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The Athletic United (Canada)
18 days ago
Canadian employees at The Athletic will have our second bargaining session with the company today, as we work collectively to negotiate a fair contract. The bargaining committee has our full support! ✊
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With Big Z in the Hall, a throwback to how early adversity fueled a career of leadership, longevity & legacy for the tallest NHL star in history. “I guess there’s lots of stubbornness or competitive ego, I don’t know ... I guess I love doubt.”
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NHL99: Zdeno Chara, the tallest player in NHL history, got looked down on early
Chara's height — 6-feet-9 — was once seen as a detriment, but he worked, harder than anyone else, to overcome doubts.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3738325/2022/11/30/nhl99-zdeno-chara/
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The Athletic
2 months ago
On Saturday, the San Jose Sharks apologized after a message displayed on the scoreboard at SAP Center appeared to praise the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Sarah Jean Maher
The Athletic
2 months ago
What would you collect if you were a world-famous DJ? For Steve Aoki, the answer is: just about everything. From sports cards to sneakers, he gave us an inside look at how he built the ultimate collection and a community:
http://dlvr.it/TNhgS7
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How Steve Aoki built his ultimate sports card collection — and a community The world-famous DJ took me inside his impressive collection as we discussed culture, community and cards:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
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How Steve Aoki built his ultimate sports card collection and a community
Aoki has reached a rare point in sports card collecting — he has every card he wants. Almost.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6716683/2025/10/15/steve-aoki-sports-card-collection/
2 months ago
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The Athletic
3 months ago
Harry Styles was in Berlin on Sunday. Not performing. Running the marathon under a false name. His time? Under three hours.
http://dlvr.it/TNCxcz
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Remember the Little League bat flipper? He's getting his own pin, and his bat's going to auction
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
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Controversial Little League bat flip is now a collectible pin, bat going to auction
The moment that captured the attention of the baseball world last month will soon be featured on an exclusive piece of memorabilia.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6548133/2025/08/12/baseball-little-league-bat-flip-world-series/
4 months ago
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The Athletic
5 months ago
UPDATE: A judge ruled in favor of the 12-year-old Little League player who was suspended from the New Jersey state final after a bat-flip celebration, clearing him to play.
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A Little League player was suspended for a bat flip. His family took legal action — and won
The winner of the state title game advances to regionals, where they could move on to the Little League World Series.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6513120/2025/07/24/little-league-player-suspension-bat-flip/?source=bsky_hq
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Watching the Balloon Boy documentary. Being a month-old journalism student when that whole thing happened in 2009 was wild lol
5 months ago
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Sarah Jean Maher
The Athletic
6 months ago
Grant Hill will join NBC Sports’ NBA coverage as a game analyst for the 2025-26 season. Hill will still continue his role at TNT Sports as a college basketball analyst for the men’s NCAA Tournament as well as TNT’s Big East and Big 12 basketball coverage.
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Grant Hill joining NBC’s NBA coverage as analyst for 2025-26 season
Hill will keep his role at TNT Sports as a college basketball analyst for the NCAA Tournament.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6448015/2025/06/24/grant-hill-nbc-nba-coverage
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Jonathan Toews is coming back
www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...
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Jonathan Toews, Jets agree to 1-year deal: Why Winnipeg, and what’s the risk?
The longtime Chicago Blackhawk hasn't played since April 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6440169/2025/06/20/jonathan-toews-winnipeg-jets-contract-nhl/
6 months ago
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The Athletic
6 months ago
Luis Guevara, an infielder in the Baltimore Orioles’ minor league system, has died after being involved in a jet ski accident Sunday near Lido Key in Sarasota, FL, the team said Wednesday morning. He was 19.
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Orioles minor-league infielder dies in jet ski accident involving other players
Luis Guevara, 19, was involved in a head-on collision between two jet skis on Sunday near Lido Key in Sarasota, Fla.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6434987/2025/06/18/mlb-orioles-player-death-accident
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Sarah Jean Maher
The Athletic
6 months ago
Rays SS Wander Franco, currently on trial in the Dominican Republic on charges including sexual abuse of a minor, was charged Sunday with illegal possession of a gun, according to multiple reports. 🔗
www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
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Rays shortstop Wander Franco charged with gun possession amid sexual abuse trial: Reports
Franco is currently on trial on charges including sexual abuse of a minor.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6413490/2025/06/09/wander-franco-mlb-charges/
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We’ve all been there
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6 months ago
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Sarah Jean Maher
The Athletic
7 months ago
3K for SGA 🔥 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the 12th player in history to reach 3,000 points in an NBA season, regular-season and playoffs.
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Sarah Jean Maher
Murat Ates
8 months ago
Offseason soul searching. Three years of trading for skilled energy players. Dedication of the unheralded. Here's how the
#NHLJets
built the best regular season team in hockey — and what to expect when the Stanley Cup playoffs begin:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...
