National Sports

OTTAWA — Discipline or lack of it told the story for the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night. Plagued by penalties and missed opportunities, Ottawa came up short in a 39-18 loss to the Montreal Alouettes spoiling its home opener.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Game on the line, season quite possibly on the line, the Oklahoma City Thunder had only one place to turn. They went to the MVP.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-104 on Friday night and tie the NBA Finals at two

OTTAWA — Davis Alexander was solid going 23-for-32 for 344 yards, one touchdown and one interception as the Montreal Alouettes took control early and never looked back in a 39-18 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday.

Formula 1's governing body has suspended a driver steward for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix over comments he made regarding a penalty Max Verstappen received two weeks ago.

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Sam Burns avoided a meltdown that ruined his opening round at the U.S. Open and wound up with a big par save on his last hole for a 5-under 65 and the 36-hole lead.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer topped out at 94 mph and threw 56 pitches on Friday night in his first Triple-A rehab outing since the Toronto right-hander suffered inflammation in his right thumb.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer, Ranger Suárez struck out six in seven shutout innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 on Friday night.

KING CITY — Pargat Singh scored 89 runs and fellow opener Yuvraj Samra added 61 as Canada defeated the Cayman Islands by 126 runs in the NoFrills Quadrangular T20I Cricket Series.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN — Canada's (Gentleman) Jim Long and Matt (Ginjaninja) Campbell lost 4-1 to Denmark on Friday, failing to advance out of the group stage at the BetVictor World Cup of Darts. Long, from London, Ont.