National Sports

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts added another free-agent offensive weapon Sunday in former Tiger-Cat receiver Brandon (Speedy B) Banks.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her setlist on the eve of the 56th spanned the whole history of the big game and then some.

BEIJING — Canada's Steven Dubois has won a bronze medal in the men's 500-metre short-track speedskating final at the Beijing Olympics. Dubois finished third behind Shaoang Liu of Hungary and Konstantin Ivliev of Russia. More to come.

CALGARY — It took a while to get in the lineup and stay in the lineup, but Flames Adam Ruzicka is starting to flash his potential.

Saturday's Games NHL Detroit 4, Philadelphia 2 Boston 2, Ottawa 0 Columbus 2, Montreal 1 Vancouver 3, Toronto 2 Winnipeg 5, Nashville 2 Minnesota 3, Carolina 2 Louis 5, Chicago 1 Calgary 5, N.Y.

BOSTON — Moh Ahmed broke his own Canadian indoor 5,000-metre record on Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist in the 5,000 ran 12 minutes 56.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks leaped out to the start they wanted then got the goaltending they needed from Thatcher Demko for a 3-2 NHL win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night.

The Toronto Raptors wasted a season-high 35-point and 10-rebound performance from Pascal Siakam in an agonizing defeat to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal threw one big party, but with two different experiences. O’Neal hosted his carnival-themed event “Shaq’s Fun House” on Friday night in downtown Los Angeles ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl advertisers this year want Americans to forget about pandemic woes and focus on the future: of electric vehicles, mind reading Alexas, robots and cryptocurrency — and also to harken back to the nostalgic past of '90s movies