National Sports

GENEVA — Los Angeles and Paris should edge closer Friday to both getting Olympic hosting rights. Ahead of a key meeting of the International Olympic Committee executive board, the French capital is now seen as the favourite to host the 2024 Games.

PITTSBURGH — Viktor Arvidsson was just hoping to make the Nashville Predators roster at last fall's training camp. He not only earned a spot on the team, he became one of only 26 players in the NHL to score 30 goals in the regular season.

PARIS — Gabriela Dabrowski etched her name into the history books at the French Open on Thursday.

NEW YORK — Celebrity chef Bobby Flay hopes he's cooked up another winner in the Belmont Stakes. Flay purchased 25 per cent interest in J Boys Echo on Wednesday before the draw that assigned post positions for Saturday's $1.5 million race.

PORTLAND, Maine — Muslim student athletes at one U.S. high school no longer have to be slowed down by worries that their headscarves might fall off.

Wednesday's Games NBA Finals Golden State 118 Cleveland 113 (Warriors lead series 3-0) --- AHL Final Syracuse 5 Grand Rapids 3 (Griffins lead series 2-1) --- MLB American League Toronto 7 Oakland 5 (10 innings) N.Y. Yankees 8 Boston 0 Detroit 4 L.A.

CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant drained the shot of his professional life — a 3-pointer with 45.

NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox announcer Jerry Remy apologized Wednesday for his on-air remarks a night earlier that pitchers such as Yankees star Masahiro Tanaka shouldn't be allowed to have translators on the mound.

TORONTO — Two-time CFL all-star linebacker Bear Woods signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Wednesday night after being released by the Montreal Alouettes earlier in training camp. Woods, a six-foot, 245-pound, native of Macclenny, Fla.

SEATTLE — For more than a decade, Seattle has spun in circles in the quest for an upgraded sports arena, never finding a solution that didn't face multiple obstacles.