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  1. The battle of testosterone that will decide the fate of sport
    The curious case of Caster Semenya
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    Since the notion of “transgender athletes” appeared in the public domain – brought in by transgender tennis player Renee Richards back in 1975 – this has been the subject of never-ending controversy and debate. But now things are heading to what could be a culmination of decades-long deadlock. That is through the ongoing legal battle between South African runner Caster Semenya and the International Association of Athletics Federations. Last year, after IAAF introduced the controversial limit to testosterone levels of 5.0 nanomols per liter of blood for female athletes. Many regarded this as an attack on innocent athletes.
  2. Behind the Cheering
    Resource Type: Book
  3. Beyond a Boundary
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
    Part memoir of a boyhood in a black colony (by one of the founders of African nationalism), part passionate celebration of the game of cricket, this book raises serious questions about race, class, politics, and the realities of colonial oppression.
  4. The Biased Report that led to Banning Russians at the Olympics
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Canadian lawyer Richard Mclaren's report infuenced the World Anti-Doping Agency to call for the banning of all Russian athletes from the Rio Games.
  5. Bowling Alone
    The Collapse and Revival of American Community
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Bowling Alone documents the rise and fall of community activity in the twentieth century in the United States and the social changes this reflects. It offers all the evidence, the confirmatory and the contradictory, to give a complete look at trends of community involvement and how increased social capital can benefit everybody.
  6. Boycott BP's Baku games
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Baku, the oil capital of Azerbaijan, is set to host the 2015 European games. However, it's not just fun and games in this city. Azerbaijan is a country famous for oppressing freedom of speech, abusing journalists and keeping political prisoners. Furthermore, the main sponsor for the European games is oil tycoon BP. The 2015 games are a slew of political and environmental controversies.
  7. Canada Since 1960: A People's History
    A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2016
    An account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the 1960s to today, seen through the eyes of Canadian Dimension magazine.
  8. Canada-Sovet series over ... winner in doubt
    The 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey summit
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1972
    This article was written shortly after the end of the 1972 hockey series between a Soviet team and a Canadian team comprised of players from the National Hockey League. The closely fought series saw the Canadians win four games, the Soviets three, with one game tied.
  9. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1978
  10. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 4 - August 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1978
  11. Canadian university launches bachelor's degree in sports media
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Ryerson University, one of Canada’s top journalism schools, has announced the creation of the country’s first bachelor’s degree specifically geared towards sports media.
  12. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 5 - January 1982 - Children/Enfants
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1982
  13. Cross-Country Skiing
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
  14. Dynamo Kiev fans wear KKK outfits, swastikas in ‘white frenzy’ display intended for UEFA official
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Dynamo Kiev fans welcomed a visiting UEFA inspector to their home match versus Shakhtar Donetsk wearing outfits of the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and masks bearing swastikas.
  15. 100 Wörter des Jahrhunderts
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
  16. False Promises
    The Shaping of American Working Class Consciousness
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  17. Fifty years ago, Cassius Clay ‘shook up the world’ by winning the heavyweight title – and
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The victory of the underdog who became Muhammad Ali – and how it wasn't just sport's hierarchies that were rocked by it. On the night of February 25, 1964, the 22 year old Cassius Clay defeated the supposedly undefeatable Sonny Liston to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  18. 40+ Guide to Fitness
    A Physician's Exercise and Sports Program
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1994
    Exercise programs to increase strength, aerobic fitness and athletic skills.
  19. The Game
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
    "A thoughtfull and provocative look at a life in hockey"
  20. Get fit and keep fit
    A Physical Fitness and Training Guide for Young Canadians
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1969
  21. Greening Our Games
    Running Sports Events and Facilities that Won't Cost the Earth
    Resource Type: Book
    It teaches organizers, students, and teachers about economic, health, and PR advantages of making sports sustainable and how to implement changes.
  22. He's a right royal knockout
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    At the Invictus Games Harry will be centre stage in his uniform - no, not the Nazi one - as the Warrior Prince. Yeah, right.The PR story will be about a princely "hero" who served "on the front line" in Afghanistan. Except "Harry Wales" actually spent his four months in Afghanistan entirely at Camp Bastion, several hundred miles from the Helmand "front line" .
  23. Hockey Night in Moscow
    Resource Type: Book
  24. Inaugural Golden Oldies Football Festival
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Golden Oldies World Football Festival will be held in Adelaide, South Australia, in October 2016.
  25. International Workers' Olympiads
    Wikipedia article
    Resource Type: Article
    International Workers' Olympiads were an international sporting event arranged between 1925 and 1937 by Socialist Workers' Sport International (SASI). It was an organisation supported by social democratic parties and International Federation of Trade Unions. Workers' Olympiads were an alternate event for the Olympic Games. The participants were members of various labor sports associations and came mostly from Europe.
    The Workers' Olympiads were created as a counterweight for the Olympic Games, which were criticized for being confined for the upper social classes and privileged people. The international workers' sports movement did not believe that the true Olympic spirit could be achieved in an Olympic movement dominated by the aristocratic leadership. Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee, had always opposed women's participation and supported the cultural superiority of white Europeans over other races. His followers, Henri de Baillet-Latour and Avery Brundage, were openly anti-semitic and both collaborated with the Nazis. On the contrary, the Workers' Olympiads opposed all kinds of chauvinism, sexism, racism and social exclusiveness. The Olympic Games were based in rivalry between the nations, but the Workers' Olympiads stressed internationalism, friendship, solidarity and peace.
