National Sports

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have parted ways with two veteran members of their communications department.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau says the league is planning to play a full 68-game season in 2020-21 with "a certain percentage of spectators" in the stands.

WASHINGTON — Wes Unseld was an undersized NBA centre known more for his bruising picks, tenacious rebounding and perfectly placed outlet passes than any points he produced. He thrived in his role as a workmanlike leader.

OTTAWA — Canadian university sports has parted company with chief executive officer Graham Brown and appointed Dick White as interim CEO of the organization. Brown has been president and CEO of U Sports since 2015.

Quebec's Kim Clavel, the North American Boxing Federation light-flyweight champion who returned to nursing when the global pandemic interrupted her fighting career, has been named winner of the Pat Tillman Award for Service.

Kyle Dubas has spent enough of his still-young career as an NHL executive worrying about the draft lottery.

English Premier League players will be able to show solidarity with the George Floyd justice campaign during games without the prospect of facing sanctions.

PARIS — Formula One will finally get underway with back-to-back races at the Austrian Grand Prix in July as part of an eight-race European swing.

OTTAWA — It looks like hockey fans will be able to cheer on their favourite NHL team this summer but Canadians have issued a collective shrug about whether the Stanley Cup is hoisted on their home ice.

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism.