National Sports

WINNIPEG — Patrik Laine made sure the Winnipeg Jets' power-play unit measured up to its standards on Monday.

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox would like to get the AL East wrapped up quickly so they can start resting some banged-up players.

TORONTO — With nine days remaining before the regular season starts, the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be clicking at a good time.

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge circled the bases for the 50th time this season , breaking Mark McGwire's major league record for home runs by a rookie, and returned to the Yankees dugout to exchange handshakes, hugs and high-fives with excited teammates.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Pavel Zacha scored two power-play goals in the first period as a split-squad New Jersey Devils team defeated the Ottawa Senators 8-1 in NHL pre-season play on Monday.

A day later, there were signs that some around the NFL already were ready to move on from their anthem-related gestures prodded by President Donald Trump 's profane broadside against such actions.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is indulging in his favourite kind of drama — personal, aggressive, culturally volatile and entirely of his own making.

For Kevin Glenn, it was a chance to show family and friends south of the border that Americans in the CFL are aware of what's happening in their native land.

CALGARY — The president of the Calgary Flames says the team is not swimming in money. Ken King told Calgary's chamber of commerce Monday that the team has gone from a giver to a taker in NHL revenue sharing.

WASHINGTON — A truck flying a giant American flag swooshed by a parking lot where a pro-Donald Trump rally was being held in the dying days of the last presidential election. A local Republican boss noticed the flag and made a political forecast.