National Sports

LAS VEGAS — Connor McDavid won his first Hart Trophy. Hardly anybody in hockey believes it will be his last.

Almost 50 years after retiring, Russ Jackson is still waiting for the CFL's next Canadian-born starting quarterback.

The first ever draft pick of the Nashville Predators was still paying dividends almost 20 years later when the club reached the Stanley Cup final for the first time.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Texas 5 Kansas City 6 Boston 4 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 8 L.A.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Darwin Barney's two-run homer capped a big first inning and was just enough for the Toronto Blue Jays to earn a victory — and again get within one game of their first .500 record this season.

Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr made sure they were in Toronto to witness the first NHL meeting between Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews. McDavid and Matthews didn't see what the big deal was, but to those on the outside the significance was clear.

The Vegas Golden Knights played the long game in constructing the base of their first very NHL roster.

MONTREAL — It was a 1-1 draw, but Toronto FC emerged with the advantage after an intense, if somewhat sloppy, encounter with the Montreal Impact.

LAS VEGAS — Nevada parole officials have set a July 20 date to decide whether O.J.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan was nominated for best female college athlete at the ESPYs on Wednesday after leading the West Virginia University women's soccer team to the NCAA final. Buchanan, from Brampton, Ont.