National Sports

Although it has been a strange PGA Tour season with rescheduled events after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roger Sloan has been grateful for the opportunities it has presented. Sloan, from Merritt, B.C.

VANCOUVER — Many elements lined up to get Jack Rathbone under contract with the Vancouver Canucks, not the least of which was the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes was Elias Pettersson's roommate when Vancouver was on the road this season.

LOS ANGELES — Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for 15 days on Wednesday by Oaklawn Park stewards and two of his horses were disqualified in Arkansas after testing positive for a banned substance.

Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says he is not going to rush pitcher Chase Anderson back to action.

Patrik Laine said back in May there was a good chance he'd look "terrible" if the NHL resumed its season this summer.

Marc Gasol spent part of the summer of 2018 on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, helping pluck terrified people from the water, migrants fleeing Libya for the shores of Europe.

PASADENA, Calif.

Coming off a heady few months of an NBA title and a FIBA World Cup win, Marc Gasol couldn't replicate that success with the Toronto Raptors this season. The frustration gnawed at him.

NEW YORK — Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins, John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Jack Adams Award, presented annually to the NHL's coach of the year.