National Sports

NEW YORK — Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald shook off his crisis of conscience and defeated Neiman Gracie by unanimous decision on Friday night in the main event of the MMA promotion's return to Madison Square Garden.

EDMONTON — The Trevor Harris era in Edmonton started on a positive note.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Canada's Brooke Henderson had sole possession of the lead after her second round of the Meijer LPGA Classic. The native of Smiths Falls, Ont.

HOUSTON — Robinson Chirinos said he was late on the fastball the whole game. He finally caught up to one when it counted most.

Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left Friday's game against the Houston Astros after being hit by a pitch in the first inning. Guerrero was plunked in the left hand by a fastball from Houston's Gerrit Cole and appeared to be in pain.

VANCOUVER — DeVone Claybrooks knows there's a big question hanging over his B.C. Lions as they enter the regular season.

U.S. law enforcement officials allege Raptors president Masai Ujiri assaulted a police officer at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Whenever Toronto coach Nick Nurse needed inspiration this season, he merely needed to look at his office wall. Hanging there is a big photo, a finish-line shot of the 2015 Travers Stakes at historic Saratoga Race Course.

STUTTGART, Germany — Felix Auger-Aliassime will face Milos Raonic in an all-Canadian semifinal at the Stuttgart Open. Auger-Aliassime, the No. 7 seed from Montreal, and Raonic, the No. 6 seed from Thornhill, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Gustav Olofsson to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Olofsson US$700,000 in the NHL and $235,000 in the American Hockey League, with $300,000 in guaranteed salary.