National Sports

TORONTO — A sore lower back sidelined Toronto's Kyle Lowry for another game Sunday. The Raptors played for the seventh time in eight games without their all-star point guard when they hosted the Chicago Bulls.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired left-handed pitcher Clayton Richard and cash considerations from the San Diego Padres on Sunday in exchange for Canadian outfielder Connor Panas. The 35-year-old Richard went 7-11 with a 5.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills rookie Josh Allen had a career-best three touchdown passes and scored two more rushing, and defensive tackle Kyle Williams closed his 13-year career in Buffalo with a win, 42-17 over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

LONDON — Manchester City finally rediscovered the kind of football that made it Premier League champion, just in time for this week's crucial top-of-the-table clash against Liverpool.

Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says defenceman Dustin Byfuglien will be "out for a while" after leaving Saturday's game with a lower-body injury in the third period.

VANCOUVER — For head coach Tim Hunter, honesty and patience are the keys to getting the best out of his players on Canada's junior hockey team.

TOBLACH, Italy — Canada's Alex Harvey finished 14th in the second stage of the seven-race Tour de Ski on Sunday, bouncing back from a 50th-place showing the day before to sit 19th overall. Harvey, of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.

VICTORIA — In Tomas Monten's mind, winning hockey championships involves more than picking the best players and scoring more goals than other teams.

CALGARY — Vancouver kept on rolling Saturday thanks to a big night from Alex Edler.

VANCOUVER — Sweden just keeps finding ways to win in preliminary-round play at the world junior hockey championship.