Kyrie Irving hasn’t learned a thing from playing a team sport
Unvaccinated NBA star won’t be welcomed back to the Nets until he’s fully able to participate in all team activities…
NBA’s anti-vaxxers put far too many people at risk
To finally get a handle on this pandemic, we need a lot more ‘we’ people than ‘me’ people – in professional sports and everywhere else…
COVID-driven physical inactivity crisis hits school-age children
Active students have better grades, enhanced memory, lower absenteeism and better behaviour…
The Toronto Blue Jays truly are Canada’s team
Just like Canada, baseball has a way of bringing diverse groups together…
Rocky Marciano was formidable from his first fight to his last
Rocky wasn’t what you’d call a classy natural. He was all about brute force, relentless aggression, destructive punching power and a non-fastidious attitude toward the rules…
What baseball fights tell us about ourselves
A bench-clearing brawl might look chaotic but it’s really a ritual that says a lot about human behaviour…
Canada hasn’t always celebrated its Olympic champions
George Orton won Canada’s first gold medal in the 2,500-metre steeplechase in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris but was barely known in this country…
How racially-charged sports team names marginalize your neighbours
The MLB team has finally seen the light, adopting a new name and projecting an inclusive image…
Big-time U.S. college sports have nothing to do with education
KEN REED: Allowing athletes to benefit economically is great but why are institutions of higher education involved in a huge entertainment business in the first place?…
Welcome to the gluten-free, sushi-less Olympic Games
As with every aspect of the pandemic-postponed Olympics, the virus will cast a long shadow on how people are fed…