National Sports

TORONTO — Wolfpack captain Josh McCrone, while acknowledging the club's ownership let it down, says the financially troubled transatlantic rugby league team still has plenty to offer.

ISTANBUL — Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard fell short of capturing her first WTA tournament title in six years on Sunday, falling to Patricia Maria Tig of Romania 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the Istanbul Tennis Championship.

Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith will face Fallon Sherrock in a high-profile first-round matchup Friday at the 300,000-pound ($505,635) Bwin World Series of Darts Finals.

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.