National Sports

WASHINGTON — Dusty Baker is done as manager of the Washington Nationals after two seasons, two NL East titles and zero playoff series victories. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said he told Baker the news via telephone Friday morning.

MOSCOW — The Kremlin accused the U.S. government on Friday of pushing for Russia's exclusion from the Olympics. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the IOC was coming under pressure from the U.S.

Thursday's Games NFL Oakland 31 Kansas City 30 --- NHL Boston 6 Vancouver 3 New Jersey 5 Ottawa 4 (OT) Edmonton 2 Chicago 1 (OT) Carolina 2 Calgary 1 Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 0 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (SO) Nashville 1 Philadelphia 0 St.

CALGARY — The Carolina Hurricanes are doing their best to prove they are for real early in the season. Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading third goal and had an assist to lead Carolina to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Wins have been so hard to come by for the Oakland Raiders that it took three tries at the final play for them finally to pull this one out and possibly save their season.

CHICAGO — The Edmonton Oilers haven't gotten off to the start they wanted — and just about everyone expected. On Thursday night, they used sharp goaltending from Cam Talbot, a more energetic effort and a late break to inch in the right direction.

TORONTO — OG Anunoby, already in motion at the three-point line, took a hard feed from Delon Wright and drove to the net.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators blew a chance to earn two points on Thursday.

TORONTO — C.J. Miles played the role of both shooter and teacher in his Toronto Raptors debut.

CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to the World Series after beating the Chicago Cubs 11-1 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will face either the New York Yankees or Houston Astros in the World Series.