National Sports

Thursday's Scoreboard World Junior Hockey Championship Preliminary Round (At Ottawa) Canada 4 Finland 0 Sweden 5 Slovakia 2 United States 10 Germany 4 Czechia 5 Switzerland 1 --- AHL Toronto 3 Belleville 0 --- NFL Seattle 6 Chicago 3 --- NBA Memphis

CHICAGO (AP) — Riq Woolen intercepted Caleb Williams' late pass and the Seattle Seahawks boosted their fading playoff hopes, squeezing past Chicago 6-3 on Thursday night to hand the Bears their 10th straight loss.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr.

OTTAWA — Defenceman Cole Hutson had five assists as United States opened defence of its gold medal with a resounding 10-4 win over Germany on Thursday as the 2025 world junior hockey championship got underway.

SYDNEY (AP) — Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retirements.

Long the standard by which Canadian running backs are measured in the NFL, Rueben Mayes is hoping Chuba Hubbard can set that bar even higher.

The Detroit Red Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde on Thursday and named Todd McLellan as his replacement, a major change by general manager Steve Yzerman more than a third of the way through another disappointing season in the place known as “Hockeytow

The Professional Women's Hockey League played a first season and started a second, the Northern Super League fired its engines for an all-Canadian women's soccer launch, and the WNBA announced its arrival in Canada.

No explanation required was the consensus among voters for The Canadian Press award for 2024 female athlete of the year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.