National Sports

The margins are very slim on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Just ask Canadian women's coach John Tait. "It'll give you stomach issues, for sure," said the six-foot-eight former Canadian international forward.

MONTREAL — Bruce Coulter, who won a Grey Cup with the Montreal Alouettes in 1949 and went on to coach at the university level at McGill and Bishop's, has died. He was 90. McGill announced his death Wednesday in a statement.

MONTREAL — Ferrari's racing division was ridiculed online Tuesday after it tweeted about this weekend's Formula One race in Montreal using an image of downtown Toronto.

HOUSTON — Even though it's only June, the Seattle Mariners know playing well against the Houston Astros will be vital if they hope to reach the post-season for the first time since 2001.

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Marlies blue-liner Calle Rosen is known more for defending the net than trying to find it.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Another Humboldt Broncos player has signed with a hockey team at an Ontario post-secondary institution. Bryce Fiske, a 20-year old defenceman from La Ronge, Sask.

TORONTO — After blowing a 1-0 lead, Blue Jays reliever Seunghwan Oh approached starting pitcher Marco Estrada in Toronto's dugout to apologize. Estrada appreciated the gesture, but told his teammate there was no need.

Lou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing coach Doug Weight and general manager Garth Snow and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president of hockey operations.

WASHINGTON — Taking on the NFL and football's Super Bowl champs, President Donald Trump gave the boot to a White House ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday and instead threw his own brief "Celebration of America" after it became clear most

Canadian Tristan Pompey was selected by the Miami Marlins in the third round of the MLB draft Tuesday while fellow countryman RJ Freure went to Houston in the sixth round.