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Posted: Jul 15, 2021 5:06 PM ET | Last Updated: July 15
Sarah Pavan, left, and Melissa Humana-Paredes are the top-ranked women s beach volleyball duo in the world.(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press) comments
The Olympics are just days away here are some Canadians to watch
Canada is sending 371 athletes to Tokyo the country s largest Olympic team since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. They range in age from 14 (swimmer Summer McIntosh) to 56 (equestrian rider Mario Deslauriers) and they ll compete in almost three dozen sports. With a group this large and diverse, you can bet that someone we haven t noticed yet will do something extraordinary in Tokyo. That s one of the great things about the Olympics. But, for now, here are some of the athletes we re expecting big things from once competition begins next week:
05/26/2021
There’s a long history of people in sports media saying something that gets a strong negative response, then offering a “sorryifyouwereoffended” half-apology, and sometimes even blaming outside factors such as blood-sugar levels. By contrast, the apology CBC/Sportsnet hockey coverage host Ron MacLean offered Wednesday stands out. In a statement on Twitter, MacLean (seen above on air in November 2019) explained his reasoning for the “You have a photo of a guy with his tarp [shirt] off, you’re definitely positive for something” comment he made to analyst Kevin Bieksa (which was about a photo behind Bieksa that had a shirtless man and some rum); some interpreted that comment as a homophobic reference to AIDS, but MacLean said he meant testing positive for rum. What’s really different about MacLean’s apology, though, is that while he offers his reasoning for what he said, he still apologizes, and understands why some interpreted it differently, and vows to b
Posted: May 09, 2021 1:42 PM ET | Last Updated: May 10
For the first time, Canada failed to win a medal at either the women s or men s world championship in the same season after Kerri Einarson, above, and her Manitoba-based rink were eliminated in the qualification round of the women s tournament on Saturday. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
05/06/2021
If a world championship takes place without TV or streaming coverage, does it really happen? That’s the updated version of the tree-falls-in-a-forest philosophical thought experiment, and it’s what’s currently going on at the women’s curling world championships in Calgary. On Sunday, those championships saw a delay for a deep clean of the arena following positive tests from broadcast personnel. Four positive tests were initially reported, but that number later grew to seven.
The championships resumed later Sunday, but without broadcasts on TSN or CTV or streaming coverage. Broadcast staffers have been isolating in their hotel rooms. And the dark contests continued Monday and Tuesday, with the only coverage of them coming from reporters’ and social media staffers’ tweets. While there was initially hope the broadcasts would resume Wednesday, that’s now been pushed to at least Friday afternoon. Here’s more on that from CBC’s Devin Heroux: