National Sports

CALGARY — Isabelle Weidemann has hit her stride, literally and figuratively, in long-track speedskating. Currently ranked No.

BRISBANE, Australia — Canada's Milos Raonic advanced to the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International on Wednesday by downing Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-6 (2).

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is off to the quarterfinals at the ASB Classic. The native of Westmount, Que., downed Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the season-opening event on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Before Ian Mitchell could turn his full attention to making Canada's junior hockey team, he had to finish his final exams.

Tuesday's Games NHL Boston 4 Chicago 2 Nashville 4 Philadelphia 0 Vegas 2 Los Angeles 0 --- NBA Toronto 122 Utah 116 Milwaukee 121 Detroit 98 Denver 115 New York 108 Portland 113 Sacramento 108 Philadelphia 119 L.A.

Troy Tulowitzki is reportedly joining the New York Yankees. Media reports late Tuesday night said the former Blue Jays shortstop had agreed to a $550,000 league-minimum deal with the Yankees for the 2019 season, pending a physical.

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard shimmied around Utah defenders like their feet were rooted to the floor, and filled up the basket seemingly at will in a masterful third-quarter performance Tuesday.

VANCOUVER — Round-robin play has wrapped up at this year's world junior hockey championship, and teams and fans alike are now turning their attention to the quarterfinals. Here's a look at what to expect in the tournament's next phase.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said he hasn't reached out to the Dallas Stars about CEO Jim Lites' expletive-laced criticism of high-priced forwards Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin.

VANCOUVER — Morgan Frost believes Canada's best game is yet to come this year's world junior hockey championship.