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Sports

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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Sports

The Food Science Behind Endurance

February 8, 2018May 6, 2021 - by Alex Hutchinson

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

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Arts & Culture / November 2017

Canada’s Bid to Create a World Chess Champion

October 26, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Sasha Chapin

Montreal’s Eric Hansen is a self-described Chessbrah, but he could also be the best player this country has ever had

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Sports

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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Sports

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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September 2017

Inside the Controversial Concussion Lab That Could Save Football

August 16, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

Why Toronto researchers are questioning the link between the sport and long-term brain damage

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Sports

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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Sports

When the Games Are Over

August 22, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Thomas Hall

An Olympic medalist’s struggle to find purpose after twenty years as an elite athlete

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September 2016

Why Is the Goal More Medals?

August 5, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Thomas Hall

A Canadian medallist on why our Olympic strategy betrays the spirit of the Games

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Sports

Meeting Mr. Hockey

June 10, 2016March 6, 2020 - by Gary Stephen Ross

The two faces of Gordie Howe

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