National Sports

No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee will not be played Saturday because of COVID-19 issues, raising the number of Southeastern Conference games postponed this week to three.

The US$1-million Hambletonian still beckons, but Canadian harness driver Trevor Henry still has a pretty neat career milestone to relish. The 49-year-old resident of Arthur, Ont.

CALGARY — The University of Michigan will not release defenceman Owen Power to participate in the Canadian junior men's hockey team selection camp.

TORONTO — Shane Talbot, who oversaw Raptors Uprising GC's perfect NBA 2K League regular season this year, has been named manager of Canada’s NBA 2K team ahead of the FIBA Esports Open.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil advanced to the third round of the Sofia Open ATP 250 indoor hardcourt tournament on Tuesday, while fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov was defeated in his debut as a tournament top seed.

Tony Waiters, who coached Canada in its only appearance at the World Cup and led the Vancouver Whitecaps to the North American Soccer League championship, has died. He was 83.

TORONTO — Peter Mansbridge was at the Toronto Raptors' NBA Championship celebration in Nathan Phillips Square in June 2019 when gunfire broke out near the crowd of about one million people.

The Toronto Blue Jays were eager to shore up their rotation after losing some pitchers to free agency. Robbie Ray was keen to return on a short-term deal. The timing worked for all involved.

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu is planning to make her long-awaited return to the WTA Tour this January in Australia. The 20-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

James Duthie faced a big problem. After conducting dozens of interviews for a compilation of hockey stories — most of them previously known to only a select few — the award-winning broadcaster was stuck. The book needed a name.