We asked sports aficionados to name their favourite of all time. Here, we present their winning pick and what they had to say about 24 notable runners-up.
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At a boxing gym in the Junction Triangle, a free program is teaching young people from underserved communities how to cope with the challenges life throws at them.
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This year, the Toronto Raptors teamed up with Room Up Front, a grassroots group that connects early-career BIPOC photojournalists with mentors. They gave WEP a sneak peek at the work Norma Ibarra, Lucy Lu and Adetona Omokanye have been producing at Raptors and Raptors 905 games, documenting the action.
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A backyard battle has been brewing between the High Park Club and Algonquin Avenue residents who claim the private curling facility needs to be a better neighbour – raising questions about how much we’re owed by the businesses who operate among us.
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Dave Bidini writes about his favourite rink, McCormick Arena, a place that glows with life, wonder and city history, its lobby lights swishing out to the street.
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The next day, I showed up ready to play ball. It was a lazy, fun game under the warm California sun. Bands and their crews were on each team. and it felt like family, everyone cheering each other on.
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Perry King talks to WEP photo director Jalani Morgan about a series that’s close to his heart: celebrating “Black folks participating in a sport that I love”.
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Once a stronghold for straight dudes, the skateboarding scene is finally opening up to queer riders. Four skaters talk about how they made inroads and found a loving community along the way.
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It was 1995. A sheep was born in a petri dish. A bright comet was streaking through the sky. And, in pre-internet Toronto, something even more remarkable was happening: The High Park Little League team was headed to the World Series. Poet David James Brock remembers what the world felt like in that moment.
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Charles Molgat – everyone calls him Chuck – is the sartorial MVP of rec hockey, known across the city for his remarkable sweater designs. Here, he takes us through some of the favourite sweaters he’s made and acquired during a lifetime spent appreciating what we wear when we skate.
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Once a week, Mitch Chuvalo takes his dad, the five-time Canadian heavyweight champ, to the Pegasus, an unassuming Junction bar in a strip mall, to sing the oldies he loves and to take their best stab at remembering when.
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In 1985, three women started a lesbian soccer league, called Pink Turf, to have a safe place to play. Over the years, the league and the community that grew around it became about a lot more than the game. Here, they talk about the difference a queer club makes.
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The 2017/18 Maple Leafs possess the most gifted collection of young players in the club’s 100-plus-year history. Whether they can kick at the darkness and turn their promise into a long-awaited Stanley Cup is something only the spring gods can know.
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Burrowing into a quiet residential street just a few hundreds yards north of the Gardiner Expressway, and insulated from the din of rush hour by trees older than the city sits one of the West End’s crown jewels, the High Park Club. Here I catch up with the skip from High Park, who has just returned from leading her rink to bronze at the Travelers Nationals.
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One of the world’s top septuagenarian marathon runners has lived on Brunswick Avenue for 30 years, though she had to leave Toronto to find her place.
That’s because, in her age category, at 71, Nancy Wells must race internationally to find a peer.
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Amanda Fenech knows the sight of a woman driving a Zamboni still draws attention. The 33-year-old single mother of two has fielded her fair share of questioning looks and outspoken concerns. But, as one of four full-time maintenance workers at George Bell Arena, she’s learned to take the skepticism in stride.
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