National Sports

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Jesse Gibbon on Friday. Gibbon, 25, appeared in 14 regular-season games with Hamilton, starting two, in 2021. The six-foot-five, 300-pound native of Waterloo, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed American quarterback Dominique Davis to a one-year deal Friday. Davis spent the last three seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks after starting his CFL career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2015-17).

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders re-signed Canadian receiver Richie Sindani on Friday. The six-foot-two, 216-pound Regina native was slated to become a free agent Tuesday. Sindani appeared in all 14 regular-season games last season, starting one.

OTTAWA — Veteran offensive lineman Jon Gott signed a one-day contract with the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday to retire as a member of the CFL franchise. "It just felt like the right time," said Gott, who last played for Ottawa in 2018.

Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre (Powerbar) Barriault is a long way from his hometown of Gatineau, Que., and former training base of Quebec City these days.

TORONTO — The CFL's board of governors will begin searching for a new chairman. The league made the announcement Friday, adding the board is following a recommendation put forth by Dale Lastman, the current chairman.

BEIJING — Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising. The path to repeating as figure skating team champions, however, is on perilously thin ice.

TORONTO — Upon hearing the news, his Toronto Raptors teammates swarmed him pre-game in a mob of unbridled joy. His former teammate DeMar DeRozan, made a point to find him during warm-ups to offer his own congratulations.

Skip Tracy Fleury came out of COVID-19 isolation to throw a last-rock takeout to give her Wild Card 1 team from Manitoba an 8-6 win over Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville Thursday to lock up first place in Pool A at the Scotties Tournament of Hear

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has been selected as a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He was voted in for the first time in his career by a panel of the NBA’s 30 head coaches.