National Sports

LAVAL, Que. — The Laval Rocket have taken a commanding lead in the North Division Final series after beating the Rochester Americans 3-1 on Monday.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — For the past decade in Seattle, nearly every team drill and every team activity had No. 3 and No. 54 at the front of the line leading the way.

The Washington Commanders have procured land in Woodbridge, Virginia, for what could be a potential site of the NFL team’s next stadium, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female.

EDMONTON — Milan Lucic and his head coach are on the same page — the situation could have been a whole lot worse.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Russell Wilson says he won't get caught up in the emotions of his return to Seattle when he leads the Denver Broncos onto Lumen Field to face the Seahawks in the season opener in four months. “It's got to be non-emotional.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford had an offseason injection in his elbow to quell an unspecified minor injury that nagged him throughout the Los Angeles Rams' run to the Super Bowl.

EDMONTON — The Calgary Flames need to figure out a way to at least begin to contain Connor McDavid. The same goes for Leon Draisaitl. Evander Kane, too.

HELSINKI — Denmark beat Canada in the men's world hockey championship for the first time with a 3-2 victory Monday.

The Calgary Stampeders said Monday they're aware of an altercation between receiver Brendan Langley and an airline employee that was caught on video.