National Sports

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Union head Tony Clark lauded the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for giving minor league players a 50 per cent raise, and he hopes other clubs do the same.

TORONTO — Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock is convinced adversity can be a good thing. His team is dealing with plenty of it at the moment.

NASHVILLE — The stars of the gridiron will meet the stars of Music City when the NFL Draft comes to Nashville, Tennessee, in April.

MIAMI, Canada — Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the final round of qualifying at the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Italy's Luca Vanni.

Bianca Andreescu wasn't lacking for determination in her stunning upset of Angelique Kerber in the final of the BNP Paribas Open.

TORONTO — After 15 years playing in France, Quentin Westberg wanted something new — professionally and personally. Born in France to an American father and French mother, the 32-year-old goalkeeper already had ties to North America.

TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu has turned Carling Bassett-Seguso back on to Canadian women's tennis.

LAS VEGAS — Malcolm Subban has been nearly unbeatable at home in two seasons with the Vegas Golden Knights.

Nam Nguyen, Alaine Chartrand and Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro all have bad-luck stories they'd like to rewrite at this week's world figure skating championships. Nguyen hasn't qualified for the free skate at the worlds since 2015.

TORONTO — They're record-breakers. They're big-game players. They're award winners. And they come from coast to coast.