National Sports

CALGARY — The National Sport School in Calgary that produces Olympic and Paralympic champions faces possible closure after a quarter century.

Coach Jene Baclawski had been on the job just a week with her St. Kitts and Nevis team before Caribbean Olympic qualifying started in late September.

LOS ANGELES — From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music’s biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city's NBA team.

Sunday's Games NBA Denver 117 Houston 110 Toronto 110 San Antonio 106 New Orleans 123 Boston 108 New York 110 Brooklyn 97 L.A.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Colleen Jones fell just short in her bid to skip a Nova Scotia rink at the Canadian women's curling championship at the age of 60.

LANGLEY, B.C. — It was a Manitoba sweep at the Canadian junior curling championships.

SAN ANTONIO — The Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs did not want to be on the court after learning Kobe Bryant had died, but they tried to honour him as best they could.

MILTON, Ont. — Canada's Lauriane Genest kept her expectations in check ahead of the final day of competition at the UCI Track World Cup on Sunday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Olivier Rodrigue stopped all 18 shots he faced as the Moncton Wildcats shut out the Charlottetown Islanders 4-0 on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Jay Triano remembers the day Kobe Bryant explained why he wore No. 24. "It represented the number of hours in a day, and that's what it would take to be the best," Triano said.