National Sports

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs' stars took advantage of the depleted Vegas Golden Knights with a 4-0 win Tuesday. Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto (5-4-1) in the Leafs' third victory in a row.

LORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY — Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a New York Jet. The Kansas City Chiefs dealt the veteran offensive guard to New York on Tuesday before the 4 p.m. ET NFL trade deadline for backup tight end Daniel Brown.

Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff says he was "not aware" until this year of the severity of the sexual assault allegations made more than a decade ago against a former Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County agreed Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to two families who lost relatives in last year's helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people.

WINNIPEG — Kicker Sergio Castillo and defensive back Winston Rose had one thing in common Tuesday — both were smiling while talking to reporters.

TORONTO — Hall of Fame jockey Hugo Dittfach has died. He was 85. Woodbine Entertainment announced Dittfach's death Tuesday. Dittfach won over 4,000 races as a jockey and in 1983 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Reggie Begelton has some unfinished business with the Calgary Stampeders. The speedy receiver re-signed with Calgary on Monday for the remainder of the '21 season.

Toronto FC's season is on the line Wednesday, with the visit of Pacific FC for the Canadian Championship semifinal.

MONTREAL — Kevin Gilmore is stepping down as president and chief executive officer of Major League Soccer team CF Montréal. A team release Thursday said the move is effective immediately and called it "a mutual decision amongst all parties involved.

HOUSTON (AP) — The World Series has its highest broadcast viewership since 2019 — with 13.9 million tuned in during Sunday's Game 5 alone across Fox platforms. Atlanta’s 3-2 win over Houston on Saturday night received a 5.