National Sports

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show.

TORONTO — The financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack, a rugby league franchise without a home, have started a GoFundMe campaign to help players and staff who have not been paid since June 10.

TORONTO — Dan Near and his team at Adidas saw the numbers and were brainstorming about how to proceed. The NHL had just released a survey on fans' favourite all-time jersey designs, and 22 of the top-25 were either retro or now-defunct looks.

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger apparently doesn't need to practice to carve up the Cincinnati Bengals.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has announced five new directors to its board of directors, including three women, to serve two-year terms.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he's been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — The Rimouski Oceanic defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar for the second consecutive night with a 4-2 victory in Baie-Comeau Sunday afternoon. Rimouski edged Baie-Comeau 3-2 Saturday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Nothing ever comes easily for Dustin Johnson in the majors, except for when he slipped his arms through that Masters green jacket Sunday. Johnson overcame a jittery start that conjured memories of past majors he failed to finish off.

CASTLEFORD, United Kingdom — Former Toronto Wolfpack fullback Gareth O'Brien has signed a three-year deal with the Castleford Tigers. The 29-year-old originally joined Castleford in August on loan for the remainder of the season.

After winning a difficult race to equal Michael Schumacher's record of seven Formula One championships on Sunday, the hardest thing for Lewis Hamilton was containing his emotions.