National Sports

TORONTO — A .600 winning percentage would be good for a first-place position in two of the six divisions in Major League Baseball. It's not even close to top spot in the powerhouse American League East.

Jack Dodd, an important member of Toronto FC's front office who helped build the club from MLS doormat to champion, has left to join the Portland Timbers as their technical director.

Anne Merklinger says the safe sport issues that have plagued Canadian athletes recently are the result of larger problems that deserve to be put under a microscope.

RIGA, Latvia — Jack Quinn scored the winning goal in the eighth round of a shootout as Canada overcame a toothless power play to defeat Slovakia 2-1 Monday at the world hockey championship.

GUELPH, Ont. — Different team, different city, same mindset for Jordan Williams. The Canadian linebacker is preparing for his third CFL season but first with the Toronto Argonauts. B.C.

EDMONTON — A lone Vegas Golden Knights fan could be heard as Edmonton's Rogers Place descended into silence Sunday. “Skinn-errrr, Skinn-errrr,” was the one-man chant.

GUELPH, Ont. — Dontrelle Inman has cut short his return to the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto placed the veteran receiver on the retired list Monday, one day after he opened training camp with the CFL club.

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Trailing by four shots heading into the final round of the Founders Classic, Jin Young Ko got a little inspiration about comeback wins watching fellow South Korean Sung-jae Im rally from a big deficit to win on the KPGA Tour.

Barbecue season is now underway coast-to-coast as the Edmonton Oilers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup picture last night, failing to stop Jonathan Marchessault and his Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 at Rogers Place.

EDMONTON — The Vegas Golden Knights advanced into familiar territory and also eliminated the Edmonton Oilers from Stanley Cup contention with a 5-2 win Sunday.