Sports Fans

• Stanley Cup aspirations shattered for Edmonton Oilers fans: ‘It sucks’

  Edmonton's loss officially extended the drought for a Canadian team winning the Cup to 30 years since Montreal won in 1993.

  Canada

  May 15, 2023
  
• Father-daughter duo troll Maple Leafs fans with opposition jerseys amid playoff run

  In round 2 of the NHL playoffs, Ervil Diguisto and his daughter Danielle may be the ultimate Toronto Maple Leafs trolls, but their wearing other teams' jerseys is not a new habit.

  Sports

  May 3, 2023
  
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• Edmonton Elks offering free tickets for kids 12 and under

  In an effort to make games more affordable for families, the Edmonton Elks football club is allowing kids into games for free.

  Consumer

  Jul 6, 2022
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• Edmonton sports fans anxiously await COVID-19 rules to attend games

  Sports fans in Edmonton still have no direction from either the Oilers or Oil Kings as to what policies might be implemented as COVID-19 numbers rise rapidly across the province.

  Sports

  Aug 23, 2021
• Yankee Stadium fan banned from MLB parks for hitting Verdugo with baseball

  The fan who hit Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo with a baseball thrown from the Yankee Stadium stands has been banned for life from attending big league games.

  Sports

  Jul 19, 2021
• Edmonton Oilers’ sellout streak ends as all pro-sports leagues struggle with declining attendance

  Over 13 years, the Edmonton Oilers sold out 549 consecutive games. The last six games have had somewhere between 1,000 and 1,300 empty seats.

  Consumer

  Nov 7, 2019
• Alberta mom who cheers on Canadian athletes from living room gets gift of a lifetime from Olympic medallist

  After being moved by the story of an Alberta woman who deprives herself of sleep in order to watch Canada's Olympic athletes on TV, a high-profile Olympic medallist is giving her a memento as an expression of gratitude.

  Sports

  Feb 20, 2018
• Roy Green: Treating politics like sports — and sports like politics

  It used to be that discussing politics was similar to the good-natured rivalry over sports. But the current polarization suggests things have changed, Roy Green writes.

  Nov 19, 2017
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• Game 7 of the playoffs trumps a favourite team any time

  Call yourself a hockey fan but won't watch the playoffs if 'your' team is out? That's no way to show true hockey enthusiasm, Scott Thompson writes.

  Commentary

  May 26, 2017