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Shane Bieber and Trevor Bauer love to talk pitching. They bonded as teammates with the Cleveland Indians, and stayed in touch after Bauer was traded to the Cincinnati Reds last year. Bieber got a text from Bauer before this season started.

Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is one of five finalists for the Landon Donovan MVP Award while Toronto's Greg Vanney is up for Major League Soccer coach of the year.

Nathan Rourke is living this football season vicariously through his younger brother, Kurtis. The B.C.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Much of the credit for Mark Daigneault's quick ascent to NBA head coach goes to the man he is replacing.

Hunter Tootoo remembers the pride he felt when Team Nunavut made its Tim Hortons Brier debut in 2016.

Luis Binks has done a lot of learning in his first Major League Soccer season — though a lot of the lessons had nothing to do with soccer. The English defender joined the Montreal Impact on loan from the Tottenham Hotspur in February.

Mitch Marner was asked recently about the possibility of the NHL going with an all-Canadian division next season.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Felix Auger-Aliassime became the second highly seeded Canadian to make an early exit from the Sofia Open after falling to Italy's Salvatore Caruso in second-round action Wednesday.

It’s official: The NBA is coming back Dec. 22. The NBA's board of governors unanimously approved Tuesday the financial terms and other parameters that were negotiated between the league and its players.

QUEBEC — The commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says players and staff always knew that getting — and staying — on the ice would be difficult this year.