National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer is going back to having its All-Star Game feature the league's top players facing the best of Mexico's Liga MX. MLS said Monday the July 24 game at Lower.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Austin Eckroat waited a long time to become a winner on the PGA Tour. Another day didn’t hurt.

The Canadian women, coming off a fourth-place showing in Los Angeles, have been drawn with the U.S., Japan and Spain in Pool C at next month's Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.

Never say never. There’s a slim chance that one day someone will join LeBron James in the NBA’s 40,000-point club .

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov posted his second hat trick in less than two weeks, scoring the go-ahead goal with 3:59 left to lift the Minnesota Wild past the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Sunday night.

EDMONTON — It was all hands on deck for the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen, Alberta's Brendan Bottcher and Manitoba's Reid Carruthers emerged from the Canadian men's curling championship's opening weekend as front-runners.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet hopes that a close, grinding victory provides the panacea for his Canucks. Especially when it comes to backup goaltender Casey DeSmith. DeSmith picked up his first win in goal since Jan.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Morgan Barron and the Winnipeg Jets suddenly have a knack for rallying from third-period deficits. On Sunday night, though, they didn’t dig themselves too big a hole in a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Canada will have to get past the United States to make it to the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup final. The Americans, ranked second in the world, defeated No.