National Sports

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — The Canadian women's lightweight double boat is moving on to the semifinals at the world rowing championships. Jennifer Casson of Kingston, Ont., and Kate Haber of Owen Sound, Ont.

The Edmonton Eskimos have been honoured for their impressive win in Week 13 of the CFL season. Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly and receiver D'haquille 'Duke' Williams were named the league's top two performers of the week on Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck excels with a goalie stick, but how he handles a hammer or paint brush remains to be seen.

TORONTO — It was almost 30 years ago to the day that Canada's Dave Steen climbed the Olympic medal podium in 1988 in Seoul, winning bronze in the decathlon.

It was called the Lingerie Football League when Stevi Schnoor started. Now, it's the Legends Football League. The game has changed and so have the uniforms. While there is still no shortage of cleavage on display, the focus is more on football.

Marcel Rocque makes no bones about his coaching technique: he's an intense, results-oriented instructor who's not afraid to be blunt and direct when needed.

HAMILTON — Chad Owens is back with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Ticats added the CFL's most outstanding player from 2012 to their practice roster on Tuesday.

TORONTO — The commissioner of the Canadian Premier League says the new pro soccer circuit is prepared to launch with seven teams, but will search for an eighth.

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk broke his silence and laid out his vision for the franchise's future on Monday night in a video posted to the club's Twitter account. The rebuild is officially on.

Monday's Games NFL N.Y. Jets 48 Detroit 17 L.A. Rams 33 Oakland 13 --- MLB American League Houston 3 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 6 Cleveland 5 N.Y. Yankees 7 Minnesota 2 Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 3 (10 innings) Texas 5 at L.A.