National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner each scored twice, and veteran Martin Jones made 28 saves in his first start for Toronto as the surging Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 7-3 on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — After a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, the Ottawa Senators emerged as their own harshest critics. Josh Norris, who scored the lone Ottawa goal, called the second period “pretty embarrassing," while coach D.J.

NEW YORK — The NHL will use a revamped format for its skills competition during the all-star weekend in February at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. The league said 12 all-stars will compete for points in eight different events.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Slugging South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $113 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Al Michaels won't be calling an NFL playoff game for NBC for the first time since the network returned to televising the league in 2006. NBC confirmed to The Associated Press that Michaels won't be working the playoffs.

Canadians dominated Professional Women's Hockey League rosters declared Tuesday for the league's inaugural season starting New Year's Day.

AROSA, Switzerland — Hannah Schmidt won the women's race and brother Jared took gold in the men's competition Tuesday at a ski cross World Cup stop.

Long before he led the New England Patriots dynasty and won seven Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady nearly had a career in baseball.

Canada coach Bev Priestman was not surprised at a report detailing the social media abuse female players encounter these days.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Conor Geekie and Denton Mateychuk were rivals. Then they were teammates. And not long after that, best friends.