Perhaps that warranted cynicism is why we can forget the joy of sports and its roots in the purest nostalgia – a clear, direct line from who you are today to an earlier self.
What makes a sports team more than just athletes? For the Montreal Canadiens, it’s a rich tapestry of cultural significance and national pride, deeply interwoven with Quebec’s history.
The Northern, which in a sense is a bildungsroman, serves also as an examination of contemporary masculinity.
McCurdle’s Arm by Andrew Forbes is a welcomed addition to a strong and robust baseball literary tradition
Written in a readable, relatable, and interesting manner, with enough humor worked in to keep things light, Dialed In is both entertaining and instructive.
From the author of Death of the Territories and Capitol Revolution comes the definitive biography of “Nature Boy” Ric Flair.
The inside track on an under-told story about the intersection of race and sports in Canada.
From Sportsnet Central host and broadcaster Ken Reid comes an inspiring and entertaining new collection of hockey stories about local legends who define the game and its values.
A captivating and candid memoir from one of the most beloved and colorful figures in Toronto Blue Jays history.
Bawdy and brawling, comical and crude, The Closer offers a gritty, uncensored glimpse into the grind of professional baseball.
Before Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis, before Sugar Ray Robinson and Jack Johnson, before Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard, before all the great Black boxing champions of every age and every weight class, there was George Dixon. He was the first. He was the greatest. And this is his story.
Combining tales of personal triumph with sports history and social commentary, On Account of Darkness examines systemic racism and ambivalent attitudes that persist to this day.
The legacy of the greatest hockey series ever played, fifty years later, with stories from the players that shed new light on those incredible games and times.
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