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.
Category: Sports
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.
NFL is adding an extra game to the 2021 season and players aren’t happy about it
The commissioner says it will mean fewer rather than more injuries. The starters beg to differ.
The IOC has prohibited athletes from expressing political views at Tokyo Olympics this summer
Olympic athletes will face discipline for taking a knee, raising their fist, or displaying any political logos.
Mayweather’s demolition of Logan Paul is just the latest in a growing trend of celebrity boxing
The YouTuber held his own against the retired pro, following an entertainment trail blazed by other YouTubers in 2017.
Qatar accused of human rights abuses ahead of the 2022 World Cup
6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar–more than in any other host country in the history of the tournament.
COVID concerns lead to big changes in this year’s NHL season
The number of games have been slashed, playoffs shortened, and team travel severely limited.
Cyclist Chris Bruckner breaks world records as he cycled through Canada
Chris Bruckner receives his award a year and a half later for accomplishing a new Guinness world record.
The Downfall of the Toronto Raptors
The Raptors have started with a depressing start but slowly creeping around the corner with a comeback to their bad start.
Did this 1 in 7.5 trillion Minecraft speedrun actually happen?
Let’s see how a YouTuber’s reputation that took six years to build up, only took a few minutes to fall apart.
Zion Williamson has a shot at Rookie of the Year, here are the odds despite the postponement
The first overall pick of the 2019 draft has recovered from injury and had been leading the Pelicans to a possible playoff berth prior to the season postponement.
MLB’s handling of the Astros scandal is not going over well
After Astros were caught cheating during the 2017 and 2018 MLB Season, fines and suspensions were handed out, but not to any of the players behind it.
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