  26. Lessons for Risk and Opportunity from NHL Draft
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The NHL amateur draft has just ended and it offers interesting lessons about assessing risk and opportunity.
  27. The Lessons of the World Cup for our Victim Culture
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    That we are living in an age of victim culture is well-exemplified by an article recently published by the CBC suggesting that minorities "feel apprehensive about heading into the wild because they don't see themselves reflected in the outdoor industry and media." The underlying premise is that a paucity of representations of members of these groups constructs the outdoors as a kind of "unsafe space" of which people from these communities ask, according to the African-American author of a book called The Adventure Gap, James Mills, "'Do I belong here? And if somebody believes that I don’t belong here, will they do something to harm me?'"
  28. Letter to the World Anti Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee
    Regarding the McLaren Report and the Politicization of Doping in Sports
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Russian track and field athletes, plus the entire Paralympics team, were banned from the Rio Games last summer. This was based on the first McLaren report commissioned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
  29. Made in America
    An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1994
    A history of American English.
  30. The Moronic Sport: ORVs on Public Lands
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    I do not accept the premise that abuse of our lands is something that we must tolerate as inevitable. It is our land. It is our children's land, and their children's land. We have a responsibility to pass these lands on to the next generation in better condition than we found them.
    Talking about promoting 'responsible' ORV use is like suggesting we ought to promote "responsible wife abuse" or "responsible child abuse."
  31. New Website for International Association of Sports Newspapers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Association of Sports Newspapers (IASN) has launched a new website, www.press-iasn.org, to highlight its work in the promotion of the interests and freedom of the sports press.
  32. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 13, 2016
    Sports and Politics
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2016
    Sports and politics have always been intertwined, though perhaps never as much so as in the current era. In the modern sports era, survival and success depend largely on the favour of corporations, whose power to provide or withhold funding and sponsorships now shape every aspect of sport, including athletes' incomes and lifestyles. It is now difficult to remember that only a few decades ago, corporate logos were strictly forbidden at Olympic events, while athletes were prohibited from accepting any kind of payment for their involvement in sports. The corporate conquest of sports closely parallels the corporate colonization of nearly all aspects of modern life. Accompanying this in recent years has been the increasing injection of militaristic content into sports spectacles. In Canada, hockey games are now commonly preceded by rituals honouring militarism. In the United States, similar spectacles have been staged for years. In this issue, we feature resources which remind us that resistance to the commercialization, corporatization, and militarization of sports is also part of our heritage.
  33. Participaction
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  34. Red Sport International
    Wikipedia article
    Resource Type: Article
    The International Association of Red Sports and Gymnastics Associations, commonly known as Red Sport International (RSI) or Sportintern was a Comintern-supported international sports organization established in July 1921. The RSI was established in an effort to form a rival organization to already existing "bourgeois" and social democratic international sporting groups. The RSI held 3 summer games and 1 winter games called "Spartakiad" in competition with the Olympic games of the International Olympic Committee before being dissolved in 1937.
  35. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1970
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but all issues of the paper have been scanned and are available on the Connexions website.
    Ward 7 covered the area of Toronto east of downtown, from Sherbourne Street to Logan Avenue, south of Bloor-Danforth, including Don Vale, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, St. Jamestown.
  36. Socialist Register 1996
    Volume 32: Are There Alternatives?
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1996
  37. Socialist Workers' Sport International
    Wikipedia article
    Resource Type: Article
    Socialist Workers' Sport International (German: Sozialistische Arbeitersport Internationale, SASI) was an international socialist sporting organisation, based in Lucerne. It was founded in 1920, and consisted of six national federations (with a combined membership of about one million) at the time of its founding.
  38. Sources welcomes Adam Strimaitis, Author of The Millionaire Moron
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Sources welcomes a new member: Adam Strimaitis, Author of The Millionaire Moron. Adam Strimaitis is an author, professional speaker and corporate trainer.
  39. Sources welcomes ParticipACTION
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    ParticipACTION, the national voice for physical activity and sport participation in Canada, focuses on inspiring and supporting Canadians to move more.
  40. Sport, Peace and Development: International Worker Sport 1913-2013
    A festschrift book in honour of International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation (CSIT)
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2013
    Sport is seen to play an important role as a promoter for peace and social integration in different geographical, cultural and political contexts.
  41. Sporting Boycott of South Africa
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
  42. Sports & Games Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts
    Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources
    Resource Type: Website
    A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to sports and games in the Sources directory for the media.
  43. Sports and Politics
    Introduction to the August 13, 2016 issue of Other Voices
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Sports in general, and the Olympics in particular, have never been free of politics. Allegations of bribery and cheating had already been part of the Olympics for centuries before that noteworthy day in 67 AD when the judges proclaimed the Emperor Nero winner of the Olympic chariot race even though he had been thrown from his chariot and failed to complete the race.
  44. Sports: Ulli Diemer - Selected snippets & quotes from Radical Digressions
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
  45. Adam Strimaitis, Author of The Millionaire Moron
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  46. The Struggle For Canadian Sport
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Bruce Kidd, a former track star, documents the development and transformation of Canadian sport in the twentieth century.
  47. Trigger Issues: Football
    One Small Item, One Giant Impact
    Resource Type: Book
  48. Understanding Media
    The Extensions of Man
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1964
    McLuhan says that the means by which people communicate determine their thoughts and actions.
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