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Let there be fashion in sports
February 21, 2024With her bright hair, long lashes, and stunning nails, Sha’Carri Richardson’s style is as flashy as she is. She told NBC during the 2021 US Olympic Track and Field trials she wanted the world to know she’s “that girl,” and she certainly was. Richardson won the women’s 100m race to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Unfortunately, she was controversially left off of the American track and field roster due to testing positive for marijuana following the Olympic trial events. Nevertheless, Richardson set the women’s record for the 100m at the 2023 World Athletic Championships last August, winning gold with…
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Czechia sent back-to-back champion Canada home early from World Junior Championship
February 1, 2024Team Canada made an earlier than expected exit from the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships, hosted from December 26–January 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Canada finished second in the Group A standings during the preliminaries — suffering their only loss to…
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The Rundown
January 31, 2024January 13: Six Canucks headed to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game After defenceman Quinn Hughes was named in the NHL All-Star roster selections on January 4, a fan vote to fill the remaining roster spots sent goaltender Thatcher Demko, forwards…
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I went to a game from each of the biggest professional leagues
January 31, 2024In 2023, I got the opportunity to see a game from each of North America’s four major sports leagues — Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the National Football League (NFL).…
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Top 10 Canadian sports moments of 2023
January 7, 2024January 5: Canada wins World Junior gold, Bedard MVP Arizona Coyote prospect Dylan Guenther lifts Canada to a 3–2 victory in OT against Czechia to win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship. 17-year-old Connor Bedard of North Vancouver was…
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The lows that led to the Canucks’ best start in franchise history
November 23, 2023After years of turmoil, it’s time to back Canada’s leading team. It’s time to believe in the Vancouver Canucks again. Since the team was eliminated from the second round of playoffs in game 7 against the Vegas Golden Knights during…
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Sports quiz: fact or fiction
November 23, 2023True or False: The Los Angeles Kings drafted a future Baseball Hall of Famer in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. True! Tom Glavine, who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and…
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NHL pride tape ban politicizes 2SLGBTQIA+ allyship
October 27, 2023The week before the 2023–24 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season was set to begin, commissioner Gary Bettman banned specialty warm-up jerseys, explaining how pride jerseys had become a “distraction” last season. Hours before the first puck was even dropped,…
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Ranking the six sporting arenas I visited this year
September 14, 2023This year, I’ve had the privilege of visiting six major sporting arenas across North America. I watched a Colorado Avalanche playoff game in Ball Arena, saw Pitbull (Mr. Worldwide himself) in concert at the Saddledome, took a tour of the…
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Sports quiz: Bizarre occurrences
March 21, 2023Q1.) True or false: At one point in his career, legendary track and field athlete Jesse Owens broke three world records in under an hour. Answer: True. Owens set world records in long jump, the 200-meter dash, and 220-yard hurdles…
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