National Sports

OAKVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario town council has voted unanimously to reject a plan to develop Glen Abbey golf course amid efforts to designate the property as a "significant cultural heritage landscape.

Houston Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson donated his first NFL game check to three NRG stadium employees who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Watson surprised three women who work in the team cafeteria at the stadium on Wednesday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will play a two-game pre-season series in Montreal next year against the St. Louis Cardinals. The games will be played at Olympic Stadium on March 26 and 27, the Blue Jays announced Thursday on their Twitter feed.

Hockey commentator Don Cherry says media coverage of athletes kneeling during the playing of national anthems has been hypocritical.

VICTORIA — Andy Rautins' considerable facial hair says everything about where he's been for the past two years.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says National Football League team owners are "afraid of their players." And he's still calling for action against those who kneel during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

MOSCOW — A Russian court has ruled that doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov should be arrested if he returns to his home country.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A man got more than he bargained for when he attacked a kick-boxing instructor as she ran on a suburban Kansas City trail.

Hockey commentator Don Cherry believes media coverage of athletes kneeling during the playing of national anthems has been hypocritical.

TORONTO — Canada Post is honouring some of hockey's greatest players with its latest NHL collection of postage stamps.