National Sports

CLEVELAND — Toronto Raptors All-Star guard Kyle Lowry is sidelined with an unspecified back injury. Lowry will miss Saturday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers after his back flared up earlier in the day.

Vancouver's expansion Overwatch League esports team will be known as the Titans. The Vancouver Titans will join the Toronto Defiant and six other new teams for 2019: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Paris, and Chengdu, Guangzhou and Hangzhou, China.

TORONTO — Jeremy Bracco had two goals and two assists to propel the Toronto Marlies to a 7-4 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in American Hockey League action on Saturday. Surging Toronto (9-7-2-2) now is on a five-game point streak.

LAVAL, Que. — Evan McEneny had one goal and two assists to lead the Utica Comets to a 5-4 win over the Laval Rocket in American Hockey League action on Saturday.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A woman who waited over a decade for her first World Cup victory in ski racing won her second in as many days Saturday. Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria doubled up on downhills in Lake Louise, Alta.

OTTAWA — Erik Karlsson enjoyed playing in front of the Ottawa fans again, but he wasn't happy with his current team's performance.

It seemingly needs a sleepy start to a game to jolt Manchester United's players into action these days. Their latest stirring comeback came at Southampton on Saturday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Canadian men finished 11th at the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens after losing 28-12 to France in the consolation Challenge Trophy semifinals Saturday.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine has been named the NHL's first star of the month for November, the league announced Saturday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks say wide receiver Greg Ellingson was charged Friday with failing to provide a breath sample into a roadside screening device.