First, the Tariffs. Then, the Threats. Then, the Hockey Gloves Came Off
The game that became a proxy war for Canadian sovereignty
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The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death
Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits
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The Women’s National Team Taught Canada How to Be a Soccer Country
The men’s team has made it to the FIFA World Cup. But it was the women’s team that helped them get there
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Who Loses as Online Betting Takes Over Sports?
Gambling on sports used to be tightly controlled. Now the floodgates have been flung open
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Athletes Are Getting Burned by Weed Rules. Is the Sports World Out of Touch?
Cannabis attitudes have changed since Ross Rebagliati’s Olympic mishap in 1998, but pro sports remain stuck in the past
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Toronto Is Canada’s Basketball Centre, but You Can’t Always See That in Its Courts
Thanks to the Raptors, basketball has never been so popular. But the lack of high-quality facilities tells a troubling story
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The Team, the Fan, and the Severed Toes
What’s a person to do when their team loses year after year? For one diehard fan, it meant chopping digits
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When Sports Fans Change the Game
Equal pay across genders, renaming racist teams—owners are finally listening and boardrooms will never be the same
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Why Home Runs Are Bad for Baseball
The nonstop dingers are a hit with the fans, but at what cost to the sport?
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Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player?
In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized
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