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Stock Pick: First-place network CBS Corp. (CBS) could have a place in your...
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The World Cup highlights all the ways Twitter is failing as a social network:...
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A true leader would rename the Washington R*dskins right away: Chris MacDonald
(Washington Post/Getty) A leader has to be able to do hard things, including, perhaps especially, leading his or her organization through difficult changes. Indeed, many leadership scholars regard that...
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Mark Carney outrages Britain again by cancelling annual Bank of England...
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Canada is bidding to host the 2026 World Cup, and it could be worth billions
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Working from NHL playbook, Rogers locks down 10-year cable deal with WWE...
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Vancouver Whitecaps COO Rachel Lewis on how to sell every seat in the stadium
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CFL president Michael Copeland’s three rules for negotiating with a union
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How Winnipeg’s FXR Racing made its motor sports gear into a global brand
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Team Canada captain Hayley Wickenheiser on how to lead by example
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Review: Oakley Airwave ski goggles are like Google Glass, but useful
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How Pro Net Sports became the official net supplier to the NHL
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How Sher-wood Athletics’ high-tech hockey sticks are winning converts
(Raina + Wilson) NHL Supplier: Sher-wood Athletics Group Location: Sherbrooke, Que. Established: 1949 Number of Sher-wood pucks used in a game: 25 to 30 When he was with the Colorado Avalanche, Paul...
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Made-in-Quebec skates allow Bauer to offer more custom options
(Raina + Wilson) NHL Supplier: Bauer Hockey Location: Blainville, Que. Established: 1927 Last year’s global revenues: US$446 million Today’s NHL players fortify themselves in equipment as specialized...
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How Sani Sport uses ozone to de-stinkify the NHL’s smelliest gear
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How Reebok-CCM battle-tests hockey jerseys before they hit the ice
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Goodbye Gatorade: how Biosteel is (very quietly) taking over the NHL
(Portrait by KC Armstrong) In August 2011, with a new hockey season just around the corner, NHL fans were treated to a flurry of feel-good media stories emanating from a weeklong pre-season training...
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Winners & Losers: Nike slam dunks, Dick Costolo strikes out
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How HockeyTech is helping coaches optimize player performance
(HockeyTech) Not all startups are brand new companies housed in some student’s garage. HockeyTech is one of those companies that doesn’t fit the usual mode. An amalgamation of five separate small...
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How to mentor a promising employee or entrepreneur
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“Uber for goalies” app Puck helps pickup hockey teams man the net
(David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated/Getty) Summer isn’t officially over yet, but with Labour Day come and gone it may as well be winter here in Canada. For sports fans, that means one thing: it’s...
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Is it unethical to watch the Super Bowl?
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Raptors GM Masai Ujiri on the key to being a “fierce” leader
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Rogers gambles on a standalone digital streaming sports channel
Home run? Too soon to tell. (Stacy Revere/Getty) Canadian sports fans have some good news to celebrate, besides the opening of the Blue Jays season on Sunday. Rogers is launching Sportsnet Now, a...
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Meet the marketer behind the Raptors’ #WeTheNorth campaign
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Capitalism, like baseball, has both written and unwritten rules
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Should Olympic sponsors pull out over the danger of Zika virus?
Coca-Cola paid $100 million to be “Worldwide Partner” with the Olympics. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty) What should Olympic sponsors and “partners” like Coke and General Electric and Visa do in...
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Nike founder Phil Knight on how to build an innovative culture
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Brazil’s Rio 2016 fiasco heralds the age of the downsized Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, site of the 2016 Olympic Games. (Felipe Dana/AP) This article originally appeared at Sportsnet. Well yes, they shot the mascot, so that’s something different. Not the actual mascot, not...
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Christine Sinclair on how to motivate a team under pressure
Christine Sinclair. (Portrait by KC Armstrong) Soccer star Christine Sinclair is many things. To her teammates, some of whom she has known for over a decade, she is merely “Sincy,” a nickname...
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Canadian Olympic chef de mission Curt Harnett on reaching peak performance
Team Canada chef de mission Curt Harnett. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star/Getty) As chef de mission of Team Canada for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, former Olympian Curt Harnett is responsible for...
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The baseball umpire of the future is a computer-human hybrid
(Tom Szczerbowski/Getty) Every baseball fan has inevitably seen a few calls go against their favourite team. It’s not surprising, then, that a push is on to increasingly automate the art of calling...
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TheScore founder John Levy on growing up in the family business
theScore Inc. founder John Levy. (theScore) Levy earned a law degree and ran the family cable company before founding the Score Television Network in 1994. He sold the TV assets in 2012 to focus on...
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The 2016 Rio Olympics were a great sporting event, and an ethical mess
U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte caused a scandal at the 2016 Olympic Games with his fabricated story of a robbery at gunpoint. (Matt Hazlett/Getty) So, the 2016 Olympics are over. And while the Olympics...
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Toronto Blue Jays slugger Russell Martin on how to handle insane pressure
(Tom Szczerbowski/Getty) Toronto Blue Jays catcher (and hometown hero) Russell Martin on thriving under the stress of high-stakes situations when the whole world’s watching: Performing under...
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Many of Canada’s junior hockey league teams barely break even, records show
This article originally appeared at Sportsnet. By order of a judge in a civil action in an Alberta court, the CHL and teams from the OHL and WHL submitted financial statements that show many...
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Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Wendel Clark on leading under pressure
Former Toronto Maple Leafs team captain Wendel Clark Wendel Clark’s new book, Bleeding Blue: Giving My All for the Game, details his journey from growing up in the Prairies to captaining the most...
View ArticleMeet the most controversial brands
Good morning! Here’s what’s on our radar at the moment: Meet the most controversial brands A growing number of U.S. professional athletes have started kneeling during pre-game national anthems. San...
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