As the Israel–Hamas War Escalates, Misinformation Surges
The spread of false claims on social media makes it hard to sort fact from fiction
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How Analytics Will Help Win the Next Stanley Cup
A new generation of data nerds is redefining what makes a great hockey player
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How the Cycle of Sports Stardom Turns Heroes into Has-Beens
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the best baseball prospect on earth. But being the future of a sport means condemning someone else’s career to the past
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Why Leafs Fans Will Never Stop Hoping for Hockey Greatness
As the team makes its bid for the Stanley Cup, it will also have to defeat its history
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DeMar DeRozan Doesn’t Care What You Think of Him
How The Raptor’s best player built an all-star career on obsolete skills
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Why I’m Glad There Are No NHL Players at This Year’s Winter Olympics
Without superstars, the team is now like its fans: capable of failure and redemption
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Roy Halladay Gave Toronto Everything—Even When We Didn’t Deserve It
The ex-Blue Jays’ search for perfection made him feel superhuman, and fans loved him for it
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Roberto Osuna
As the Blue Jays close another losing season, we’re reminded that we learn the most about athletes when nothing goes right
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When Toronto Turned Its Back on Vince Carter
A new TIFF documentary reveals the impossible expectations we place on our star athletes
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Gum Control
One man’s quest to steam-blast the world’s stickiest litter problem
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