Category: Sports
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One of the more peculiar hobbies humans have is supporting professional sports clubs. What are pro sports teams (or individual athletes) to us? Their success or failures are not our personal successes or failures. Nor do they contribute to enhancing our pocketbooks. If anything, depending on the degree of one’s loyalty, teams extract a lot of money…
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Le samedi 25 avril, 2026 j’ai visité le Stade Saputo, domicile de l’équipe CF Montréal (Club de Football Montréal) du championnat Major League Soccer (MLS). C’était jour de match alors que New York FC a atterri dans la Belle Province. Il faisait très beau, avec une température tout juste en dessous de 20 degrés Celsius et…
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Admitting that one is wrong is not as easy as some make it out to be. Pride, self-esteem, public opinion, there are tons of things that make it challenging. This includes sports fans. We can be deceptively effective at making it sound like we know what we’re talking about. But we all have to pay…
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The subject of the National Basketball Association (NBA) often sees the conversation gravitate towards familiar sub-topics: the Los Angeles Lakers, the MVP race, the New York Knicks, a debate about when Giannis Antetokounmpo will finally be traded, a debate about when LeBron James will finally retire, etc. One reality that has not earned much spotlight…
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The 2026 Formula 1 championship has two rounds under its belt. This is the very first season that I shall follow from start to finish. What a wild two weekends it has been thus far. Killer time zones, new regulations, breathtaking moments, along with some less enviable twists.
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Le dimanche 22 février, l’équipe canadienne masculine de hockey a participé à la finale olympique aux Jeux de Milan-Cortina 2026. L’opposition était une troupe américaine qui désirait renverser une défaite crève-cœur en 2025 lors du tournoi des Quatre Nations. Le Canada était presque à la hauteur des attentes, mais a subi une défaite 2-1 en…
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Pour les amateurs de sports professionnels, nous avons l’embarras du choix. Foot, football américain, hockey sur glace, baseball, tennis, golf, rugby, ski, le patin, et ainsi de suite. La liste des disciplines est longue. Souvent notre ou nos choix sont faits assez tôt dans notre vie d’amateur. Chaque règle a ses exceptions, cependant. Il arrive…
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If a team is well-prepared to confront gathering storm clouds, then one should not be aghast at its relative success. Alas, that is not the world most sports fans exist in, nor is it the habit of the sports-themed media, who jump to conclusions with so many games left on the calendar.
Edgar Chaps 