National Sports

Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season's "Sunday Night Football" opener since the NFL is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The National Women's Hockey League has reached an "amicable agreement" to resume using the Buffalo Beauts' logos and trademarked materials in resolving its lawsuit with the team's former owners.

VANCOUER, B.C. — Despite five seasons of mediocre on-ice results, Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning believes his new contract shows that the team trusts his plan for the future.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team.

MONTREAL — Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe is about to start the most important race of her life.

WINNIPEG — The Green Bay Packers are making no promises that star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will play during Thursday's NFL pre-season game in Winnipeg against the Oakland Raiders.

TORONTO — Long the home of more traditional forms of entertainment, Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall will also become an esports epicentre next year.

Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is the latest Canadian Olympic medal hopeful to get caught up in a doping controversy.

TORONTO — Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., Edmonton Eskimos QB Trevor Harris and Calgary Stampeders receiver Reggie Begelton are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 10.

SYDNEY, Australia — Aaron Best scored 20 points while Andrew Nembhard added 17 as Canada's men's basketball team trounced the New Zealand Tall Blacks 122-88 in a pre-FIBA World Cup exhibition game Tuesday.