National Sports

REGINA — Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen, Alberta's Brendan Bottcher and Manitoba's Reid Carruthers emerged from the Canadian men's curling championship's opening weekend as front-runners.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet hopes that a close, grinding victory provides the panacea for his Canucks. Especially when it comes to backup goaltender Casey DeSmith. DeSmith picked up his first win in goal since Jan.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Morgan Barron and the Winnipeg Jets suddenly have a knack for rallying from third-period deficits. On Sunday night, though, they didn’t dig themselves too big a hole in a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Canada will have to get past the United States to make it to the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup final. The Americans, ranked second in the world, defeated No.

CARSON, Calif. — The Canadian women followed their third-place finish last weekend in Vancouver with a fourth Sunday at the HSBC SVNS Los Angeles. Canada was beaten 21-7 by the United States in the third-place playoff at Dignity Health Sports Park.

TORONTO — If the Toronto Raptors are going to make the NBA's play-in tournament without all-star Scottie Barnes, they're going to have to trust themselves and each other.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Vancouver Giants shook off a tough 3-2 road loss in Kamloops on Saturday by beating the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 5-2 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action at Langley Events Centre.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Austin Eckroat left PGA National with a share of the lead Saturday. He left with the outright lead Sunday. He'll have to come back Monday to finish the job.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Carson Rehkopf scored at 4:07 of overtime as the Kitchener Rangers edged the visiting Kingston Frontenacs 3-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

MONTREAL — Caeli McKay did everything she could and then some. It still wasn’t enough to cap Canada’s weekend with a podium placement. McKay set a personal best on the international stage with 383.