National Sports

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Calling the NBA's all-time leading scorer — regular season and playoffs — old and just another player might not seem very smart to most folks.

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs are moving on minus Michael Bunting. They don't have any other choice.

VANCOUVER — Top-seeded men's players Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Andrey Rublev of Russia are joining Bjorn Borg's Team Europe for this year's Laver Cup in Vancouver.

STUTTGART, Germany — Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani are out of the Stuttgart Open. The duo lost in the doubles quarterfinal to Alexa Guarachi of Chile and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (4).

EDMONTON — NHL players' phones start chiming and pinging like casinos when the playoffs start.

BARCELONA, Spain — Canada's Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the Barcelona Open. He lost to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-2 in the clay court tournament's Round of 16 on Thursday in 77 minutes.

TORONTO — Canada Soccer says it was not consulted about the joint bid by the U.S. and Mexico to host the 2027 Women's World Cup. The U.S.

Steeped in international curling experience, Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing are about to embark on something new.

The Edmonton Oilers bounced back in a big way last night, something the Toronto Maple Leafs will try to replicate.

EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl continued his torrid start in the NHL playoffs, but the Edmonton Oilers also leaned on their depth in a 4-2 win Wednesday over the Los Angeles Kings to even their playoff series at a win apiece.