National Sports

CALGARY — Tackling his attention deficit disorder initially cost Roy Finch yards on the football field. The Calgary Stampeders running back says managing the condition is a factor behind his record-setting season, however.

TORONTO — Sports equipment maker Bauer unveiled a collar-like device Wednesday that it says can protect against microscopic brain damage in athletes playing contact sports like hockey, football and soccer.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes will sink or swim with Darian Durant at quarterback.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays locked up a key piece of the starting rotation for the 2018 season on Wednesday. The one-year extension for Marco Estrada also indicates the team intends to contend next year rather than rebuild.

OTTAWA — Thomas Chabot understands that he needs to be patient. Drafted 18th overall by Ottawa in 2015, Chabot is coming off a spectacular junior season and expectations are sky-high for the 20-year-old defenceman.

Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film "Raging Bull," has died. He was 95.

The Halifax Mooseheads hope an exciting crop of draft-eligible players will help the team move on from the likely departure of star sniper Nico Hischier.

The Erie Otters will begin their Ontario Hockey League title defence with a rookie coach and without many of the stars that helped them to a CHL-record fourth straight 50-win season in 2016-17.

TORONTO — After firing coach Mark Anscombe following a failed first crack at World Cup qualifying, Rugby Canada is starting to put the people in place to help turn around the men's national team program.

TORONTO — B.C. Lions linebacker Micah Awe was fined the maximum amount by the CFL on Wednesday for his hits on Calgary Stampeders running backs Jerome Messam and Roy Finch.