National Sports

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will celebrate his 30th birthday on Monday by parading the Stanley Cup for a third time. Crosby is bringing the Cup to Halifax for a parade before then taking it to Rimouski, Que.

HALIFAX — A three-year-old girl battling leukemia could be a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the making after Sidney Crosby placed her plush, toy pink kitten atop the Stanley Cup in her Halifax hospital room.

Sunday's Games MLB American League Houston 7 Toronto 6 N.Y. Yankees 8 Cleveland 1 Boston 6 Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore 12 Detroit 3 Minnesota 6 Texas 5 Seattle 8 Kansas City 7, 1st game Oakland 11 L.A.

Sunday's Games MLB American League Houston 7 Toronto 6 N.Y. Yankees 8 Cleveland 1 Boston 6 Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore 12 Detroit 3 Minnesota 6 Texas 5 Seattle 8 Kansas City 7, 1st game Oakland 11 L.A.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Ruth Hamblin scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Canada opened the FIBA women's AmeriCup with an 81-35 victory over Cuba on Sunday.

MIAMI — New Los Angeles Clippers centre Willie Reed was jailed Sunday in Miami on a battery charge.

TORONTO — American Varvara Lepchenko downed top-seeded qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the main draw of the Rogers Cup.

LONDON — The American sprinter took a mighty tumble. Nobody, however, has fallen harder than Jamaica so far at this year's world championships. The evening after Usain Bolt's improbable loss to a pair of U.S.

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros continue to find ways to win, with their latest victory coming thanks to a player who was called up from the minors just a day earlier.

LONDON — Down two of its biggest stars, and now battling a stomach bug. Through three days of the world track and field championships, luck hasn't been on the beleaguered Canadian team's side.