National Sports

Daniel Carcillo has had enough. Enough of keeping his mouth shut, enough of protecting the people who hurt him.

The weather at the Grey Cup seemed ideal for a late November day in Edmonton. You wouldn't know it by the state of the field at Commonwealth Stadium.

TORONTO — Chantal Vallee was just 20 when she was appointed head coach of a boys basketball team, more by accident than by design. That indelible season is forever etched in her brain. She calls it "one of the best memories of my life.

Canada will entertain French Guiana on March 24 at Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium, wrapping up its CONCACAF Nations League qualifying schedule. CONCACAF had originally listed the game as March 26 at Toronto's BMO Field, which hosted the Oct.

Team Brad Jacobs will turn to a couple of curling veterans to fill the vacancy created by Ryan Fry's decision to take an indefinite leave after his disqualification from the Red Deer Curling Classic.

CALGARY — Tired but happy Calgary Stampeders filed off the buses at McMahon Stadium with the Grey Cup in tow Monday. The Stampeders defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 27-16 for the CFL's championship trophy less than 24 hours earlier in Edmonton.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact have exercised contract options for seven players and declined options on six others, including former France internationals Bacary Sagna and Rod Fanni.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps parted ways with nine players on Monday, and new head coach Marc Dos Santos says changes at the club have only just begun.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets right-wing Patrik Laine, Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov are the NHL's three stars of the week. Laine led the NHL with 11 goals in four games.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers. The 30-year-old has an assist and a plus-2 differential in eight games this season.