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How the Winnipeg Jets built the best regular-season team in the NHL
The Jets have clinched the 2025 Presidents' Trophy, cementing their status as the top regular-season team in the league. What comes next?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6275280/2025/04/14/winnipeg-jets-presidents-trophy-nhl-playoffs/
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Arpon Basu
9 months ago
Josh Anderson’s clutch third period last night nearly didn’t happen. His season could have ended. But it didn’t, because he was wearing cut resistant pants for the first time. They saved him. And yet, players continue to value comfort over safety. This must change.
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Canadiens’ Josh Anderson was saved by cut-resistant pants. Why do players still resist safety?
Anderson's use of cut-resistant pants likely prevented a severe injury, but comfort still appears to be a bigger priority among players.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6216512/
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he slept EIGHT MINUTES the night before the trade deadline
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9 months ago
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Trade deadline + daylight savings in the same weekend for the second straight year is so unfair
10 months ago
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Julian McKenzie
10 months ago
Before the NHL, an all-Black hockey league helped to innovate the modern game. The slap shot and goalies getting down on their knees to make saves all have origins in the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, formed 130 years ago. ✍🏾
@theathletic.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...
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Before the NHL, an all-Black hockey league helped to innovate the modern game
A commemorative game will be played Monday in Ottawa honoring the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes' inaugural year of 1895.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6142035/2025/02/24/nhl-colored-hockey-league-ottawa-senators/?source=emp_shared_article
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I cooked in the staff predictions this week
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10 months ago
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Binnington tho
10 months ago
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Crosby 🤝🏻🔥🤝🏻 McDavid (There’s no torch emoji!)
10 months ago
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Still excited like a little kid watching Sid do his thing
10 months ago
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Still excited like a little kid watching Sid do his thing
10 months ago
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There are worse nights to be stuck inside waiting on 40 cm of snow
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Sarah Jean Maher
Sean McIndoe
10 months ago
If Mario takes his suit jacket off and there’s a Team Canada jersey underneath, this tournament is over.
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Nervous about 4 Nations
10 months ago
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Dan Robson
10 months ago
The structure and culture of Canadian hockey hurts development in many ways — but especially when it comes to goalies. Here’s
@mirtle.bsky.social
and I on Canada’s stark decline in a position it once dominated — and the reasons behind it.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...
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Canada’s ‘mind-boggling’ goalie crisis has been a decades-long descent
A return to the dominance Canada once enjoyed seems unlikely, but the search is on for the right path to train Canada's future goalies.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6128827/2025/02/12/canada-hockey-goalies-4-nations-face-off/
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That time I saw Chappell Roan in Montreal and she wasn’t even a headliner ✨
11 months ago
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what did I miss while I was watching Wicked for the millionth time on Friday
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11 months ago
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Dan Robson
11 months ago
A new story from me and
@joshuakloke.bsky.social
on the decline of the NHL’s partying and drinking culture — in favour of unwinding with video games and, for many, cannabis. What is lost and what is gained in this culture shift?
www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...
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In the NHL, boozing is out. Edible cannabis and video games are in
Some veterans lament less team bonding as alcohol use wanes and gaming and edibles become more commonplace.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6078563/2025/01/24/nhl-weed-gummies-video-gaming-alcohol/?source=emp_shared_article
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Julian McKenzie
11 months ago
Not sure if any Flames fans follow me here, but I wrote a story about Dustin Wolf and his Calder Trophy chances. Just picked up a big win over Winnipeg tonight.
@theathletic.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/604...
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How Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf emerged as a Calder Trophy candidate
Wolf's play has helped the Flames surpass expectations and put him in serious consideration for the Calder Trophy.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6045478/2025/01/18/calgary-flames-dustin-wolf-calder-trophy/
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Hailey Salvian
12 months ago
Last night, Marie-Philip Poulin scored her first game-winning goal in Vancouver since the 2010 Olympic gold medal game. Inside Poulin’s first golden moment and a career spent rising to the occasion. “She’s the best player to have ever played the game.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/604...
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Fifteen years after first ‘golden goal,’ Marie-Philip Poulin returns to the place her legend began
A teenaged Poulin burst onto the women's hockey scene at the 2010 Olympics. Back in Vancouver, she reflects on her start — and what's next.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6048567/2025/01/09/marie-philip-poulin-pwhl-vancouver-olympics-milan-2026/?source=emp_shared_article
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I love working for The Athletic, I believe in great journalism and I am proud to stand by my colleagues as we work toward protecting the standards of our workplace.
