National Sports

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida is willing to be a restart site for professional sports leagues, just like Arizona, when play resumes following shutdowns caused by the new coronavirus.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says he has no plans to cancel the remainder of the NHL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bettman spoke Tuesday at a virtual town hall hosted by the San Jose Sharks for members of their business alliance.

TORONTO — An MP with a long history with the CFL is hoping the league has called an audible in its approach to securing financial help from the federal government.

TORONTO — Kyle Clifford has twice felt the euphoria of raising the Stanley Cup over his head.

TORONTO — CONCACAF has called off its Men's Under-20 Championships, which was scheduled to kick off June 20 in Honduras, citing the "ongoing uncertainty about when football can resume.

TORONTO — It was unlike any NBA practice he'd ever attended. But two months to the day after the league closed shop due to COVID-19, Malcolm Miller was happy just to be back on the floor with a ball his hands.

OTTAWA — Jeff Hunt is leaving the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, which owns the Ontario Hockey League's 67's and CFL's Redblacks, to focus on the city's new Canadian Premier League soccer franchise.

Referees and their assistants are confident the game will be safe when soccer resumes in North America, says former top referee Howard Webb. But there inevitably will be some changes in behaviour in the COVID-19 world.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have reported an overall operating profit of $3.5 million for the 2019 season, but their bottom line for 2020 is looking far darker.

The head of the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association says its hub-city concept isn't a counter to the NWHL's expansion into Toronto. Three weeks after the U.S.