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When George Bell kicked off a lifelong fandom | Baseball Raconteur-ing
On this date 40 years ago, this athletics supporter got a taste for baseball with bloodlust, and became a Blue Jays fan for life. The brawl might have…
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Déjà vu audio again: Richard Wagamese, on humility | Rereading Sport
The late great Ojibwe Canadian author left many messages, including one about an ideal and a promise that true Canadian leaders must honour. Promise…
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Déjà vu audio again: 'The Olympic Army,' by Westbrook Pegler | Rereading Sport
90 years ago, a journalist saw the Nazis making sport about 'absolute authority in government.' Recognizing parallels with the MAGA Maladministration…
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'Yes' to Shoeless Joe; Pete Rose is a firm 'no' | A Baseball Post
When put into context, the sins don't stack up the same.
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Canada election: Cool heads will prevail; the rage farmers and the damage done
In hockey terms, Canadians have a couple parties that offer a game plan vis-à-vis a bunch of goons who perpetrated a disgrace at the debates in…
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‘The Office’ Greatest Sports Moments (Fun Post)
On the 20th anniversary of the début of the best comedy series set in a midlevel paper goods company, here is an appreciation of its humour in a…
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The Saskempire Strikes Back, With Gage Against The Machine | Uniball Dispatch, Year 2
Riding the national player of the year, Gage Grassick, the Saskatchewan Huskies took back the Bronze Baby from the Carleton Ravens with a near-perfect…
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neatefreaksports
A recovering sportswriter's diary on mostly sporting topics. I post about current affairs and politics in Substack Notes and on Bluesky (@n8sager). Humanist, healthful, reformist, and retrofuturist through a Canadian Xennial lens.
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