National Sports

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach and university president Jim Tressel as the state’s next lieutenant governor on Monday.

The Canadian Premier League will kick off its seventh season April 5 with a tripleheader that includes a rematch of the 2024 championship game between Cavalry FC and Forge FC. Unlike the Nov.

So much for the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defence denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close.

Sunday's Scoreboard NFL Super Bowl At New Orleans Philadelphia 40 Kansas City 22 --- NHL Tampa Bay 5 Montreal 3 Utah 5 Washington 4 (SO) --- AHL Manitoba 7 Iowa 2 --- NBA Houston 94 Toronto 87 Detroit 112 Charlotte 102 Milwaukee 135 Philadelphia 127

PORTAGE — Reid Carruthers and Kevin Koe round out the field for the Canadian men's curling championship after their teams won their respective provincial finals Sunday. Carruthers defeated Braden Calvert 9-7 in Portage la Prairie, Man.

VANCOUVER — The United States will not have star defenceman Quinn Hughes in the lineup at the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. The Vancouver Canucks captain has been ruled out of the competition due to an undisclosed injury.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored the shootout winner , leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 5-4 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

OTTAWA — Connor Clattenburg had a goal and two assists, Kaden Pitre chipped in with five assists, and the visiting Flint Firebirds flew past the Ottawa 67's 5-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday at TD Place.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies scored five first-period goals and then coasted to a 6-3 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League victory over the visiting Val-d’Or Foreurs on Sunday at Arena Glencore.