National Sports

SYDNEY, N.S. — A high school in Cape Breton has announced the new name for its sports teams, which replaces a 50-year-old name that is considered disrespectful to Indigenous people.

LOS ANGELES — Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos has no words to explain the early minutes of his team's ugly loss Wednesday night.

Wednesday's Games NHL Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay 5 Dallas 2 (Lightning lead series 2-1) --- NBA Eastern Conference Final Miami 112 Boston 109 (Heat lead series 3-1) --- MLB American League Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Seattle 3 Houston 2 Toronto

EDMONTON — After seven months sitting on the shelf, Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos came back for the Stanley Cup final Wednesday — albeit very briefly — and scored on his first shot on net. Stamkos, out since Feb.

BUFFALO, United States — The Toronto Blue Jays showed Wednesday night why they could be a dangerous wild-card team in the playoffs.

HARRISON, N.J. — Alex Bono tied a club record with his 28th clean sheet and Alejandro Pozuelo showed off his mastery over New York City FC from the penalty spot in a 1-0 Toronto FC win Wednesday.

EDMONTON — Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept dominating without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesda

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry did not mince words when he assessed his team's performance Wednesday night. "We refused to play, that's unfortunate," he said. "We're going to try to lift up our spirits and continue.

When Chicago Bears teammates Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of different colours shared accommodations on the road, it hardly looked like a good fit.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Aces have signed former England youth international Jake Moore from Whitehaven RLFC. Moore joined the Wigan Warriors academy in 2014, spending three years with the club.