National Sports

After years of declines, NFL television ratings are showing modest gains. Three of the league's television partners have shown increases after the first nine week of the season while one remains flat. That is welcome news after ratings decreased 9.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — A sheriff's office says a woman repeatedly shot a gun at her parents because her father wanted to keep watching the University of Georgia-Kentucky football game.

When Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury was about to compete in the six-man super final at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, he turned to longtime coach Rob Kober and told him what he had in mind for his last run.

When Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury was about to compete in the six-man super final at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, he turned to longtime coach Rob Kober and told him what he had in mind for his last run.

The so-called Big Three of Western, Laval and Calgary are getting plenty of attention on the Canadian university football playoff scene thanks to their undefeated records. But don't sleep on fourth-ranked Montreal.

MOSCOW — The Russian government risks missing a deadline to allow access to the Moscow laboratory at the centre of the country's doping scandals, the head of the country's anti-doping agency said Friday.

VANCOUVER — Cody Fransen was the only player to score in penalty kicks as the Trinty Western Spartans earned a 3-2 win over the No. 1 ranked York Lions on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Canadian men's university soccer playoffs. The No.

Thursday's Games NFL Pittsburgh 52 Carolina 21 --- NHL Vancouver 8 Boston 5 Florida 4 Edmonton 1 Buffalo 6 Montreal 5 (OT) Vegas 5 Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 5 Arizona 4 (OT) Tampa Bay 4 N.Y.

Thursday's Games NFL Pittsburgh 52 Carolina 21 --- NHL Vancouver 8 Boston 5 Florida 4 Edmonton 1 Buffalo 6 Montreal 5 (OT) Vegas 5 Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 5 Arizona 4 (OT) Tampa Bay 4 N.Y.

Elliot Desnoyers scored 4:34 into overtime, giving Canada Red a 2-1 win over the United States on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the world under-17 Hockey Challenge.