National Sports

MONTREAL — With a portrait of legendary goalie Jacques Plante hanging just a few feet away in the Canadiens locker room, Carey Price tried to digest what it meant to establish a team record.

CLEVELAND — Odell Beckham Jr. is about to run a deep route out of New Jersey — straight to Cleveland.

Baseball prognasticators are predicting pain for the 2019 edition of the Toronto Blue Jays. What remains unclear is whether the team's off-season teardown might result in a short-term malaise or an extended run of mediocrity.

TURIN, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo made a mockery of Atletico Madrid's vaunted defence , and then mocked its coach as well.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canada's contingent of tennis teenagers is continuing to make waves in the California desert. Wild card Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont.

MANCHESTER, England — A record-tying victory in the last 16 and a quarterfinal lineup lacking at least three of Europe's top teams suggests this just might be Manchester City's year in the Champions League.

TORONTO — The expansion Toronto Arrows have been named Major League Rugby's team of the week after reeling off 24 unanswered points in a 27-20 win at the San Diego Legion.

TORONTO — The NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly are adamant the star defenceman didn't utter a homophobic slur on the ice.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Josh Teves to a one-year entry-level contract. The 24-year-old Calgary native had 85 points in 126 career games over four seasons with the Princeton University Tigers.

NEW YORK — Toronto Raptors centre/forward Serge Ibaka has been suspended three games without pay by the NBA after a fight with Marquese Chriss of the Cleveland Cavaliers.