National Sports

Kirk Muller remembers the speech like it was yesterday.

VANCOUVER — Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini jumped to chants in front of supporters while players and coaches streamed on to the field at B.C.

Wednesday's Scoreboard NBA Final Denver 109 Miami 94 (Denver leads best-of-seven series tied 2-1) --- MLB American League Toronto 3 Houston 2 Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 1 Cleveland 5 Boston 2 Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.

MIAMI (AP) — Never had two players from the same team had 30-point triple-doubles in the same game. Never in the regular season. Never in the playoffs. Certainly never in the NBA Finals. Until now.

TORONTO — Strong defence and a clutch pinch-hit helped win the day for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Another impressive performance from their starting pitcher was a big factor too.

VANCOUVER — The goal was never to be a star for mixed martial arts champion Amanda (Lioness) Nunes. Rather, the goal is to tighten grip on her UFC women's bantamweight and featherweight belts.

Canadian international Ashley Lawrence has confirmed she is leaving Paris Saint-Germain. "It's time for me to say goodbye after 6 1/2 years with this very special club," the 27-year-old fullback/midfielder from Caledon, Ont.

TORONTO — Sometimes Mackenzie Hughes allows himself to imagine what it would be like to win the RBC Canadian Open. The cheers as he walked up the 18th fairway, the roar when he sank the final putt, the weight of the trophy as he lifted it.

PRAGUE (AP) — West Ham ended a 58-year wait for a European trophy after Jarrod Bowen scored in the 90th minute to secure a 2-1 win over Fiorentina on Wednesday in the Europa Conference League final.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires.