National Sports

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby put on a show in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final, but his brilliant night was overshadowed by some out-of-character behaviour.

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators' improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals has blurred the dividing line between music and sports, a convergence that's expected to hit a crescendo in Tennessee's capital city this weekend.

Cassie Campbell-Pascall chuckled when she saw pictures on social media of the Canadian women's hockey team with their loaded shopping carts. "You laugh because you know what they're in for," the former captain said.

John Gibbons could have been a Blue Jay more than two decades before he first joined the organization, if he had made a better first impression.

PITTSBURGH — Matt Murray is up again, and Pekka Rinne is down. The Stanley Cup final has been a roller-coaster ride that way for the series' two starting goaltenders.

MONTREAL — A bare-bones Montreal Impact squad will attempt to do what no other side has done in more than a year in Major League Soccer — win in Kansas City.

A bad back and medical school prompted Sean Duke to retire from rugby last fall. But the former sevens star from Vancouver is enjoying one more chapter to his rugby career after being summoned by 15s coach Mark Anscombe for Canada's June test series.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee has formally proposed picking the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time this year.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC added 3-on-3 basketball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic program on Friday in an effort to give the games a more youthful and urban appeal.

Winless in nine games this season, the South Wales Ironmen can expect a long day at the office Saturday when the league-leading Toronto Wolfpack come to visit.