Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday along with former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons. CBC | Sports News
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With Hockey Hall inductions done, let’s argue over next year’s class: Pizzo
When it comes to recurring hockey debates, the annual selections to the Hockey Hall of Fame have to be at the top of the list. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Wickenheiser, 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame class reflect on success at induction ceremony
Hayley Wickenheiser was among six inductees enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto, joining three-time Stanley Cup winner Guy Carbonneau, offensive blue-line dynamo Sergei Zubov and Czech great Vaclav Nedomansky in the players category. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Don Cherry’s dismissal a hot topic among Hockey Hall of Famers
The controversy surrounding Cherry’s dismissal from Sportsnet was a hot topic among the members of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 at a media event Friday in advance of their Monday enshrinement. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hayley Wickenheiser ‘changed the game’ on her way to Hockey Hall of Fame
Hayley Wickenheiser will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. Not bad for a girl who used to slink into the arena, hoping to go unnoticed, to play a game that belonged, at the time, to boys and men. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Eddie Hall weight loss: Strongman cut one thing from diet to shed astounding five stone
EDDIE HALL, 31, is a former professional strongman who was dubbed the World’s Strongest Man in 2017. He has shed an astounding five stone in recent years, how did he do it? Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Simon Whitfield credits play with pals for putting him on road to Olympic Hall
Simon Whitfield, who made history as the first Olympic champion in men’s triathlon in 2000, was among seven people and two teams inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame on Wednesday in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The eclectic and impressive Canada Sports Hall of Fame class of 2019
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is a cacophony of athletic prowess. It amounts to a remarkable, but too-infrequently visited museum which pays tribute to a significant chapter of the national narrative. As Scott Russell writes, there is so much gathered here under one roof, in this one place, and the sights and sounds speak to the mosaic of a country which embraces ...
Read More »Watch 2019 Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Watch live Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET as the 2019 Canadian Hall of Fame class is officially inducted in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Having waited for her medals, Christine Girard deserves swift induction into Olympic Hall of Fame: Russell
It’s often been said that anything worth having is worth waiting for. No one understands that more than Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard. CBC | Sports News
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