National Sports

The Saskatchewan Roughriders helped ease Chris Jones' pain. The Riders signed Jones, their head coach/GM, to a one-year extension Tuesday. The 51-year-old native of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., is under contract with Saskatchewan through 2020.

Defenders Jordan Murrell and Skylar Thomas are back together again, this time wearing Winnipeg's Valour FC colours. The two met in Costa Rica at a Canadian under-18 camp before spending four years together at Syracuse University.

TORONTO — Nashville Predators star defenceman P.K. Subban has reached out to a teenage hockey player facing racial abuse. Subban, a Toronto native, recorded a video and sent it by text to Ty Cornett, 13-year-old Detroit-area hockey player last week.

Sometimes caring so much comes with a cost.

TORONTO — CBC Sports executive Greg Stremlaw will be leaving the corporation later this month to become the chief executive officer and president of an unnamed professional sports franchise.

CALGARY — Cassandra Gregory's talent as a hockey linesman was recognized when she was assigned to work the men's final at a prestigious annual midget triple-A tournament in Calgary on Jan. 1.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts re-signed American defensive back Qudarius Ford through the 2020 season Tuesday. Ford, 26, suffered a season-ending injury in Toronto's opening game of the '18 campaign. The native of Pensacola, Fla.

HAMILTON — Canadian forward Marcel Zajac is forgoing his final year of eligibility at the University of Akron to sign a multi-year contract with Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Golfer Rod Spittle and longtime college golf coach Herb Page will be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame this spring. Spittle will enter in the player category while Page will be inducted as a builder.

BOSTON — Michael Phelps is picking up more hardware — this time for what he's been doing outside the pool.