National Sports

WHISTLER, B.C. — Canada's Christine de Bruin is taking a pair of special birthday presents home from the bobsled world championships in Whistler, B.C. The native of Stony Plain, Alta.

LAS VEGAS — Captain Nate Hirayama scored 16 points as Canada defeated Wales 21-12 on Sunday to finish a disappointing 13th at the HSBC USA Sevens.

DETROIT — Blake Griffin scored 14 of his 27 points in the first quarter and the Detroit Pistons finished with plays at both ends of the court to beat the Toronto Raptors 112-107 in overtime on Sunday night.

LAS VEGAS — Gerard Gallant believes his Vegas Golden Knights are playing their best hockey of the season. After back-to-back shutouts, 15-year veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury certainly might be.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Ottawa Senators snapped their seven-game losing streak, and it came at the expense of the struggling Florida Panthers.

CALGARY — The road back to form for Olympic dual-medallist Ted-Jan Bloemen continued Sunday with a fifth-place finish at the world all-round speedskating championships.

WILLOW, Alaska — Joar Leifseth Ulsom may not be flashy or brash, but he has sled cred.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Rowdy Tellez hit his first home run of the pre-season to help lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 comeback win over the New York Yankees on Sunday in spring training action.

DEWSBURY, United Kingdom — A 70th-minute Gareth O'Brien try completed a late Toronto comeback as the Wolfpack rallied to defeat the Dewsbury Rams 22-17 in Betfred Championship rugby league play Sunday.

MONTREAL — A Quebec major junior hockey team says one of its players has died, apparently from complications from epilepsy. The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada says Alec Reid, 18, died Sunday morning surrounded by loved ones.