National Sports

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Kyle McDonald scored twice as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 6-2 on Friday to take the lead in their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. North Bay leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 3-2.

Canadian Alphonso Davies has been named CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row. The 22-year-old from Edmonton is the first back-to-back winner of the award that dates back to 2013.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The settling-in process appears to be just about over for Chris Bassitt.

BURNABY, B.C. — Simon Fraser University has retained a Vancouver-based lawyer after concerns were raised by student-athletes.

MONTREAL — Canada's Mia Vallee and Pamela Ware reached the podium at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Friday — and they were the last ones to know it.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship, while Rory McIlroy’s bid for a record fourth tournament title hit a major snag.

MADRID — Canada's Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women's doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday at the Madrid

LAS VEGAS — Timing is everything, and doubly so for an NHL goaltender. Laurent Brossoit spent much of this season outside the NHL, but the 30-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is a playoff starter for the first time in his career.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are presenting a united front. Despite going unbeaten in league play throughout April, the Whitecaps last won back on April 8 — with a 1-0 victory over Cascadian rivals the Portland Timbers.

PITTSBURGH — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed reliever Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.