Reading Time: 4 minutes We would not have held the Olympics in Rwanda as Tutsis were being slaughtered and it’s an absolute farce to think we should hold them in Beijing now
Tag: Olympics
The 1960 Olympics were spectacular in more ways than one
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Peter Snell and Herb Elliott were the brightest stars in Rome
Canada must boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s beyond belief Canada would participate in the Games given the Chinese regime’s reprehensible persecution of religion
Sports is the canary in the COVID-19 coal mine
Reading Time: 4 minutes So when will sports be resumed and how can they play a role in transitioning to normalcy again?
In true competition, there are no losers
Reading Time: 3 minutes We’re all meant to develop our own talents, and we’re better able to achieve unimaginable heights when we don’t strive to win, but to truly compete
Abuse of female athletes at Nike project is reprehensible
Reading Time: 4 minutes The win-at-all-costs, profit-at-all-costs culture at Nike must be cleaned up for good
Economic justice on the way for U.S. college athletes
Reading Time: 4 minutes The hypocrisy in college athletics promotes the amateur myth and tries to suppress the fact that the young athletes have significant market value
For the indomitable Andreescu, it’s mind over matter
Reading Time: 4 minutes The precocious Canadian tennis star sets herself apart through her powerful will to win. Ask Serena Williams
Big shots in Toronto, long shots in Calgary sports markets
Reading Time: 4 minutes In both markets, money is an issue. That makes sense in Calgary, but not so much in Toronto
Jim Bouton’s impact reached far beyond the baseball diamond
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Ball Four author was a significant social activist, speaking out about apartheid, and exposing small-town government and media corruption