National Sports

CALGARY — The story of why the Canadian women's curling championship is named the Tournament of Hearts starts over 40 years ago with sisters drinking wine. Robin Wilson and sister Dawn Knowles had just won a second Canadian championship with B.C.

MONTREAL — The struggling Montreal Canadiens fired head coach Claude Julien and associate coach Kirk Muller on Wednesday following a three-game skid.

With the world still reeling in a global pandemic, Fred VanVleet is keeping the NBA all-star game in perspective.

VANCOUVER — The Edmonton Oilers clawed their way to a comeback win on Tuesday and goalie Mike Smith believes it's a result his team can truly build on.

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs Tuesday morning, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods and a combination of screws and pins.

The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' high school sports.

CALGARY — Athletes setting significant records in their sport are often too busy achieving those milestones to process their place in history in the moment.

TAMPA, Fla. — Trailing by 17 points with less than two minutes to play, and a game in Miami looming the next day, the Toronto Raptors could have called it a night.

OTTAWA — A couple chipped teeth, two goals, a fight, four shots, and 18-plus minutes of quality ice time. Brady Tkachuk did everything he could to lock down two points for Ottawa on Tuesday night.

CALGARY — Joey Anderson scored twice as the Toronto Marlies beat the Stockton Heat 5-1 on Tuesday in American Hockey League play.