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The Expos-Jays World Series matchup that was not to be in 1987 (or ever)
At the start of September 1987, the Montreal Expos were getting hot at the right time, which was firing up the team's fanbase.
Archives September 10
The strike that killed the Expos' World Series dream in 1994
The 1994 Montreal Expos were the best team in baseball. But a strike ruined everything.
Archives August 12
The computer system that stumbled at the 1996 Olympics
Three business giants -- IBM, Xerox, and Swatch -- teamed up to supply the data journalists needed at the Summer Games in Atlanta. It didn't quite work.
Archives July 23
The British Columbian who became a sumo wrestler and WWE star
John Tenta's decision to exit a promising career in sumo wrestling stunned fans of the sport. But he had his reasons.
Archives July 9
How Vancouver found out it won the 2010 Olympics
Archives July 2
The hockey league that was literally ready to roll in 1993
Archives June 21

The first time — and hopefully not the last time — the Raptors won it all

Archives June 13

The power outage that ended a tie game in the 1988 Stanley Cup final

Archives May 24

The loss of Owen Hart and the family, friends and fans who loved him

Archives May 23

How 'computer golf' let committed players tee off year-round

Archives May 23

Why Blue Jays fans booed the national anthem in 1978

Archives May 21

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The boycott that dashed Olympic dreams in 1980

Archives April 22

The day the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, announced his retirement

Archives April 16

From 1995: How will 'baseball's comeback' play out in Canada?

Archives April 3

When pro hockey had two competing leagues

Archives March 22

25 years ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs played their final game in the building named for them

Archives February 13

A 'damn disgusting' NHL expansion that excluded Vancouver

Archives February 9

When CBC grilled Wayne Gretzky about his league-leading salary

Archives February 7

The Canada-USSR brawl at the 1987 world junior hockey tournament

Archives January 4

The beginning and the end of the 'Stanley Cup caper' of 1970

Archives December 5, 2023

From 1988: The day Wayne Gretzky went to L.A.

Archives August 9, 2023

Bobby Baun, who scored OT goal on broken leg to win 1964 Stanley Cup, dead at 86

Sports Hockey NHL August 15, 2023

It wasn't skateboarding in 1965. It was 'skurfing'

Archives June 15, 2023

The fires, the fans and the unfazed coach when the Canadiens won their 23rd Cup

Archives May 26, 2023

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