You don’t have to be a Starbucks-drinking, grunge-listening, plaid-wearing Seattleite to love that the NHL looks like it’s headed to the state of Washington. You just have to be a hockey fan. Or a fan of not living through another labour lockout. That’s the biggest takeaway from Monday’s announcement that the city of Seattle will…
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Beckie Scott has been on the front lines in this fight longer than most. On Tuesday, the current anti-doping crusader and former cross-country skier from Alberta was able to claim victory in the wake of unprecedented disciplinary action taken by the International Olympic Committee against Russia. Russia’s national Olympic committee has been suspended, only Russian…
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Calgary was ready to jump in with both feet, so Diving Canada has agreed to test the waters out west. The Canada Cup, an annual Grand Prix meet that has been staged for the past decade in Montreal and Gatineau, Que., is coming to the Stampede city for at least the next two years. “Not…
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Here is an extraordinarily rare statement that is nevertheless true: the International Olympic Committee has done the right thing. In levelling unprecedented punishment on Russia for its state-wide doping scheme — banning the country’s Olympic committee from Pyeongchang 2018, prohibiting the use of its flag and anthem, and requiring verifiably clean Russian athletes to compete…
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic committee and IOC member Alexander Zhukov, and also banned Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vilaty Mutko from the Olympics…
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TORONTO — Joey Bats went out with a bang. Playing in almost certainly his last home game as a Blue Jay, longtime Toronto slugger Jose Bautista gave the Rogers Centre faithful a memorable farewell as the Jays manhandled the New York Yankees 9-5 on Sunday afternoon. Every time Bautista came to the plate, the fans…
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