National Sports

SASKATOON — Two keys for the Saskatoon Blades in their opening-round playoff series against the Regina Pats were to take advantage of home-ice advantage, and stop scoring leader Connor Bedard.

MIAMI — Leylah Fernandez of Montreal will be playing in the Miami Open women's doubles final.

WINNIPEG — Head coach Rick Bowness was glad to see a combination of good effort and good luck pay off for the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.

QUEBEC — The Quebec Remparts topped the Eastern Conference this season with timely offence, stingy defence and quality goaltending in compiling an impressive 53-12-1-2 record.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden sat at his stall inside the 76ers' new locker room — complete with oversized team logo in the centre — and got his left ankle taped. The condition of The Beard's Achilles is the No.

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PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Ruoning Yin had the low round of her LPGA Tour career, a 7-under 64 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Hyo Joo Kim at the DIO Implant LA Open.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Ope

TORONTO — Summer McIntosh has strung together three consecutive record-setting performances. Yet one of the first things that came to her mind were areas she could improve.

TORONTO — Ryan O'Reilly had a strong inkling the diagnosis wouldn't be what he wanted to hear. The Maple Leafs centre had just taken a friendly fire shot off his left hand in the waning moments of the second period in Vancouver on March 4.