National Sports

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an extravagant military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday, grabbing the spotlight on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea to thumb

CALGARY — Defensive back Jamar Wall is returning to the Calgary Stampeders. The two-time all-star, who would have become a free agent on Feb. 13, signed a deal Thursday to remain in Calgary.

It's been quite a two-year run for Jerome Messam. No CFL running back has been more prolific than the Brampton, Ont.

CALGARY — Offensive lineman Dan Federkeil announced his retirement Thursday after five years with the Calgary Stampeders. The Medicine Hat, Alta.

TORONTO — The CFL Players' Association is investigating whether players had firm agreements from member clubs to release them from their CFL contracts so they could pursue opportunities south of the border.

MONTREAL — Adonis Stevenson will be in familiar surroundings when he makes the ninth defence of his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title.

NEW YORK — The baseball players' union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

In Jim Crow America, it's no wonder that Jack Johnson was the most despised African-American of his generation.

LONDON — West Bromwich Albion forward Jay Rodriguez was charged by the English Football Association on Thursday with racially abusing an opponent during a Premier League game.

VERNON, N.J. — In the mountains of northwest New Jersey, a group of schoolchildren are doing something they do not have the opportunity to do back home in Newark: ski.