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VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed American linebacker Solomon Elimimian to a contract extension through the 2019 season Wednesday. Elimimian, 31, had a league-record 144 tackles last season with B.C.

Canada was quiet on Day 5 of competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, with athletes kept from the podium after winning a flurry of medals over the past three days.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed American linebacker Solomon Elimimian to a contract extension through the 2019 season Wednesday. Elimimian, 31, had a league-record 144 tackles last season with B.C.

LONDON — British diver Tom Daley and screenwriter husband Dustin Lance Black have announced that they are to become parents. The couple is pictured in an Instagram photo Wednesday holding a picture from a baby scan.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Snowboarding at the Olympics turned 20 this year, and there's a good chance that in another two decades, people will still be talking about the contest that went down in the mountains of South Korea on Wednesday.

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel says he's making a football comeback.

Toronto FC signed goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell on Wednesday. Toronto acquired Patterson-Sewell's rights from New York Red Bulls for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

EDMONTON — Thousands of core fans of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos are being asked if they think the team should change its name.

SAN DIEGO — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, is accused of drug dealing involving 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of suspected cocaine.

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