National Sports

NEW YORK — Toronto Raptors forwards Scottie Barnes and Precious Achiuwa have been selected to the NBA's Rising Stars game.

Back in Major League Soccer after playing in Mexico, Italy and Germany, newly signed defender Carlos Salcedo says Toronto FC is the right fit.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed American defensive back Garry Peters to a contract extension Tuesday. Peters was scheduled to become a free agent next week.

LOS ANGELES — Country music star Mickey Guyton will hit this month's Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem, while R&B hitmaker Jhené Aiko will perform "America the Beautiful." The performances will take place Feb.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a plantation.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed linebackers Jovan Santos-Knox and Curtis Newton on Tuesday. Santos-Knox, a 27-year-old American, started all 14 regular-season games in 2021 for Hamilton.

He'll miss Michael Reilly's wit and football acumen, but Canadian Nathan Rourke feels ready to be the B.C. Lions full-time starting quarterback.

TORONTO — Navneet Dhaliwal will captain Canada at the ICC 2022 T20 World Cup Qualifier later this month in Oman. The eight-team event is one of two final global qualifiers for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

NEW YORK — There was little movement Tuesday in talks to end the nearly two-month-old baseball lockout during a contentious meeting that lasted about 90 minutes.

Reaction from social media and elsewhere after Tom Brady announced his retirement. Brady won seven Super Bowls and set numerous passing records in an unprecedented 22-year career. He made the announcement in a long post on Instagram.