National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators announced today that centre Derick Brassard will require surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.

OTTAWA — Canadian powerlifter Thomas Jamael has been banned four years after testing positive for 11 banned substances. Jamael's urine sample was tested in-competition on Feb. 11.

LOS ANGELES — UCLA is creating $1 million worth of scholarships in the name of Jackie Robinson for male athletes in the four sports the baseball Hall of Famer played while attending the school. The Jackie R.

WINNIPEG — Darvin Adams would be happy to haul in some long bombs and take it to the house. Weston Dressler is gearing up to turn some short passes into big gains.

PITTSBURGH — Mattias Ekholm's teammates wonder why it took so long for the 27-year-old Nashville Predators defenceman to get his due.

DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Dortmund fired Thomas Tuchel as coach on Tuesday, three days after he led the club to its first title in five years.

TORONTO — It started as a routine rugby league tackle. But bad things can happen when some 900 pounds of beef collides at speed with no padding.

Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died. He was 78. He died Sunday in Key West, Florida, his family said Monday.

REGINA — A player who was cut from the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team over an alleged incident of domestic violence has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. And Justin Cox, 24, says he hopes he can resume his career now.

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