National Sports

LORETO, Italy — Dutch champion Mathieu van der Poel caught and passed breakaway rider Matteo Fabbro in the last few hundred metres of an uphill finish to win the penultimate stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race Sunday.

Saturday's Games NHL Dallas 2 Vegas 1 (Dallas leads series 3-1) --- NBA L.A. Lakers 119 Houston 96 (L.A. Lakers win series 4-1) --- MLB American League N.Y.

EDMONTON — Anton Khudobin gloved the puck out of the air on Shea Theodore's shot at the most intense moment of the game like it was part of a leisurely morning practice.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers are going to the conference finals for the first time in a decade, ending the longest drought in franchise history. LeBron James is going there for the first time since 2018.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bo Bichette singled and scored in a successful return to the Toronto lineup and Alejandro Kirk also got a hit and scored in his big league debut Saturday night as the Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 3-2.

EDMONTON — Lou Lamoriello of the New York Islanders is the winner of the Jim Gregory general manager of the year award.

NEW YORK — After one errant forehand in the first set of the U.S.

EDMONTON — Brayden Point didn't walk out of the tunnel to the ice with his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final, and there's no certainty he'll do so in Game 4.

LAS VEGAS — Billy Quarantillo knocked out Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson with a devastating punch early in the third round on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.

TORONTO — Daisuke Fukumoto and Mighty Heart ran away with the $1-million Queen's Plate on Saturday.