National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News is bringing a little of the NFL to its morning show, hiring former football player Nate Burleson as one of the three co-hosts of “CBS This Morning.

CALGARY — The B.C. Lions and Calgary Stampeders find themselves in similar spots heading into Thursday night’s game at McMahon Stadium between the two winless CFL teams.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets will require all fans to be fully vaccinated to attend home games at Canada Life Centre this season.

Another week, another rough West Division road opponent for McLeod Bethel-Thompson and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (1-0) visits the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps say striker Lucas Cavallini will miss the next several weeks with a knee injury. Cavallini, 28, suffered a grade two-plus PCL sprain in the first half of Vancouver's 1-1 draw with the L.A. Galaxy on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After weeks of guest hosts on “Jeopardy!” that included celebrities from TV, sports and journalism, the daily syndicated quiz show chose its executive producer, Mike Richards, as the successor to beloved host Alex Trebek.

It certainly hasn't taken James Wilder Jr. long to scrape the rust off his game.

CINCINNATI — Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic and Spanish star Rafael Nadal are the latest players to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, set to get underway this weekend in Cincinnati.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed hometown prospect Tyler Benson to a one-year, two-way contract extension worth US$750,000 at the NHL level. The 23-year-old forward was Edmonton's second-round pick (32nd overall) in the 2016 NHL draft.

There are few people who better understand and appreciate the prestige and significance of the $1-million Queen's Plate than Rob Landry.