National Sports

RABAT, Morocco — Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Morocco Open after a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 loss to Peyton Stearns of the United States in second-round action Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

CALGARY — National linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed has signed with the Calgary Stampeders. The 29-year-old has played in 69 regular-season CFL games over five seasons with the B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

LYON, France — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lyon Open. He beat Spain's Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-5, 6-2 to move on at the outdoor clay court event.

HAMILTON — Joel Figueroa has come full circle. The hulking offensive lineman is back for a second stint with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

NEW YORK — Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars, Don Sweeney of the Boston Bruins and Bill Zito of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for the NHL's Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award.

LONDON — Canada has drawn into a group with Spain and Poland at the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup finals. The international women's team tennis tournament held its draw on Wednesday.

PARIS — Canada's Carol Zhao was eliminated from the women's French Open qualifying tournament with a 6-4, 6-1 loss to Czechia's Sara Bejlek on Wednesday. Bejlek won 73 per cent of first service points and 67 per cent of points on second serve.

DALLAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights kept their composure and got the best payback after an ugly hit early against their captain.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars could be without captain Jamie Benn for more than all of that time he missed in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final after being ejected for his ugly hit early against Vegas captain Mark Stone .

MIAMI (AP) — Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their season was completely on the brink. Three minutes later, everything looked different.