National Sports

A season away from World Cup ski cross didn't slow down Marielle Thompson. The 2014 Olympic women's champion is back in the familiar position of contending for the season's overall crown.

FREDERICTON — Wayne Long is so big a New England Patriots superfan that he has their logo tattooed on his leg. He spent 13 years on a waiting list for season tickets — despite living on the other side of an international border.

Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer had so much fun in their first season calling NFL games on Amazon Prime that they are coming back for an encore.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she's suddenly on the verge of a second consecutive major championship. And the No.

VANCOUVER — Bo Horvat says the Vancouver Canucks simply need to play better if they want a chance at a spot in the post season. The team ended a five-game points streak on Wednesday with an ugly 5-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Wednesday's Games NHL Montreal 2 Arizona 1 Toronto 6 Washington 3 Minnesota 5 Colorado 2 Nashville 2 Vegas 1 St.

TORONTO — The jubilant cheers coming from the Maple Leafs' locker-room could have very easily been swapped out for a collective sigh of relief.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — B.C. skip Tyler Tardi remained perfect at the Canadian junior curling championships with a 6-2 win over Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan on Wednesday afternoon.

MONTREAL — There was a pair of unlikely heroes for the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night as Claude Julien praised his video replay coaches for being instrumental in the team's victory.

TORONTO — Alex Ovechkin reached another career milestone Wednesday but any celebration was muted as the Washington Capitals' slide reached seven games.