National Sports

Toronto FC appears to have found its new designated player in Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti.

Veteran curler John Morris will return to the upcoming Tim Hortons Brier to serve as a fifth for Ontario skip John Epping. Morris, who won Olympic men's team gold with Kevin Martin in 2010, has focused on mixed doubles over the last few seasons.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes say they are cutting their cheerleading team because of financial considerations. The CFL club informed the cheerleading team of its decision Wednesday.

TORONTO — Karina LeBlanc and Brittany Timko Baxter, who won 242 caps for Canada between them in a combined 29 years of senior service, have been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.

Internet fame is suiting Laurent Hurtubise just fine. It's been a whirlwind two weeks for Hurtubise after a video of the one-armed golfer sinking a hole-in-one at The American Express pro-am tournament went viral.

Eight victories in nine games over the past six months, and a best-ever No. 4 world ranking. And now just two wins stand between what's arguably Canada's strongest women's basketball team and a third consecutive Olympic Games berth.

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Tuesday's Games NHL Colorado 6 Buffalo 1 Washington 4 Los Angeles 2 N.Y. Islanders 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Tampa Bay 4 Vegas 2 Boston 4 Vancouver 0 Columbus 1 Florida 0 (OT) Montreal 5 New Jersey 4 (SO) Anaheim 3 Ottawa 2 (SO) St.

BOSTON — Banking on Mookie Betts to be the missing piece in their World Series pursuit, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally pulled off a blockbluster deal with the cost-cutting Red Sox.

CALGARY — Sharks veteran Joe Thornton reached an NHL milestone in San Jose's 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. Thornton assisted on a pair of goals to attain a career 1,500 points in the NHL.