National Sports

EDMONTON — After a very un-Dallas Stars-like first overtime period in which they sat back and let the Tampa Bay Lightning take it to them, players and coaches in the locker room had a very distinct message.

PARIS — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of the French Open by downing Anna Kalinskaya of Russia 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday. Bouchard, ranked No.

When COVID-19 case counts first started rising around Canada six months ago, Olympic snowboarder Max Parrot worried that his recent bout with cancer would put him at greater risk of contracting the virus.

Saturday's Games NHL Dallas 3 Tampa Bay 2 (2OT) (Lightning lead series 3-2) --- NBA L.A. Lakers 117 Denver 107 (Lakers win series 4-1) --- MLB American League N.Y.

EDMONTON — The Dallas Stars are still alive in the Stanley Cup final, lead by two veterans who are simply refusing to let them lose.

A change of clothes and mindset helped change Andrew McCarthy's fortunes Saturday night at Mohawk Woodbine Park. McCarthy rallied Venerate past filly Donna Soprano, the 3/5 favourite, in the deep stretch to capture the inaugural $1.

Venerate overtook filly Donna Soprano in the deep stretch to capture the inaugural $1.32 million Mohawk Million on Saturday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cavan Biggio broke up a no-hit bid with a solo home run in the sixth inning, Randal Grichuk added a three-run shot and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Saturday night.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas was trailing Texas Tech by 15 points with just more than 3 minutes to play when Sam Ehlinger walked over to his coach and delivered a message. The No. 8 Longhorns weren't out of it, the senior quarterback said. Far from it.

HILDESHEIM, Germany — Eighth-seeded Mensur Suljovic won 6-4 but had his hand full with Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith on Saturday in the second round of the 140,000-pound ($238,845) German Darts Championship.