National Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors twirled T-shirts over their heads and waved to the crowd from atop double-decker buses as blue and yellow confetti rained down on them during a parade Thursday to celebrate the team's latest championship.

OTTAWA — It's only fitting Pierre Dorion is headed to Las Vegas. The Ottawa Senators general manager may have to do some gambling as he prepares for the upcoming expansion draft.

HAMILTON — Jeff Reinebold is a football lifer. At age 59, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' colourful defensive co-ordinator is on the 18th stop of coaching odyssey that began in 1981 and has spanned both the collegiate and pro ranks.

MONTREAL — Nearly three decades after retirement, Gervais Rioux is back on Canada's national cycling team — this time as a bike supplier.

Conditions were different when the NHL last held an expansion draft 17 years ago.

While most CFL teams enter the coming season stable at quarterback, a couple come into 2017 with a new look under centre.

OTTAWA — Give Aladdin's lamp to any modern-day golfer and expect some fantastic demands: balls that never get lost, a driver that hits it 350 yards, a can't-miss putter.

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, on low-key return to Pyongyang, has given the North Korean sports minister a copy of President Donald Trump's book "The Art of the Deal.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship, the first an NHL team has won back to back in almost 20 years, spawned by far the biggest victory parade of any of the franchise's five titles.

TORONTO — Canada will miss the podium at the men's under-23 world wheelchair basketball championship after a 58-45 loss to Japan in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.