Sink or Swim
Pierre Lafontaine’s bid to revive Swimming Canada
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Facemasking
How the National Football League hides the violence and racial conflict of the game
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First on the Hill
The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians
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Serve-and-Volley, Anyone?
Once the dominant style in tennis, rushing the net is now a vanishing art
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Dream Genes
If you can’t beat ’em at the Olympics, try manipulating your DNA
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To Skate, Perchance to Dream
Ottawa’s ribbon of ice, the Rideau Canal, beckons.
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The Greater Goal
freetown—On a dusty pitch, on the edge of one of the poorest countries in the world, a one-legged man is playing soccer. There is skill here. A trapped ball, a …
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Never on the Rocks
An American oenophile’s guide to curling in Canada
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The White Line Through Hell
217 kilometres. 40°c. Coyotes lining the route. Welcome to the world’s harshest road race.
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My Tennis Game
My tennis game was raised by wolves. Abandoned as an infant, it sat in a dark part of the forest for three days. It cried helplessly and was finally discovered …
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