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12 months ago
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Sarah Jean Maher
The Athletic United (Canada)
12 months ago
The Athletic is a unique and valuable voice in Canadian sports media. Its Canadian employees take great pride in the reputation we've helped build and the standard we've set. That's why we're taking steps to unionize our workplace. Our mission statement:
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Join
@scottcwheeler.bsky.social
,
@jkamckenzie.bsky.social
, Corey and I as we live blog the
#WorldJuniors
gold medal game for
@theathletic.bsky.social
with one period to go 🇺🇸🇫🇮
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Finland, USA tied 3-3: World Juniors 2025 gold medal game live updates
Follow along with our journalists in Ottawa as the Americans attempt to repeat as World Juniors champions.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/usa-finland-world-juniors-championship-live-score-updates-result/FDZlcxL8CpsX/
12 months ago
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Play the whole nine-minute version if USA wins gold
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12 months ago
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Not used to USA being cheered on so hard here but Sikora definitely enemy No. 1
12 months ago
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Can I just say Free Bird is a great goal song
12 months ago
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Nobody expected Latvia goalie Linards Feldbergs to finish his
#WorldJuniors
with 210 saves. Or to upset Canada in the prelims. But those close to him also aren't surprised by his performance. How the 🇱🇻 goalie became the feel-good story of the tournament:
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How Latvia goalie Linards Feldbergs became the feel-good story of the 2025 World Juniors
The goalie behind Latvia’s unexpected run at the World Juniors will be remembered for his saves and his smile.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6034518/2025/01/03/world-juniors-linards-feldbergs-latvia-nhl
12 months ago
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Axel Sandin Pellikka is leading the
#WorldJuniors
with Team Sweden. And after last year's silver medal finish, he's out for revenge. For years, the Red Wings prospect has written down his thoughts after games in a worksheet his dad made for him. He credits it with helping him get to this moment:
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Red Wings’ Axel Sandin Pellikka wants revenge at the World Juniors — with his dad’s help
Sandin Pellikka credits his father, Janne, with helping him focus over the years en route to his third World Juniors with Sweden.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6032153/2025/01/03/red-wings-world-juniors-sandin-pellikka-sweden-nhl/?source=emp_shared_article
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Sam Dickinson on how 'too many penalties' cost Canada the game in a 4-1 loss to USA
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Dickinson: 'Too many penalties' cost Canada the game
Sam Dickinson: "I think we did a lot better five-on-five when we were there, just kind of gave up too many penalties and at the end of the day that's what cost us the game."He says at five-on-five Can...
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/usa-canada-world-juniors-live-score-updates-result/TSAHOMTlG8Ap/ue8FlfmtjSQ5/
12 months ago
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Happy New Year’s Eve! Join
@scottcwheeler.bsky.social
,
@jkamckenzie.bsky.social
, Corey and I as we live blog tonight’s Canada-USA
#WorldJuniors
showdown for
@theathletic.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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USA vs. Canada, World Juniors 2025 live updates: Latest score, predictions and odds for today’s game
Follow along for live reaction, news, highlights and more from the World Junior Championship preliminary round game between USA and Canada.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/usa-canada-world-juniors-live-score-updates-result/TSAHOMTlG8Ap
12 months ago
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Meet Maple Leafs prospect Miroslav Holinka, the “shy” and “quiet” centreman who’s helped get an exciting Team Czechia rolling at the
#WorldJuniors
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Meet Maple Leafs prospect Miroslav Holinka, the quiet player with a loud game for Czechia at World Juniors
The "shy" Maple Leafs fifth-round pick has been impressive for Czechia at the World Juniors.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6027657/2024/12/31/maple-leafs-prospect-world-juniors-miroslav-holinka
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Meet Maple Leafs prospect Miroslav Holinka, the “shy” and “quiet” centreman who’s helped get an exciting Team Czechia rolling at the
#WorldJuniors
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Meet Maple Leafs prospect Miroslav Holinka, the quiet player with a loud game for Czechia at World Juniors
The "shy" Maple Leafs fifth-round pick has been impressive for Czechia at the World Juniors.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6027657/2024/12/31/maple-leafs-prospect-world-juniors-miroslav-holinka
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Latvia 🇱🇻 goaltender Linards Feldbergs still buzzing tonight over last night’s win against Canada: “Probably I’m going to be happy about it for the next years, I’m going to remember the moment that we won against Canada. It’s really big.”
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Scott Wheeler
12 months ago
New: Your Boxing Day notes and standouts from the World Juniors in Ottawa 🔗⬇️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/600...
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Axel Sandin-Pellikka, USA's top line shine on Boxing Day at World Juniors
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6006840/2024/12/26/world-juniors-sandin-pellikka-boxing-day/?source=emp_shared_article
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Gavin McKenna vibes, Axel Sandin-Pellikka reintroduces himself to open the
#WorldJuniors
. Here’s what’s on tap for today, from
@jkamckenzie.bsky.social
and I:
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World Juniors Today: Gavin McKenna vibes with the music, Axel Sandin-Pellikka reintroduces himself
Axel Sandin-Pellikka scored a hat trick on Day 1 while Gavin McKenna explains Canada's goal song choice.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6007062/2024/12/27/world-juniors-today-mckenna-sandin-pellikka/?source=emp_shared_article
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