National Sports

TORONTO — The Chicago Sky say head coach and general manager James Wade is joining the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are beefing up their blue line as part of NHL free agency on Saturday.

TORONTO — Alek Manoah is moving up to double-A. The Toronto Blue Jays pitcher will start for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Sunday as he works to rediscover his throwing form.

TORONTO — He came to Canada chasing an opportunity to continue playing football. On Monday night, Derrell (Mookie) Mitchell will forever be a part of the Toronto Argonauts.

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.