National Sports

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Confidence was never an issue for Brooks Koepka until the injuries piled up, the doubts crept in and he began to wonder if he still belonged among golf's elite.

MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra had his team fully expecting that Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals would be extremely difficult, that the Miami Heat were going to have to take the best shot that a desperate bunch of Boston Celtics could muster.

Sunday's Scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Vegas 3 Dallas 2 (OT) (Vegas leads best-of-seven series 2-0) --- AHL Central Division final Milwaukee 5 Texas 2 (Milwaukee wins best-of-five series 3-2) --- World Hockey Championsh

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — The Brooks Bandits defeated the Battlefords North Stars 4-0 on Sunday to win the Centennial Cup for the third consecutive time.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slashing penalty in the first period and a retaliatory cross check in the second not only sent Vegas' Chandler Stephenson to the penalty box twice, but resulted in a conversation with coach Bruce Cassidy in the second intermission.

HALIFAX — The Quebec Remparts are going to the Memorial Cup as Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions.

TORONTO — The regular-season grind seems to be catching up with the Toronto Blue Jays after a 10-game homestand went sideways on them.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka has returned to the top at the PGA Championship.

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The United States routed France 9-0 to keep its perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Cutter Gauthier led with a hat trick, Drew O’Connor got two goals and Scott Perunovich, T. J.

RIGA, Latvia — Canadian forward Joe Veleno was given a five-game suspension Sunday for stomping on the leg of an opponent at the world hockey championship. The International Ice Hockey Federation's disciplinary panel ruled he violated Rule No.