National Sports

MAMMOTH, Calif. — Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser earned her first career World Cup gold in the halfpipe competition on Friday without having to race.

TORONTO — Justin Turner is ready to be whichever version of himself the Toronto Blue Jays desire.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — If Taylor Swift is jetting from her upcoming Tokyo concert to Las Vegas to see boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl the next day, she'd better already have a place to park her plane.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Italian stars Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne both scored Friday as Toronto FC opened its pre-season schedule against Nashville SC.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings fired coach Todd McLellan on Friday and named Jim Hiller the interim coach for the rest of the season.

ALLEGHE, Italy — Canada's India Sherret raced to her first World Cup gold medal at a ski cross event Friday. Sherret, from Cranbrook, B.C., won the big final in a time of 55.8 seconds, finishing ahead of Swiss skiers Saskja Lack (55.

SHANGHAI — A group of Canadian skaters are in medal contention at the Four Continents Championships heading into the final day of competition. Toronto's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont.

HAMILTON — Michael Fletcher is returning to the CFL. The former B.C. Lions and Toronto Argonauts linebacker will serve as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebackers coach in 2024 on head coach Scott Milanovich's staff.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment .

NEW YORK (AP) — Kawhi Leonard and Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers were chosen as All-Star reserves Thursday, while the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks also had two players selected.