Sports

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Sports

March 2012

No other sport reveals a country’s soul as well as soccer does (yeah, we said it, Don Cherry). So what does our neglect of the beautiful game say about us? A patriot explains why it should be Canada’s national sport

Sports • by Richard Poplak

November 2011

The Meaning of Hockey

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

Sports • by Stephen Marche

July 2011

The Pain Principle

Cyclist Ryder Hesjedal is one of the best athletes in Canada. Can he suffer enough to become the best in the world?

Sports • by Richard Poplak

June 2010

Hockeyland

A lifelong fan finds himself at hockey games in America’s sunbelt, and understands for the first time the consequences of the nhl’s expansion south. The game we think is ours... isn’t

Sports • by David Macfarlane

January 2010

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?

Sports • by Alex Hutchinson

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