National Sports

VERNON, B.C. — Paul Flemming's team from Nova Scotia scored a single point in the eighth end on Saturday to defeat Bruce Korte's Saskatchewan foursome 4-3 to win the Canadian senior men's curling championship.

TORONTO — Ilya Samsonov hadn't played in more than two weeks. Sub-par performances coupled with an illness sidelined the Maple Leafs goaltender as Joseph Woll took command of Toronto's No. 1 goaltending job.

DETROIT (AP) — Claude Giroux and Vladimir Tarasenko each had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators beat Detroit 5-1 on Saturday night in a game overshadowed by a hit from behind that left Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin unconscious on the ice.

EDMONTON — No Canadians made it to the podium at Saturday night’s FIS World Cup Big Air Snowboard event at Commonwealth Stadium. But the night saw some snowboarding history being made.

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Nick Lardis's third goal of the night, scored four minutes into overtime, gave the Brantford Bulldogs a 5-4 win over the visiting Kitchener Rangers in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Cedric Masse didn't have to stop many pucks to help the Rimouski Oceanic blank the Quebec Remparts 4-0 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

CALGARY — New Jersey's improved play since Nico Hischier's return from injury continued on Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cucho Hernandez and Yaw Yeboah scored in the first half and the Columbus Crew held on to beat defending champion LAFC 2-1 on Saturday to win their third MLS Cup.

TORONTO — Zach Edey's return home was one for the books — both literally and figuratively. The Toronto native matched his season high of 35 points as the No.

The news that Shohei Ohtani has chosen to stay in Southern California has left Toronto Blue Jays fans heartbroken.