National Sports

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes and Precious Achiuwa were added to the NBA's COVID-19 protocols by the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, hours after teammates Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn were sidelined. There are now seven Raptors in league protocols.

Ottawa 67's general manager James Boyd was bouncing potential coaching candidates off his longtime friend Dave Cameron when Boyd took a flyer. "All of a sudden I asked the question 'would you ever be interested in this?'" Boyd said.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has paused all activities until Jan. 7. The league says the pause is necessary because of surging COVID-19 infection rates in Eastern Canada. Players will report back to their clubs on Jan. 3.

Monday's Games NHL Dallas 7 Minnesota 4 Columbus at Buffalo, ppd Montreal at N.Y.

The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association have announced the suspension of all operations from Wednesday to Christmas Day amid an increase of positive COVID-19 tests.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family will plead guilty to fraud, federal prosecutors said Monday.

CALGARY — Kaiden Guhle has been named Canada's captain for the upcoming world junior hockey championship.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks expect to win and they believe Shawn Burke is the man to help them do just that. The Redblacks officially introduced Burke as their new general manager at a press conference on Monday.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — An exhibition game between the Canadian and American women's hockey teams has been cancelled. USA Hockey said in a statement Monday the contest scheduled for the evening is off because of COVID-19 concerns. Canada and the U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Brad Gushue's curling team bound for Beijing's Winter Olympics in February has recruited Marc Kennedy as alternate.