National Sports

Thursday's Games NBA Golden State 126 Washington 118 Oklahoma City 122 New Orleans 116 Portland 120 Phoenix 106 Minnesota 120 L.A. Lakers 105 --- AHL Chicago 5 Cleveland 1 --- Friday's Games (All Times Eastern) NBA Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m.

ASPEN, Colo. — Canada's Cassie Sharpe and Laurie Blouin opened the Winter X Games with gold-medal performances on Thursday, while fellow Canadian Rachael Karker grabbed a bronze. Sharpe, from Comox, Ont.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Alberta's Selena Sturmay has one more draw to play at the Canadian junior curling championship, but it's only for practice.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Canada's top two women's tennis players will square off for the first time on Friday at the Oracle Challenger. Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., will face Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont.

MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. — One year ago, Canadian moguls skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe and her sisters announced that their mom, Johane, had won her battle with cancer and was in remission.

DeVone Claybrooks will forever be linked with fiery head coach Jon Gruden and Pro Football Hall of Fame players Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks. In 2002, the B.C.

Toronto welterweight Samuel Vargas will fight veteran Luis Collazo on March 17 at the Hulu Theatre inside Madison Square Garden. The 10-round bout will be a co-feature on the St.

SAN FRANCISCO — Hall-of-Fame quarterback Joe Montana, looking to hit pay dirt in the legal marijuana industry, is part of a $75 million investment in a pot operator, it was announced Thursday.

A well-rounded athlete who had a CFL stint cut short due to injury, Jim McKean's professional plans were unclear when he decided to take in a Montreal Expos game in the team's early days at Jarry Park.

TORONTO — Ottawa 67's forward Tye Felhaber is producing goals at a rate not seen in the Ontario Hockey League in well over a decade.