National Sports

TORONTO — The off-season to-do list for Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins has a couple of glaring needs at the top as he prepares to head out to Las Vegas for next week's baseball winter meetings.

TORONTO — UFC featherweight champion Max (Blessed) Holloway took aim at rival Brian (T-City) Ortega on Wednesday, saying the challenger lacks his credentials.

HALIFAX — Singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane has been lined up as a potential investor in the newly named Atlantic Schooners, the group trying to land a CFL franchise for Halifax said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenceman Stefan Elliott and forward Tobias Lindberg from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenceman Macoy Erkamps and forward Ben Sexton.

MANCHESTER, England — Canadian international Janine Beckie scored four goals Wednesday as the Manchester City women's team thumped Sheffield United 6-0 to reach the knockout stages of the Continental Cup.

QUEBEC — The medical team treating boxer Adonis Stevenson in a Quebec City hospital said Wednesday it is too early to say anything definitive about his prognosis as he continues to receive treatment for a severe traumatic brain injury.

USA Gymnastics is turning to bankruptcy in an effort to ensure its survival.

SANFORD, N.C. — One of the men convicted of murdering Michael Jordan's father in 1993 argued Wednesday that alibi witnesses and evidence of his innocence weren't given a close enough look during his trial, violating his constitutional rights.

A peak Halifax moment occurred in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night when the main cast members of the "Trailer Park Boys" posed in the Penguins' locker room with Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby.

Jerry Bruckheimer says he's had a camera in his hand since the age of six. Around the same time, the future Hollywood producer also got a first taste of hockey.