National Sports

CALGARY — It took 13 seasons but goaltender Mike Smith finally heard his name chanted at a game – and in a good way.

TORONTO — Calgary skip Chelsea Carey took a break from curling after coming home from a disappointing performance at the recent world women's championship in Denmark. She didn't throw stones for almost a week once she returned.

BOSTON — Hours after joking about his continued inability to grow a playoff beard, Mitch Marner stepped up like a hardened post-season performer. At this point, it shouldn't come as a surprise.

BOSTON — Rafael Devers hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning and the struggling Boston Red Sox rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday for their first home victory of the season.

MOOSIC, Pa. — Bobby Meacham stood against the dugout railing before Thursday night's game explaining how the newest addition to his Buffalo Bisons lineup had found so much success at such a young age. Then, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

WASHINGTON — Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin combined to score three goals on the first eight shots, and the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals survived a surge from Andrei Svechnikov and the Carolina Hurricanes to win Game 1 of t

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau believes science was at work late in the afternoon at Augusta National, creating a force in the atmosphere where big roars from great shots filter through the back nine.

TORONTO — Major League Rugby will expand to 12 teams in 2020 with the addition of the New England Free Jacks, Washington's Old Glory DC and Atlanta's Rugby ATL. The pro rugby union league will also features two conferences in 2020.

Toronto FC picked up a first-round draft pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft in a trade Thursday with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Galaxy also sent the No. 2 MLS allocation ranking for 2019 to Toronto in exchange for the No.

MONTREAL — Quebecor has proposed putting a corporate dispute with BCE's Bell Canada on ice until at least April 23 — a move that offers possible relief for hockey fans who prefer their NHL games to be televised in French.