National Sports

TORONTO — Doug Wilson was in the pool playing with his grandkids when the phone rang. Lanny McDonald was on the other end of the line.

The Canadian Elite Basketball League has announced plans to hold a tournament in St. Catharines, Ont., starting next month.

Toronto FC confirmed Thursday that midfielder Marky Delgado has signed a new long-term contract.

A young Kim St-Pierre saw magic in that plain, brown goaltending equipment. But she lost the first game she put it on. Parents Louise and André encouraged her to continue, even though there were no girls' teams in Chateauguay, Que., in the 1980s.

Members of the 2008-09 Lethbridge Hurricanes say their "team became an extended family" over the course of that season despite abuse allegations made by a former teammate.

NEW YORK — So, where were we? Mid-March, a spring training exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

James Wilder Jr., has called it a career. The Montreal Alouettes running back retired from football Wednesday, making the formal announcement on social media.

TORONTO — Jarome Iginla got a picture taken with Grant Fuhr when he was kid growing up in Edmonton. They posed for another when the former Oilers goalie played his final season as Iginla's teammate with the Calgary Flames.

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool is on the verge of ending its 30-year league title drought after cruising to a 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday with an attacking display that exemplified a dominant campaign.

TORONTO — The Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps will be the first Canadian teams out of the blocks at the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida. And the good news for both is they each avoid the unwelcome 9 a.m.