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…