National Sports

TORONTO — Acknowledging its cupboard is near bare, Commonwealth Games Canada is launching a fundraising drive.

CALGARY — Canada's Rosalind Groenewoud, a longtime standout in the halfpipe discipline of freestyle skiing, is retiring from the sport. The world champion in 2011, Groenewoud also earned seven X Games medals and nine World Cup/Grand Prix medals.

OTTAWA — Before the regular season even started, Rick Campbell had a feeling something special was brewing with his Ottawa Redblacks.

EDMONTON — Ken Hitchcock has put a brief retirement behind him to coach his hometown Edmonton Oilers, replacing the fired Todd McLellan.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers fired coach Todd McLellan on Tuesday and replaced him with Ken Hitchcock with hopes of reviving a the team languishing in sixth place in the Pacific Division. McLellan was in his fourth season behind the Oilers' bench.

KINGSTON, Ont. — One of the most successful coaches in Canadian university football history is stepping down. The Queen's Gaels announced Tuesday that Pat Sheahan will turn over the reins for the 2019 season after 19 years at the helm of the squad.

VANCOUVER — Eighteen games into the season and Winnipeg Jets right-winger Patrik Laine had only scored once at even strength. That changed on Monday.

LOS ANGELES — Even before the fourth lead change of the fourth quarter, well before the 1,001st yard of combined offence was tallied, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams already knew this was a classic.

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Zion Williamson poked the ball free with a clear path to the basket, the crowd rising in anticipation before he even reached midcourt.

ST. LOUIS — Amid a disappointing showing that fell well short of Stanley Cup expectations, the St. Louis Blues fired coach Mike Yeo a quarter of the way into the season and named Craig Berube as his interim replacement. St.