat Tigers 6-3 on Wednesday night in the Western Hockey League. Jack O'Brien and Gabe Klassen had the other goals for Portland.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Canadian skips Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson clinched playoff berths at the Pan Continental Curling Championships. Gushue, of St. John's, N.L.

SANTIAGO — Canada will return to Olympic team show jumping next year in Paris. Canada's riders and horses earned the team silver medal Wednesday at the Pan American Games to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.

CALGARY — The Dallas Stars are rolling, backstopped by Jake Oettinger, who was excellent again on Wednesday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh and the Texas Rangers are World Series champions for the first time in their 63-season franchise history after beating the A

BRANTFORD, Ont. — The Guelph Storm came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Brantford Bulldogs 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday night in the Ontario Hockey League.

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic approved of his team's response Wednesday night. Pascal Siakam scored a game-high 26 points, Dennis Schroder had 24 points and 11 assists, and Toronto handily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 130-111.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona ace Zac Gallen lost his World Series no-hit bid when Texas' Corey Seager singled through a hole in the shifted infield leading off the seventh inning in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Mooseheads scored four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 4-0 deficit and defeated the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday night in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.