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Canada Loves Hockey Until It Stops Guaranteeing Comfort
Read more: Canada Loves Hockey Until It Stops Guaranteeing ComfortThe World Juniors stopped being a coronation and became a competition, exposing how Canadian hockey fandom confuses comfort, dominance, and tradition.
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Why Canadians Won’t Show Up at World Juniors in Minnesota
Read more: Why Canadians Won’t Show Up at World Juniors in MinnesotaBorder friction, political unease, and rising costs kept Canadians home. The half-empty arena showed how travel politics now shape hockey crowds.
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Canada Beat Czechia Once, History Says That’s Not Enough
Read more: Canada Beat Czechia Once, History Says That’s Not EnoughCanada’s 7–5 opener looked reassuring, but recent World Juniors show a clear pattern: beating Czechia once rarely settles anything, and rematches rarely end well.
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Canada handles Slovakia and advances without drama
Read more: Canada handles Slovakia and advances without dramaA controlled quarterfinal win showed Canada could stay patient, deny chaos, and survive elimination hockey without needing noise or heroics.
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Canada beats Finland 7–4 on New Year’s Eve
Read more: Canada beats Finland 7–4 on New Year’s EveWhy Canada vs Finland on New Year’s Eve defined the group, shaped the bracket, and quietly exposed the margins that would decide everything.
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Canada Loses 5–1 to Sparta Praha at the Spengler Cup
Read more: Canada Loses 5–1 to Sparta Praha at the Spengler CupThe scoreline masked a tight game in Davos, where Canada fell late to Sparta Praha after two scoreless periods and a decisive third-period response.
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Why Canada vs Denmark Is a Key Game at the World Juniors
Read more: Why Canada vs Denmark Is a Key Game at the World JuniorsWhy Canada vs Denmark at the IIHF World Junior Championship shapes Group B, sets up the Finland showdown, and leaves Canada with no margin for error.
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Steve Sullivan’s Arrival Sparked Change, Then Reality Hit
Read more: Steve Sullivan’s Arrival Sparked Change, Then Reality HitThe Leafs fired Marc Savard to fix a broken power play, turned to Steve Sullivan, saw quick results, then lost William Nylander as a familiar story unfolded.
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Scottie Barnes Youngest Player With 20/25/10 in Nearly 70 Years
Read more: Scottie Barnes Youngest Player With 20/25/10 in Nearly 70 YearsScottie Barnes’ 23-25-10 overtime performance vs Golden State made him the youngest since 1957 and the first Raptor ever to reach the mark.
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The ECHL Strike Was About Leverage and Power
Read more: The ECHL Strike Was About Leverage and PowerA brief ECHL labour walkout exposed safety risks, union-busting tactics, and why minor-league players drew a hard line to defend collective bargaining.
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How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy
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Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics
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How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging
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The Olympics and the Collapse of Neutrality
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British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day
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Team Israel, World Baseball, and the Politics of Silence
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Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl, and America’s Halftime Split
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Sports as Infrastructure: How Games Power Capital and State