National Sports

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Canada's Ryan Nembhard is among 20 players named as a watch-list candidate for the 2023 Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in U.S. college basketball. Nembhard of Aurora, Ont.

Rasmus Dahlin, Brady Tkachuk and Mackenzie Blackwood have been named the NHL's three stars of the week on Monday. Dahlin, the first star, had a record-setting week as the Buffalo Sabres improved to 4-1-0.

Atletico Ottawa's Ollie Bassett and Ballou Tabla and Forge FC's Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson, Kyle Bekker and Woobens Pacius, whose teams meet Sunday in the Canadian Premier League championship game, are among the 10 finalists for the CPL's inaugural

Sunday's Scoreboard MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League | Championship Series Philadelphia 4 San Diego 3 (Philadelphia wins best-of-seven series 4-1) American League | Championship Series Houston 6 New York 5 (Houston wins best-of-seven series 3-0)

EDMONTON — Trevor Wong scored twice, Charlie Wright had two assists, and Ethan Chadwick stopped 31 of the 32 shots he faced as the Saskatoon Blades defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-1 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday.

MIAMI (AP) — Caleb Martin's scuffle with Christian Koloko will keep him out of the Miami-Toronto rematch on Monday night.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Liam Arnsby's unassisted goal 32 seconds into overtime lifted the North Bay Battalion to an exciting 5-4 win over the Barrie Colts in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday.

RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy capped off his steady march back to No. 1 in the world on Sunday with an explosive burst of three birdies late in the round to hold off Kurt Kitayama and win the CJ Cup in South Carolina.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Steven Alker said he tries not to look at the leaderboard when he's in contention. The golfer from New Zealand did glance at the board at the 15th hole, then put together the surge that left his name alone on top of it.

Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of captured bronze in ice dancing at Skate America on Sunday, their first international medal since they decided to skate for Canada in June of 2021.