National Sports

ATLANTA — With Bobby Cox in the house, the Atlanta Braves found instant extra motivation.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes captain Justin Williams says he is taking a break from the NHL to start this season.

TORONTO — Maxime Crepeau and Sabrina D'Angelo have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month for August.

DONGGUAN, China — Nick Nurse's frustration had boiled over by early in the second quarter of Canada's opening game of the FIBA World Cup.

DONGGUAN, China — In the hours before Canada took the floor for their opening game of the FIBA World Cup, Melvin Ejim was glued to his iPhone, watching a beautiful scene play out half a world away.

DONGGUAN, China — There are few coaches — or maybe no coaches — on the planet who know Jonas Valanciunas's basketball game better than Nick Nurse.

Sunday's Games CFL Saskatchewan 19 Winnipeg 17 --- MLB American League Houston 2 Toronto 0 Tampa Bay 8 Cleveland 2 Minnesota 8 Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 5 Oakland 4 Kansas City 6 Baltimore 4 Seattle 11 Texas 3 Boston 4 L.A. Angels 3 National League St.

NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic's left shoulder was aching, his chances were fading in the fourth round against Stan Wawrinka and, soon enough, the U.S. Open's defending champion and No. 1 seed was out of the tournament, leaving to a chorus of boos.

SURREY, B.C. — Kaleigh Rafter's voice trembled Sunday as she talked about helping Canada's women's softball team clinch a spot at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams was in pain — "acceptable" pain, her coach called it — after rolling her right ankle during the second set of a U.S. Open victory. That was the bad news.