Scott Stinson
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Paralympians ready to beat the challenges
In the early part of last year, I met about a dozen Paralympians at a Toronto conference hall, part of the media buildup to what was then still planned to be Tokyo 2020. Stephanie Dixon, a three-time Paralympian herself and now the chef de mission for the Canadian team in Japan, explained that the toughest thing about the job was the stuff that she could not control.

STINSON: Olympic-type glory comes ‘from anywhere’
The Canadian Olympic Committee’s new brand campaign contains a lot of images that would be expected of such a thing. Volleyball players setting and spiking the ball, a diver leaping off a platform, a decathlete hurling a javelin.

STINSON: Attempted Super League exposes super-greed of soccer's top clubs
When news started to slip out overseas on Sunday that a dozen of the biggest European soccer clubs were planning to form a breakaway super league called, in a moment of inspiration, The Super League, I happened to be watching a baseball game.

Single-game sports betting could be both a blessing and a curse for Canada
In May of 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a federal law that prohibited sports betting outside of Nevada was unconstitutional. Three months later, New Jersey was taking wagers, and dozens more states have followed its path in the years since.
