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Spirit of Olympic athletes a reminder that seeing good or bad in things is a choice
San Siro either had empty seats, or it was nearly full. The pleas for peace were either naïve or necessary. The dance routines were mystifying, or they were spectacular. Friday’s opening ceremony was all those things because the millions of watched saw in it whatever it was they decided to see. Source link
'You just need to watch him': Connor McDavid hitting new highs ahead of Olympic debut
Connor McDavid is on the brink of one of his biggest moments yet — his first Olympics. Source link
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris confident he'll return from head injury for men's slopestyle
Mark McMorris is sounding more optimistic about competing at his fourth Winter Olympics just two days after a hitting his head during a crash in training took the 32-year-old snowboarder out of the men’s big air event on Thursday in Italy. Source link
Prosecutors drop aggravated assault charge against Yukon hockey prospect McKenna
Prosecutors have withdrawn a felony aggravated assault charge against Yukon-born hockey prospect Gavin McKenna. Source link
Health of Finnish women's hockey team improving after players contracted norovirus
The situation with the Finland’s women’s hockey team appears to be improving after an outbreak of norovirus depleted its roster and forced the postponement of its first game at the Olympics. Source link
World skiing body FIS aims to quash penis-enlargement sideshow
World skiing’s governing body has moved swiftly to quash talk of ski jumpers injecting their penises with paraffin or hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge, but scientists and ski jumpers at the Winter Olympics say if true, it would make perfect sense. Source link
Czechia women's hockey coach Carla MacLeod confronts breast cancer with familiar upbeat approach
Carla MacLeod, the Czechia women’s and PWHL Ottawa Charge head coach has refused to give into fear, even while battling breast cancer. Source link
Commentator, former Blue Jays catcher Buck Martinez announces retirement
Toronto Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez has announced his retirement, ending a career that saw the former big-league catcher call over 4,000 Blue Jays games over four-plus decades in the booth. Source link
Woman who accuses Sørensen of sexual assault says comments by French ice dancer ‘create dangerous environment'
The woman who accused Canadian-Danish figure skater Nikolaj Sørensen of sexual assault says public comments by French ice dance team Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron create a “dangerous environment for skaters who need to report abuse” and contribute to a culture of silence in the sport. Source link
'Very exciting': Canadian athletes happy see NHL players back at Winter Olympics
Ivanie Blondin remembers the moment Sidney Crosby walked through the door. Canada had table tennis set up in the country’s athlete lounge at the 2014 Olympics. The hockey icon picked up a paddle. Blondin did the same. Source link