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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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Why Leafs Fans Will Never Stop Hoping for Hockey Greatness

April 18, 2018March 14, 2020 - 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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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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DeMar DeRozan Doesn’t Care What You Think of Him

February 16, 2018August 6, 2019 - by Nathaniel Basen

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

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 - by Nathaniel Basen

Without superstars, the team is now like its fans: capable of failure and redemption

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The Food Science Behind Endurance

February 8, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

Why Olympic race walkers tested high-fat versus high-carb diets

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Roy Halladay Gave Toronto Everything—Even When We Didn’t Deserve It

November 8, 2017December 2, 2019 - by Nathaniel Basen

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

October 2, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Nathaniel Basen

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

September 11, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Nathaniel Basen

A new TIFF documentary reveals the impossible expectations we place on our star athletes

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How Canada Became a Tennis Powerhouse

August 11, 2017May 7, 2020 - by Alex Pugsley

Inside the bid to take Canadian players from obscurity to stardom

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