National Sports

NEW YORK — Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90.

NEW YORK — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t work out. He never did.

LONDON — Having finally ended a goal drought, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is now celebrating the greatest strike of his career. With an acrobatic overhead kick, the Brighton forward stunned not just Chelsea but his own team, too.

DALLAS — The 2021 NHL Winter Classic will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field, the home stadium of the MLB's Twins.

NEW YORK — NBA says former commissioner David Stern has died at age 77 nearly three weeks after suffering brain hemorrhage. More coming. The Canadian Press

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Cole Caufield is getting used to the attention.

Dallas Stars forward Corey Perry got a game misconduct penalty, taking him out of the Winter Classic after an elbow to the head of Nashville Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis less than three minutes into Wednesday's game.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Jenna Buglioni had the game-winning goal and added an assist as Canada beat Finland 4-1 on Wednesday in the semifinal of the under-18 women's world hockey championship.

WINNIPEG — Defensive back Marcus Sayles was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Wednesday so he can pursue opportunities in the NFL. The 25-year-old international player had several tryouts with NFL players last month.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Alexis Lafreniere started by weaving back and forth on the edges of his skates. Next up was a series of twists and turns as he continued to test what is, at this moment, Canada's most famous knee.