National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Aces have added six-foot-seven, 275-pound prop Adam Lawton for their inaugural 2021 season. Lawton, 27, arrives from fellow League 1 side Newcastle Thunder. He is the 18th player to sign for Ottawa.

Del Komarniski gets excited when he sees Kelly Olynyk report to the scorer's table to check into a game. "And when I see him getting subbed off the floor, I get a little angry," Komarniski said with a laugh.

Under normal circumstances, Ottawa's Liam Dobson would be preparing to play yet another football game with the Maine Bears.

Canada's Dalton Kellett rookie season as an IndyCar driver didn't go as he expected.

SAN DIEGO — Although Blake Snell was thoroughly frustrated about giving up three homers in his biggest start of the season, the Tampa Bay ace at least had a grudging appreciation for the New York Yankees' swings on each ball that cleared the wall at

SAN DIEGO — Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for New York's fourth home run of the game, and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 Monday night in the opener of their AL Division Series at Petco Park.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers say Connor McDavid has tested positive for COVID-19. The NHL team made the announcement on Twitter on Monday night. The Oilers say their team captain is self-quarantining at home and experiencing mild symptoms.

VANCOUVER — In the midst of a season stacked with unexpected challenges, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos says he's committed to finishing what he started.

After just one weekend of play, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is facing two significant COVID-19 issues.

Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has one workout he loathes. He wheels for an hour on rollers in his garage, maintaining a heart rate of 165. It's close enough to his maximum heart rate of 182 to be 60 minutes of pain.