Former University of Hawai'i quarterback Tim Chang completed 10 of 17 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns to help the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 35-23 victory over the host Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a Canadian Football League preseason game last night.

Chang replaced starter Shaun King in the second quarter and completed a 34-yard touchdown pass to Nathaniel Curry to help give Hamilton a 22-7 lead.

Chang also had a 3-yard TD pass to Kori Dickerson for a 29-14 halftime lead.

Chang signed with Hamilton in March.

HOCKEY

CROSBY NHL'S MVP

Sidney Crosby skated away with the Hart Trophy last night in Toronto, becoming the National Hockey League's youngest MVP since Wayne Gretzky.

The vote wasn't even close. The 19-year-old Pittsburgh captain — who received his trophy from six-time winner Gordie Howe — got 91 first-place votes and 1,225 points in a poll of Professional Hockey Writers' Association members.

"To get that from him was obviously a huge honor. Everyone knows the history and what he's done for the game," said Crosby, who led the Penguins to a 105-point season, before they were eliminated in the first round by Ottawa.

Gretzky won his first Hart with Edmonton in 1980, and followed it with seven more in a row at the start of an unparalleled 20-year career during which he won the Hart a record nine times. When Gretzky won for the first time, he was five months younger than Crosby, who turns 20 in August.

Crosby led the NHL with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists) this season, earning him the Ross Trophy. Vincent Lecavalier's 52 regular-season goals earned him the Maurice Richard Trophy.

Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo was second with 25 first-place votes and 801 points. New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur was third with 21 first-place votes and 763 points, but won the Vezina Trophy for top goalie.

Crosby's teammate Evgeni Malkin took home the Calder Trophy as the top rookie. The 20-year-old Russian beat out teammate Jordan Staal and Colorado's Paul Stastny.

Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom won his fifth Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman.

SOCCER

POPE TO RETIRE FROM MLS

Eddie Pope will retire at the end of the season, the Real Salt Lake defender and U.S. national player's 12th in Major League Soccer.

The 33-year-old Pope announced yesterday that he will end his career when the season is over.