National Sports

VANCOUVER — Anders Nilsson says there isn't a quick fix for the Vancouver Canucks and their leaky defence.

ELMONT, N.Y. — It's hardly the Dodgers going to Los Angeles, but another major sports franchise is leaving Brooklyn.

REGINA — Quarterback Brandon Bridge took certainty over the potential of more money. The native of Mississauga, Ont., signed a one-year extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Wednesday. Bridge was eligible to become a free agent in February.

CALGARY — An ace in Kevin Koe's pocket as his curling team prepares for the Winter Olympics is having a pair of teammates who have been there, won gold.

MONTREAL — First it was Toronto, then Hamilton and now the Montreal Alouettes have hired a former National Football League coach.

DALLAS — A former Toronto Raptor has taken to Twitter to complain that a toilet was among the items stolen from his Dallas home during a burglary.

Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley helped build Leigh Centurions both as a player and coach. Now Leigh is helping reinforce the Wolfpack, rugby league's first transatlantic team.

TORONTO — Kia Nurse first noticed some chatter around a potential game in Toronto on Twitter last summer. Still, when the University of Connecticut Huskies officially announced a Dec.

NASHVILLE — Wesley Woodyard misses putting milk in his cereal, and try as he might, the Tennessee Titans linebacker still reaches for a strip of bacon here and there.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has named its 20-man roster for the 2016 Spengler Cup hockey tournament.