A rough year for the New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans haven’t taken a title back to New Orleans, with aspirations, they’ll make history next season.
Category: Sports
Elite Hockey Player Connor Bedard will save a fallen team in the NHL
The probable 1st round draft pick will become a NHL superstar when entering the league
High school students invest time and effort into athletics but persistently overestimate their chances of going pro
Half a million American high school students play basketball each year. A little over 50 will make it to the NBA.
The dark side of figure skating: Team Tutberidze and doping
The push towards high-difficulty quadruple jumps may be involved in use of banned substances.
The Boston Celtics Historic Comeback
With a disappointing start to the Boston Celtics’ year, they weren’t projected to make it far-off. However, the Celtics seemed to have figured things out.
Valorant global champion team The Sentinels have been struck down as the team struggles with teamwork and communication
The former ‘Valorant Champions Tour’ winners suffered a devastating loss at the past VCT Challengers to Version1, knocking them out of contention for this year’s Valorant Masters one Event.
Canada’s men’s soccer team qualifies for the World Cup for the first time since 1986
Canada dominated the Concacaf and but faces steep odds going forward.
New head coach moves the Canucks into an era of success
Bruce Boudreau’s meticulous yet humorous coaching style put emphasis on counter attacks.
New Car designs in this year’s Formula One has lead to unexpected and exciting upsets on the track
After new rules and revised regulations, the current Formula One season is anticipated to be much more entertaining. Cars will be able to follow each other much closer than before.
Chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja became the youngest chess player to pass 2800 FIDE rating and now is vying to become the world chess champion
Alireza Firouzja broke Magnus Carlsen’s record, the world champion by passing 2800 FIDE rating six months earlier than Magnus.
If you are an athlete without superstitions, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage
Pre-game rituals and superstitions are doing more than bringing athletes good luck.
BC skill hills are open and ready for shredding
While Grouse Mountain requires a vaccine passport to ride the gondola up the mountain, Cypress, Seymour and Whistler have no restrictions.
Recent public statements from Carey Price and Naomi Osaka are more open to share mental health illness. That’s a good thing.
35 percent of athletes suffer from a mental health disorder. Carey Price and Naomi Osaka are a part of that 35 percent both suffering from some sort of anxiety and more.
Formula 1 racing is redesigning their engine from a gasoline 4-stroke to hydrogen 2-stroke
Look into how Formula 1 ditches their classical engine for a more powerful engine
Lakers Coach Ty Yanko is assisting Burnaby players in achieving their goals in lacrosse
“I have this motivation to help the next generation of Burnaby players,” Yanko says.
Volleyball rescues teens from boredom and depression during pandemic
“I used to wake up looking forward to playing video games, but now when I am on video games, I am looking forward to the next time I can play volleyball,” says Lucas Koo.
What can’t Shohei Ohtani do?
A Japanese baseball player, Shohei Ohtani is currently the person who hit home runs the most in MLB even though he is a pitcher. How amazing is he?
The price Tokyo would pay if the Olympics are cancelled
There are costs to the nation, costs to the people and costs to the athletes.
Canadian athletes tell 8forty how they are feeling about the upcoming Olympics
With uncertainties over the games being held, shortage of training facilities, and controversy over political expression, the athletes might have too much on their minds.
For Canadian Olympic athlete Markus Thormeyer, coming out to his teammates was part of his success
“A happy swimmer swims fast,” Thormeyer says.
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