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Vancouver’s Hockey Riot: How to Understand It

by / June 17, 2011

By Dave Zirin

How do we understand the riots that exploded in Vancouver after the beloved Canucks lost the Stanley Cup Finals?

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Marxist Theories of Sport: Nation, Commerce and Pleasure

by / October 17, 2010

By Susan Ferguson

When last year’s Olympic torch arrived in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Quebec, on its way to Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Games, the clash of politics and sports prompted some tricky negotiations.