National Sports

The exhibition games are over and Canada is set to defend its gold medal when the puck drops on Boxing Day for the world junior hockey championship The top 10 junior hockey nations will face off between Dec. 26 and Jan.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer will teach a class in the university's business school and become an assistant athletic director after he retires following the Rose Bowl.

BUENA, N.J. — A lawyer for a high school wrestler whose dreadlocks were cut off after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit minutes before his match is suggesting the impromptu hair cut was due in part to the referee's tardiness.

TORONTO — Forward Trevor Moore was loaned by the Toronto Maple Leafs to their American Hockey League affiliate on Monday afternoon. Moore returns to the Toronto Marlies a day after earning an assist in his NHL debut against Detroit on Sunday night.

NEW YORK — Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was named the NHL's first star of the week on Monday, while Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly and Tampa Bay Lightning right-winger Nikita Kucherov were also honoured.

MONTREAL — Defender Bacary Sagna has re-signed with the Montreal Impact, agreeing to a one-year deal on Monday. Sagna accumulated 810 minutes of play over nine games with the Impact in 2018.

VANCOUVER — It's a feeling Canada hopes not to experience again for the rest of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Sunday's Games (All times Eastern) NFL Cleveland 26, Cincinnati 18 Jacksonville 17, Miami 7 Indianapolis 28, N.Y.

Sunday's Games (All times Eastern) NFL Cleveland 26, Cincinnati 18 Jacksonville 17, Miami 7 Indianapolis 28, N.Y.

TORONTO — Kasperi Kapanen was just looking to get off the ice.