National Sports

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera was placed on administrative leave Tuesday by Major League Baseball, a day after his arrest in a domestic violence case at an Atlantic City casino.

SASKATOON — Canadian offensive linemen are golden in the CFL, and Brendon LaBatte's value to the Saskatchewan Roughriders can't be understated.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks don't know who their starting quarterback will be when they open the CFL season next month, but the team sees no reason to worry about the situation.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers added another foundational piece to their latest rebuild Tuesday, hiring veteran head coach Dave Tippett to take over behind the bench.

Calgary is handing the 2021 world luge championships to Whistler, B.C., because of the sliding track's precarious situation. The 33-year-old track on Calgary's west side was the sliding sport venue for the 1988 Winter Olympics.

TORONTO — For former Toronto Raptors executive Glen Grunwald, the defining moment of the team's first game in November 1995 didn't come when the players trotted out on the SkyDome hardcourt in their old-school warmup outfits, when Alvin Robertson hit

OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr took a far different approach than Milwaukee Bucks counterpart Mike Budenholzer when asked about Drake's courtside antics at Toronto Raptors games.

Amid calls for the NHL to take an ownership stake in women's hockey, a former WNBA commissioner says the women's basketball league wouldn't have survived without the NBA. Val Ackerman was WNBA president for the first nine of its 23 years.

TORONTO — James Lackey's students at Brampton Christian School will have to forgive him for cheering on Golden State this week as the Toronto Raptors open up the NBA Finals against the Warriors.

TORONTO — A father of four in addition to being Toronto FC coach, Greg Vanney is used to have his nerves tested. The 44-year-old former U.S. international is normally a picture of cool.