National Sports

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Europe has a five-point lead and history on its side in the Ryder Cup. No team has ever come back from that large a deficit going into the singles session.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will have their champagne on ice tonight. A win over the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon will clinch a post-season berth for Toronto for a second straight year.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions clinched a home date in the 2023 CFL playoffs on the arm of quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the hands of receiver Keon Hatcher and Alexander Hollins. For the second time in two seasons, the B.C.

Friday's Scoreboard Major League Baseball American League Toronto 11 Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 8 Texas 0 Cleveland 7 Detroit 5 Boston 3 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 12 N.Y. Yankees 5 L.A.

CALGARY — Jack Campbell and Dylan Holloway entered this NHL season with something to prove and both of them delivered on Friday.

TORONTO — If the Toronto Blue Jays continue with the well-rounded attack that led them to an 11-4 win over Tampa Bay on Friday, they'll be a tough out in the playoffs. All they have to do now is formally book their post-season ticket.

WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira was proud to power the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 31-21 come-from-behind CFL victory over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Yager and Atley Calvert each scored twice as the Moose Jaw Warriors defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings 5-2 in Western Hockey League action on Friday night.

SARNIA, Ont. — Tyson Doucette scored twice as the Sarnia Sting stung the visiting Windsor Spitfires 8-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night.

MONTREAL — Matthew Knies joined the Toronto Maple Leafs late last season and hasn’t missed a beat since.