National Sports

REGINA — Never one to shy away from talking both on and off the field, Charleston Hughes made an impactful statement in his first game with his new team.

Calgary's Ted-Jan Bloemen capped an impressive 2018 season by being named Speed Skating Canada long track male athlete of the year on Friday.

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — The Humboldt Broncos hockey club says it has received so many applications to become the team's new head coach and general manager that it needs more time to review them all.

TORONTO — Yangervis Solarte is nearing a career high in home runs — and he's doing it from both sides of the plate.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Emanuel Miller scored 31 points and added 14 rebounds as Canada beat Puerto Rico 95-89 on Friday to advance to the gold-medal game at the FIBA under-18 Americas Championship.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Shinnecock Hills is no longer the only challenge at this U.S. Open.

CALGARY — Johnny Manziel's possible debut injects hype into Saturday's CFL season-opener for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders.

TORONTO — Canadian tennis star Daniel Nestor will be getting much more than a traditional sendoff for his final Rogers Cup appearance this summer.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have suspended assistant general manager Randy Lee, who is facing a harassment charge from an incident during the NHL's pre-draft scouting combine in Buffalo earlier this month.

TORONTO — The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame removed former Blue Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber from its induction weekend festivities Friday after his actions during a "Pitch Talks" panel discussion a day earlier.