National Sports

Two-time world 100-metre backstroke champion Kylie Masse has been named Swimming Canada's top female swimmer for a third straight year. The 23-year-old from LaSalle, Ont.

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars fired second-year coach Jim Montgomery on Tuesday for what the team called unprofessional conduct.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Canada's women, runners-up at the Dubai Sevens, will play in a pool with France, Spain and Brazil at this week's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Cape Town.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday the NHL will work swiftly to make changes to better deal with personnel conduct issues in the wake of incidents that surfaced in recent weeks.

DENVER — The Calgary Flames have traded controversy for good fortune and turned their season around. They even found a way to beat the Colorado Avalanche.

Monday's Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 5 Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 5 Washington 2 Ottawa 5 Boston 2 Calgary 5 Colorado 4 (OT) --- AHL Utica 6 Bridgeport 3 --- NBA L.A.

CHICAGO — The Raptors held off the Chicago Bulls and then turned their attention toward the superstar who led them to their first championship in his lone season with Toronto.

OTTAWA — Wins haven’t come easily or often for the Ottawa Senators this season, but Monday night they found a way to beat one of the top teams in the league.

MEXICO CITY — The Montreal Impact have found out who their opponent will be for the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16.

SAN DIEGO — Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday along with former S