National Sports

Canadian women's basketball star Kia Nurse will miss the remainder of the 2021 WNBA season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — J.D.

MONCTON, N.B. — Thomas Auger and Vincent Labelle scored in the shootout as the Moncton Wildcats rallied to a 6-5 win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals' preseason finale against Philadelphia on Friday night with what the team called a lower-body injury and is set to be examined further Saturday.

LAS VEGAS — Sam Burns won the Sanderson Farms Championship last week and is trying to put it behind him. He's playing as though it never ended.

WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Jin Young Ko had a three-stroke lead with four holes left Friday when second-round play in the LPGA Tour's Cognizant Founders Cup was suspended because of darkness.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez fouled off Charlie Morton's pitch in a scoreless game, then headed toward the dugout for a deep breath and a new bat. Just the break the Milwaukee Brewers needed.

TORONTO — Ontario's major indoor pro sports teams have been given the green light to host capacity crowds.

HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros are relentless at the plate and in the field. That's why they are so tough to beat in the playoffs.

No pain, no gain. "What a terrible phrase that we've used for many years to describe our athletes," Gordon Bloom says of the saying that's been thrown around the sports world since the 1980s — and sums up a lot of what's still wrong with sports.