National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 41st home run and the streaking Toronto Blue Jays knocked the slumping Yankees out of the AL’s top wild-card spot, beating New York 6-3 Wednesday night.

TORONTO — No stranger to banging the drum and leading the Viking Clap in front of the BMO Field south stand during Toronto FC's halcyon days, Jonathan Osorio got to do it wearing the Maple Leaf on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Woobens Pacius scored in the 65th minute, and Forge FC went on to defeat Atletico Ottawa 1-0 on Wednesday in Canadian Premier League play.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Jeter was simply Derek Jeter on his special day — smooth as silk.

Canada rugby sevens star Nate Hirayama, who ranks third in career scoring on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, has announced his retirement. The 33-year-old from Richmond, B.C.

Canadian Kevin Pangos is finally NBA-bound. The Cleveland Cavaliers signed the 28-year-old guard, who'd spent the past six years playing in Europe, to a two-year deal on Wednesday, according to his agency Priority Sports.

Injured Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies found himself having to explain a social media post Wednesday on the eve of Canada's World Cup qualifying game against El Salvador.

BRANDON, Man. — Brandon University has issued a statement publicly criticizing former NHLer Theo Fleury for spreading harmful conspiracy theories. The school in southwestern Manitoba granted Fleury an honorary doctorate in 2015.

TORONTO — When Canada Basketball cleaned up its offices during the COVID-19 pandemic, Glen Grunwald said they unearthed plans for a national training centre going back to the 1980s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers are ready for some football. Three college matchups scored among the Nielsen company's four most-watched television programs last week. Only an episode of NBC's “America's Got Talent” broke through.