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December 2019 / Sports

How the World Anti-Doping Agency Betrays Honest Athletes

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Curtis Gillespie

When the highest authority on cheating is compromised, what happens to athletes who play by the rules?

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November 2019 / Sports

Raptors, Race, and Belonging

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation

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A woman marathoner running in the woods.
June 2019 / Sports

When Male Runners Lose to Women

May 2, 2019August 26, 2019 - by Leyland Cecco

Conventional wisdom has long asserted men outperform women in long-distance races. Ultramarathon results prove that assumption wrong

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Photograph of Tessa Virtue.
May 2019 / Sports

The Olympics Are Over, but Tessa Virtue Is Just Getting Started

February 20, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Genna Buck

It’s been one year since she became the most famous figure skater in the world. How do you move on from being the best?

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Illustration by Glenn Harvey
March 2019 / Sports

How Analytics Will Help Win the Next Stanley Cup

January 23, 2019November 13, 2019 - by Nathaniel Basen

A new generation of data nerds is redefining what makes a great hockey player

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Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
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How the Cycle of Sports Stardom Turns Heroes into Has-Beens

August 9, 2018 - by Nathaniel Basen

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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The World Cup’s Radical Defiance of Modern Masculinity

July 12, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Joseph Rosen

What soccer players can teach men about crying, vulnerability, and loss

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How Basketball Became Part of First Nations Culture

May 14, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Trevor Jang

For decades, BC banned potlatches and other traditions. Some young athletes found another way to bring their communities together

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Sports

Why Leafs Fans Will Never Stop Hoping for Hockey Greatness

April 18, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Nathaniel Basen

As the team makes its bid for the Stanley Cup, it will also have to defeat its history

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Illustration of a Women's Hockey Team on the Ice
Sports

Women’s Sports Aren’t About Bake Sales and Role Models

March 25, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Kate Reddy Taylor

The Canadian Women’s Hockey League deserves more funding—and more respect

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