Sports sponsorship builds our sense of community
TONY COMPER: Sports sponsorship represents an organization’s values, including the investment we make in our collective culture, education and heritage — not just wealth for its own sake
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Category: Sports
Weighing the risks of youth sports in a pandemic
KEN REED: Perhaps the best solution is to allow sports for the participants but ban parents, other fans and non-essential adults from being involved
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Shortchanging the essentials while making the court jesters rich
GERRY BOWLER: When did you last hear anyone complain “Where is a Women’s Studies professor when you need her?”
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Head injuries and football go hand in hand
KEN REED: Modern helmets prevent skull fractures but don’t address the problem of a brain crashing against the side of the skull
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The smartest things ever said about sports
KEN REED: Despite what Vince Lombardi said, if winning’s the only thing in sports, you’re going to be miserable a lot of the time
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The 1960 Olympics were spectacular in more ways than one
PAT MURPHY: Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Peter Snell and Herb Elliott were the brightest stars in Rome
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Canada must boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
DON HUTCHINSON: It’s beyond belief Canada would participate in the Games given the Chinese regime’s reprehensible persecution of religion
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Celebrity status can be a catalyst for change
GERRY CHIDIAC: NBA and WNBA players show what happens when talented people from all over the world come together in an environment of mutual respect
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May my grandchildren never hear the E-word again
NORMA DUNNING: It’s been a long time coming, but the Edmonton CFL team’s name change was the right thing to do, says Inuk writer and researcher
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Flu deaths rise when cities get pro sports teams: study
HEALTH: New research has implications for reopening arenas to fans during COVID-19 pandemic
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It’s time to rename the Edmonton Eskimos
NORMA DUNNING: As other leagues rethink racist team names, the Eskimos’ statement in support of Black Lives Matter rings hollow
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NFL all talk no action until Kaepernick signed
SPORTS: Kaepernick remains blackballed from the league for protesting racism, social injustice and police brutality toward minorities in the U.S. (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)
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