Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits
The men’s team has made it to the FIFA World Cup. But it was the women’s team that helped them get there
https://thewalrus.ca/the-womens-national-team-taught-canada-how-to-be-a-soccer-country/
Gambling on sports used to be tightly controlled. Now the floodgates have been flung open
Cannabis attitudes have changed since Ross Rebagliati’s Olympic mishap in 1998, but pro sports remain stuck in the past
Thanks to the Raptors, basketball has never been so popular. But the lack of high-quality facilities tells a troubling story
What’s a person to do when their team loses year after year? For one diehard fan, it meant chopping digits
https://thewalrus.ca/loveofthegame-the-team-the-fan-and-the-severed-toes/
Equal pay across genders, renaming racist teams—owners are finally listening and boardrooms will never be the same
https://thewalrus.ca/loveofthegame-when-sports-fans-change-the-game/
The nonstop dingers are a hit with the fans, but at what cost to the sport?
In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized
https://thewalrus.ca/will-there-ever-be-an-openly-queer-nhl-player/
Social media has democratized skateboarding by inviting in a new audience unaware of the “rules”
https://thewalrus.ca/inside-skateboardings-new-counterculture/