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The most bizarre play in football

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Don Sutherin is the new coach of the Hamilton, Ontario, Tiger-Cats football team. Sutherin played for many years in the Canadian Football League before becoming a coach, but he is best known for an incredible field goal interception that occurred in 1961, while playing for the Tiger-Cats.

Author: Frayne, Trent
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
Biography, Competitions, Football players, Football coaches, Canadian Football League, Sutherin, Don

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The Olympic conundrum

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The remarkable amount of attention paid to the events in the Olympic games for two weeks is in stark contrast to the almost total lack of attention they get all the time between Olympics. It is difficult to explain what motivates all the thousands of spectators to attend the games.

Author: Frayne, Trent
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
Social aspects, Olympics, Sports spectators

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Back when players bowed before owners

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Hockey star Wayne Gretzky makes $6.5 million per year playing for the Los Angeles Kings and has great influence over team management. However, during the 1950s and 1960s hockey players had little power. One player, Jake Milford, was traded for two used hockey nets.

Author: Frayne, Trent
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Compensation and benefits, Humor and anecdotes, Hockey, Hockey players, Gretzky, Wayne

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