National Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — JJ Bleday hit the first pitch of the ninth inning from Chad Green over the right-field wall to give the Oakland Athletics a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.

SUNRISE — Leon Draisaitl has been repeatedly asked about Connor McDavid ever since the pair first hit the ice together as teammates in 2015. Fast-forward some nine years later, not much has changed.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah will undergo reconstructive right elbow surgery and miss the rest of the season. The decision came after Manoah was examined by Dr. Keith Meister, who will perform the operation on June 17.

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is only making it look easy right now.

Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal , was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday.

MONTREAL — Formula One drivers got a taste of what to expect this weekend on a practice day riddled with wild weather at the Canadian Grand Prix.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini has a pretty good idea his NHL future rests with the San Jose Sharks, who hold the first pick in the draft.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Stuart Skinner has taken to reading books as a way of taking his mind off the sport of hockey and his job as an NHL goaltender of getting in front of frozen rubber disks fired at him at 90-plus mph.

Canadian under-20 coach Andrew Olivieri has named a 22-man roster for international friendlies this month against Chile, Ecuador and Paraguay in La Calera, Chile.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders game Friday had the green light to go ahead despite water restrictions in the city. Calgarians were urged to reduce water use as work to repair a major water main stretched into a second day.