National Sports

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up close as soon as they arrived in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — The start of spring training likely will be a casualty of Major League Baseball's lockout, which will threaten opening day unless the drawn-out talks lead to a deal in less than a month.

MONTREAL (AP) — Former NHL enforcer Chris Nilan says he was fired from a Montreal sports radio station for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

MONTREAL — Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend’s NFC championship game between the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, authorities said Fr

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired defensive midfielder Sebastian Berhalter from the Columbus Crew on Friday for US$50,000 in 2022 general allocation money.

Canadians Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Jessie Fleming, Stephanie Labbe and Christine Sinclair are up for CONCACAF Player of the Year.

TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows open their fourth Major League Rugby season Sunday at the Seattle Seawolves. A look at the Arrows: Last Year: Based out of Marietta, Ga., due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, the team went 5-11-0.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts re-signed American defensive back Chris Edwards on Friday. Edwards, 29, appeared in 14 regular-season games with Toronto in 2021, his first year with the club.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Jesse Gibbon on Friday. Gibbon, 25, appeared in 14 regular-season games with Hamilton, starting two, in 2021. The six-foot-five, 300-pound native of Waterloo, Ont.