National Sports

WINNIPEG — Randy Ambrosie attended a historic CFL game in Winnipeg on Thursday and said he hopes football fans in Atlantic Canada will get to do the same thing one day.

TORONTO — Masai Ujiri was playing for the Derby Storm of the British Basketball League against a tough Birmingham Bullets team coached by a 20-something Nick Nurse.

When Jordan Groshans moved to Magnolia, Texas, eight years ago he became fast friends with Adam Kloffenstein who showed him around their elementary school and the local baseball diamond.

REGINA — Ed Gainey still can't shake a moment from the Toronto Argonauts' winning touchdown drive during last year's East Division final.

TORONTO — All-star third baseman Josh Donaldson is a step closer to rejoining the Blue Jays. The team said Thursday that Donaldson has flown back to Toronto after spending time rehabilitating his leg at the team's facility in Dunedin, Fla.

MONTREAL — Drew Willy is glad to have another chance to show that he can be a successful starting quarterback in the Canadian Football League.

The Ottawa Senators were one shot from playing for the Stanley Cup last May. Next to nothing has gone right since.

MONTREAL — While the roller derby of today might not quite provide the crazy and often violent entertainment the sport offered in the 1960s and '70s, the 24 women's leagues in Canada are a sign of its increasing popularity.

Flanker Lucas Rumball will captain Canada and fly half Theo Sauder makes his first start Saturday when the national team takes on Russia at Ottawa's Twin Elm Rugby Park.

CALGARY — Riding around in the back of the Canadian men's ski team van and reading The Economist directed the course of Scott Hutcheson's life.