Olympics
Letter to a legend: Mary Spencer
September 26, 2026The greatest athletes don’t just excel in their sport — they use their sport to make a difference. Mary Spencer is an Ojibwe boxer from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. She started her athletic journey in 2002, then went on to build an impressive career, winning eight national, five Pan-American, and three world competitions. Her most recent win in the 2025 World Boxing Association championship showed her expert levels of control in the ring against the skilled two-time world champion, Ogleidis Suárez. Her impressive performance in the ring earned her the Boxer of the Year title four times.…
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Red Leafs track and field star Marie-Éloïse Leclair on her Olympic experiences
October 17, 2024Some of us take the summer semester off, preferring to work or go on vacation. Others take classes to fill the time, sweating the whole way to campus. If you’re Marie-Éloïse Leclair, you go to the Olympic Summer Games. The…
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The Rundown: End of summer headlines
September 18, 2024August 26 — Introducing Vancouver Rise FC Women’s professional soccer has a new home in Vancouver. The Northern Super League (NSL), which begins play in April 2025, will have teams playing in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. At…
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SFU Olympians: Red Leafs who performed on the world stage
September 15, 2024Though the 2024 Paris Olympics have now come to an end, we should still take pride in the performances current and former SFU athletes showed during the two weeks of competitions. Six athletes competing in the games have ties to…
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Canada’s women’s soccer team still fighting for equality
March 24, 2023Any young woman who grew up playing sports knows that getting society to take you, your teammates, and your competitors seriously remains an uphill battle. The plight of women’s soccer in Canada is no stranger to this unforgiving landscape. Despite…
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Letter to a Legend: Carolyn Waldo
March 23, 2023Carolyn Waldo was the first Canadian woman to win two gold medals at an Olympic Games, and she did it all while getting a late start to the sport. Waldo started artistic swimming when she was 11-years-old to overcome her…
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Sports quiz: Weird Olympic facts
March 2, 20231.) True or false: The Tokyo 2020 Men’s High Jump competition had two winners take home gold medals instead of one. Answer: True. Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi both took home gold medals after completing matching jumps…
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Memorable Moments: Canada wins gold at home
January 9, 2023Do you know where you were during the golden goal? 16.7 million people do. February 28, 2010. It’s the 2010 Winter Olympics, hosted in Vancouver. Canada and the US are deadlocked at two in the gold medal game. Two hours…
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We haven’t forgotten about Peng Shuai and Brittney Griner
November 13, 2022Content warning: mentions of racism and sexual assault Fifty years after Title IX, a groundbreaking law in the US that “banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs,” the growth of women’s sports is undeniable. Title IX increased the amount…
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Do you know who this professional athlete is?
January 25, 2022Welcome to the most challenging and intricate game you’ve ever played. This will test your intelligence, wit, and of course, your ability to use Google search. Will you be able to guess this athlete based on our clues? They are…
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