National Sports

Canada's Olympic attire tends to consist of predictably patriotic fare: variations on the same red-and-white, Maple Leaf-adorned uniforms we see year after year.

Jim Lawson is back in the CFL. Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that Lawson, who stepped down as CFL board chairman in 2019, has joined the Hamilton Sports Group as an executive committee member.

Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd makes her Professional Fighters League debut on Wednesday when she takes on American Kaitlin (The Striking Viking) Young on the promotion's high-profile final card of the season. The 38-year-old from Port Moody, B.C.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts are now McLeod Bethel-Thompson's team.

MONTREAL — After a heartbreaking tie in Toronto on Saturday, CF Montréal's players are no doubt concerned about their team's poor position in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference.

Toronto FC has gone 5-9-6 since first-year coach Chris Armas was fired July 4 after a disastrous 7-1 loss to D.C. United. And while there have been improvements, the man who succeeded Armas is candid about where the 6-17-8 team is today.

CHICAGO — Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks following the release of the findings of an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player in 2010. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Montreal Alouettes swept the performer of the week awards for Week 12 of the CFL season, with running back William Stanback taking top honours.

LIVERPOOL, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA — Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., scored back-to-back deuces in the fifth and sixth ends in a 7-5 win over Jestyn Murphy of Mississauga, Ont., on Monday in the first draw of Canada's Olympic curling pre-trials.

NEW YORK — Andrew Mangiapane scored twice and the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Monday night for their third straight win.