National Sports

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Five strides. That's all it took for Connor McDavid to race by two Pittsburgh Penguins and deliver a magnificent goal in what is becoming another masterpiece of a season for the Edmonton star.

OTTAWA — Drake Batherson scored his second of the night in overtime to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Tim Stutzle, with a pair of goals, and Thomas Chabot also scored for Ottawa (32-41-7).

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 tumultuous years of leading an association that has become marginalized while college sports has undergone massive changes and been besieged by political and legal attacks.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Rosa Maalouf scored twice off the bench to raise her tournament total to six in two games as Canada dominated Bermuda in a 5-0 win Tuesday at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship.

LANDSHUT, Germany — Tomas Hamara scored his second goal of the game in overtime to complete a four-point night as Czechia came back to defeat Canada 6-5 at the world men's under-18 hockey championship.

"We do not do this for the medals. Do not misunderstand, we love to win, but it should be done in the proper way.

GENEVA — Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant rebounded from a "frustrating loss" to Scotland with a pair of lopsided wins on Tuesday at the world mixed doubles curling championship.

PHILADELPHIA — In enemy territory, and on the biggest stage for many of them, the young Toronto Raptors could have withered without their all-star point guard in Philadelphia on Monday night.

MÁLAGA, Spain — Canada's men's tennis team has been drawn into a group with powerhouses Spain and Serbia for the upcoming Davis Cup Finals. Canada's group, which also includes South Korea, will play a round-robin tournament Sept.

ZURICH (AP) — Russia was removed Tuesday as host of the 2023 world championship in men’s ice hockey that was to be played in Vladimir Putin’s home city St. Petersburg.