National Sports

Friday's Scoreboard CFL Ottawa 26 Edmonton 7 --- MLB American League Boston 5 Toronto 0 Minnesota 8 Baltimore 1 Houston 5 Texas 3 Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 4 Tampa Bay 15 Seattle 4 National League Cincinnati 7 San Diego 5 (11 innings) Washington 2

Fred VanVleet bet on himself, and the Houston Rockets are the beneficiaries. On an opening night of free agency where most big names — Kyrie Irving, Draymond Green, Khris Middleton, Kyle Kuzma and more — stayed put, VanVleet is headed to a new home.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks finally had reason to celebrate following a 26-7 win over the Edmonton Elks on Friday night. Not only did Ottawa pick up its first win of the season, but it was the first home win in 640 days.

The Toronto Raptors are entering a new era, bidding farewell to stalwart point guard Fred VanVleet, re-signing centre Jakob Poeltl and welcoming German guard Dennis Schroder.

TORONTO — The Blue Jays have a winning record against every division in Major League Baseball this season. Except their own.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer has been able to avoid most of the trouble at SentryWorld in the U.S. Senior Open. He still was far from unscathed Friday in a 3-under 68 that gave him the second-round lead.

CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard heard from a lot of people after he was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks with the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft. There was one in particular that stood out.

DETROIT (AP-CP) — Taylor Moore and Canada's Taylor Pendrith shared the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 13 under Friday, hoping to hold off a veteran trying to end a victory drought and a promising young pro aiming for his first PGA Tour victory.

The Stanley Cup champions ponied up to keep the goaltender who backstopped them to their first title, and a handful of NHL teams shed salary to prepare for free agency.

Brad Treliving remembers a time when NHL general managers were basically done with free agency shortly after the window opened. Big names quickly scooped up, roles filled, rosters largely set.