National Sports

PARIS — For Gabriela Dabrowski, it's all about Grand Slam titles. The Ottawa tennis player has been to the late stages of major tournaments often enough that there's no longer reward in just reaching a final.

Undefeated Canadian boxer Steve Rolls is ready for the biggest fight of his life. The USBA middleweight champion (19-0) will battle Gennady Golovkin of Kazkahstan (38-1-1) on Saturday in the headline bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

OAKLAND, Calif.

Most everyone agrees that the Canadian women's field hockey team has blossomed under coach Giles Bonnet.

TORONTO — With one swing of the bat in a mid-October game in 1992, Roberto Alomar helped change the perception of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Thursday's Games NHL Stanley Cup Final St. Louis 2 Boston 1 (Blues lead series 3-2) --- AHL Calder Cup Final Charlotte 5 Chicago 3 (Checkers lead series 3-1) --- MLB American League N.Y.

REGINA — Zach Collaros and Matt Nichols appear ready to begin the CFL regular season.

BOSTON — From last place in the league to the brink of their first Stanley Cup championship, the St. Louis Blues need one more win to complete their improbable journey. They have a young goaltender leading the way.

BOSTON — Craig Berube's bunch likes to live dangerously. In Game 5 alone, Ivan Barbashev got away with a high hit on Marcus Johansson and Zach Sanford got his elbow up into Torey Krug's head and avoided a penalty.

MONTREAL — Antonio Pipkin has Vernon Adams Jr.'s support when it comes to who is No. 1 for the Montreal Alouettes. Pipkin and Adams Jr.