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Virtue, Moir haven't stopped pushing boundaries in their final season

Virtue, Moir haven't stopped pushing boundaries in their final season

VANCOUVER — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are big believers in pushing boundaries.
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Alexie Guay leads Canada to bronze medal at under-18 women's worlds

Alexie Guay leads Canada to bronze medal at under-18 women's worlds

DMITROV, Russia — Alexie Guay scored and had two assists to lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Russia on Saturday in the bronze-medal game of the under-18 women's world championship.
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Eggert, Benecken win their 30th luge World Cup; Canada's Gough slides to seventh

Eggert, Benecken win their 30th luge World Cup; Canada's Gough slides to seventh

OBERHOF, Germany — It wasn't the result she was looking for, but Alex Gough will take a lot of positives out of a seventh-place finish at the luge World Cup in Oberhof, Germany.
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LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball scoreless in pro debut in Lithuania

LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball scoreless in pro debut in Lithuania

PANEVEZYS, Lithuania — LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball went scoreless in their pro basketball debut, finishing a combined 0 for 7. The younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball played in the Lithuanian league for BC Prienai on Saturday.
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Keith Jackson, 89, broadcaster with 'Whoa, Nelly! call, dies

Keith Jackson, 89, broadcaster with 'Whoa, Nelly! call, dies

Keith Jackson, whose signature phrases like "Whoa, Nelly!" made him the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a sportscaster, has died. He was 89.
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Canadian sleds finish fourth in women's and men's bobsled World Cup

Canadian sleds finish fourth in women's and men's bobsled World Cup

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Canada's Alysia Rissling and Heather Moyse and the team of Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden both finished fourth on Saturday in women's and men's World Cup bobsled action.
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Where's the VAR? Contentious goal denies Southampton in EPL

Where's the VAR? Contentious goal denies Southampton in EPL

Video assistant referees were trialed in domestic English soccer for the first time this week. Unfortunately for Southampton, they aren't being used in the Premier League.
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Julien Locke top Canadian in cross-country World Cup sprint

Julien Locke top Canadian in cross-country World Cup sprint

DRESDEN, Germany — Julien Locke cranked out a career-best 15th-place finish at a World Cup cross-country skiing city sprint race in Dresden, Germany on Saturday. The second-year member of the National Ski Team from Nelson, B.C.
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Blue Jays sign star Josh Donaldson to one-year, $23-million deal

Blue Jays sign star Josh Donaldson to one-year, $23-million deal

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins didn't see a problem giving all-star third baseman Josh Donaldson a hefty raise for the upcoming season.
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Orlando, Besiktas square off over who Canadian Cyle Larin is going to play for

Orlando, Besiktas square off over who Canadian Cyle Larin is going to play for

TORONTO — Orlando City is insisting Cyle Larin remains under contract to them despite statements by Besiktas that the Canadian international striker is leaving Major League Soccer for the Turkish champions.
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