National Sports

P.K. Subban doesn't want to give advice to all the unsigned young players around the NHL. He just vividly remembers his own experience as a restricted free agent. Before he signed a short, so-called "bridge" contract, he took some motherly advice.

Chris Stewart's bags were packed. Minus any suitable NHL offers last summer, the big forward was ready to pull up stakes and head to Russia's Kontinental Hockey League in hopes of resurrecting his career. Then he got cold feet.

REGINA — Receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert is returning to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

MONTREAL — Bianca Andreescu's coach says his star player is heading right back to work after her historic win in the U.S. Open. After a few days off to celebrate, the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

SHANGHAI — Marc Gasol remembers the day the coveted invitation to join Spain's storied national basketball program arrived in the mail. He was maybe 14 or 15 years old at the time.

TORONTO — Winnipeg quarterback Chris Streveler, Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman John Bowman and Blue Bombers defensive lineman Willie Jefferson are the CFL's top performers for Week 13.

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Canadian qualifier Leylah Annie Fernandez lost 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-5 to Japan's Nao Hibino in the first round of the Japan Open on Tuesday. Fernandez, a 17-year-old from Laval, Que.

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees and Wil Lutz supplied the accuracy and poise New Orleans needed to overcome another officiating gaffe and its defence's late collapse.

Monday's Games NFL New Orleans 30 Houston 28 Oakland 24 Denver 16 --- MLB American League Cleveland 6 L.A. Angels 2 N.Y. Yankees 5 Boston 0 Houston 15 Oakland 0 National League Atlanta 7 Philadelphia 2 N.Y.

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