Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s face it: women’s sports are second-tier entertainment, which even most women don’t support
Tag: Hockey
U.S. women’s soccer team fighting battles on and off the field
Reading Time: 4 minutes After years of being the best team in the world, they continue to fight for equal status and respect at home
Canada’s great basketball awakening
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Raptors’ win was transformative for the league, the business of sport and for Canada in general
Tanking takes the heart out of statistical analysis in sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes Only the purity of competition assures that the resulting data has relevance and application in a sport
Hall of shame sports owners led by Ottawa’s Melnyk
Reading Time: 5 minutes Far too many odious owners haunt the world of professional sports, preying on ticket-buying fans
Tied up in knots over ties in sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes Every sport has a different approach to dealing with games that end in a stalemate, including overtime and skills contests
Hockey carnivores versus the whipping boys
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why would anyone get their garters in a tangle over a hockey tournament held for a television network?
China syndrome: how long does HNIC stick with Huawei?
Reading Time: 4 minutes And are the Leafs negotiating with Auston Matthews? Are the Calgary Flames the real deal? Where does that leave the Oilers?
Stumbling Oilers now have a Hitch in their step
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tough love has long been Ken Hitchcock’s calling card in the NHL. But does it work on young men who are multimillionaires?
The NHL shoves concussion conversation behind a curtain
Reading Time: 4 minutes Commissioner Gary Bettman never backed up or hinted the NHL might have had a problem related to head injuries to players