National Sports

TORONTO — Kermit Davis didn't coach Terence Davis in his rookie season at the University of Mississippi. But he sure knows the player's scoring average from that year. "TD averaged one point a game as a freshman at Ole Miss.

CALGARY — At five-foot-seven and 150-pounds, Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Brandon Banks is used to being thought of as the little guy. That just serves as motivation for the CFL's most outstanding player. The 31-year-old from Garner, N.C.

CALGARY — Asked to unpack his acceptance speech for the CFL's defensive player-of-the-year award, Willie Jefferson says it's about having a football home. "I just want to thank the CFL for letting me come out here and letting me be me.

MADRID — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both played singles and doubles on Friday, but only the Spaniard was able to lead his team into the last four at the Davis Cup Finals.

VANCOUVER — Three rowers who accused coach Barney Williams of harassment and verbal abuse say the University of Victoria has threatened them with disciplinary action if they speak about the results of the investigation.

NEW YORK — The bill is coming due for what the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network should pay the Washington Nationals for television rights for 2012-16: more than $99 million. A proposed judgment was submitted Friday in New York Supreme Court.

NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim wasted two good birdie chances late in the second round Friday when she got a pep talk from an unlikely source.

CALGARY — Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in the hours before kickoff. The 'rituals' can be quirky.

TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Canada took the bronze medal in the men's team sprint event Friday at a speedskating World Cup stop. Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Sherbrooke, Que., Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., and David La Rue of Saint-Lambert, Que.

CALGARY — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie was long on optimism for the league's future Friday, but short on substance regarding cures for what ails it. Ambrosie held a wide-ranging discussion with reporters in his third state-of-the-league address.