National Sports

NEW YORK — Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gulped, chomped and powered his way to a 10th title on Tuesday, continuing his record-setting reign as the chowing champion at the annual Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest.

TORONTO — Brittany Crew is at home in the shot put circle, where she crouches with a steel ball buried in the crook of her neck before exploding in a spinning blur that's as much ballet as brute strength. It's where Crew overcame bullying in school.

TORONTO — Ottawa wide receiver Diontae Spencer and quarterback Trevor Harris and Winnipeg receiver Weston Dressler were named the top performers for Week 2 of the CFL season.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched together to open the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

LONDON — A bit of American sports culture will be on display in London's Hyde Park as baseball comes to town on July 4, the U.S. Independence Day.

CAIRO — Lindell Wigginton scored 21 points to lead Canada to a 100-75 win over Japan at the FIBA under-19 Basketball World Cup on Tuesday. Canada (2-1) secured second place in Group C with the victory. Wigginton, from Dartmouth, N.S.

NEW YORK — Marcus Stroman has an idea who's to blame for all the nagging blisters bothering pitchers lately. He's pointing a finger at Major League Baseball.

LOS ANGELES — Jamie Horowitz, who oversaw programming and digital news operations for Fox Sports, was abruptly fired Monday after two years on the job.

NEW YORK — One big development for the banged-up Yankees as they've limped toward the All-Star break the past few weeks: Masahiro Tanaka is back in top form.

Monday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 6 Toronto 3 Minnesota 9 L.A. Angels 5 Boston 7 Texas 5 (11 innings) Chicago White Sox 7 Oakland 2 Kansas City 3 Seattle 1 National League Washington 3 N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 0 St.