National Sports

Wednesday's Games (All times Eastern) NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Final Washington 3 Vegas 2 (Series tied 1-1) --- MLB American League Boston 6, Toronto 4 Cleveland 9, Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Houston 3 Detroit 6, L.A.

LAS VEGAS — A goal from the most unlikely source and a jaw-dropping save has the Washington Capitals back on even terms in the Stanley Cup final.

TORONTO — It's been a rough MLS season so far for injury-ravaged Toronto FC. But there were smiles all round this week as players collected their championship bling, a sparkling reminder of their record-breaking 2017 campaign.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Cleveland and Golden State were stretched to their limits in the conference finals this time around, leaving little time to recoup and prepare for their latest date in the NBA Finals.

DTH van der Merwe will captain Canada in its June rugby test series against Scotland, Russia and the U.S. Coach Kingsley Jones has named Tyler Ardron and Phil Mack vice-captains.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers are investigating whether team president Bryan Colangelo used a variety of Twitter accounts to anonymously trash some of his own players and fellow executives and defend himself against criticism from fans and th

PARIS — Despite all of Novak Djokovic's success over the years — the 12 major championships, the career Grand Slam, the time ranked No. 1 — he still finds himself searching for self-confidence these days.

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox are rolling into Houston for their first matchup against the champion Astros since getting bounced by them last post-season . J.D.

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State guard Lindell Wigginton says he is withdrawing from consideration for the NBA Draft and returning to school for his sophomore season. The native of Dartmouth, N.S., who averaged 16.7 points and 2.

CALGARY — UFC Fight Night in Calgary has some amends to make for UFC 149.