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Field of Play: 1st impressions of Sochi

By Scott Russell | Posted:Sunday, February 3, 2013 | 03:28 PM

Field of Play: From the Rockies to Russia

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | 10:38 PM

Field of Play: In praise of the 'other' Scott Russell

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, January 15, 2013 | 11:29 AM

Field of Play: Sport and passion interrupted

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 9, 2013 | 01:27 PM

Field of Play: A slice of hockey heaven

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 2, 2013 | 11:57 AM

Field of Play: Power and influence in Canadian sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, December 14, 2012 | 09:42 AM

Field of Play: The People's Pick

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, November 30, 2012 | 06:41 AM

Field of Play: Lake Louise, the start of winter

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 22, 2012 | 07:19 AM

Field of Play: More cash for Canada's Olympians

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, November 16, 2012 | 08:47 AM

Field of Play: Tales of the Unexpected

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, November 9, 2012 | 08:26 AM

New kids in Canada's Sports Hall

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 19, 2012 | 09:47 AM

Sports Day: National Jersey Day in Ottawa

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, September 28, 2012 | 08:22 PM

Sports Day: Sowing seeds of excellence

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, September 28, 2012 | 11:01 AM

Sports Day: Giving back in Winnipeg

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 27, 2012 | 10:33 AM

Sports Day: Celebrating the coaches

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | 07:33 AM

Sports Day: Sports and the family

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | 11:43 AM

On the road in search of sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, September 24, 2012 | 07:53 AM

High Stakes... High Hurdles... A Canadian Race

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 28, 2012 | 11:07 AM

The Queen's Plate and Canada's Olympic Head of State

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, June 22, 2012 | 11:45 AM

The unsinkable Alexandre Despatie

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 11:24 AM

Jerome Drayton and the oldest Canadian record

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 7, 2012 | 09:57 AM

Women, Sport and Horse Sense

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, June 1, 2012 | 12:05 PM

Five for the flag: Who should carry the Maple Leaf in London?

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 24, 2012 | 09:54 AM

The giants of Volleyworld

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, May 18, 2012 | 11:51 AM

The Olympic spotlight: At long last

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, May 7, 2012 | 07:13 PM

Alexandre Despatie unafraid to be great

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, May 4, 2012 | 08:37 AM

The Olympics and the broken hearted

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 12:08 PM

Coolsaet leads Canada's running renaissance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 19, 2012 | 11:11 PM

Remembering our friend Randy Starkman

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, April 16, 2012 | 11:15 PM

Our season's end and beyond the cut

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 12, 2012 | 01:52 PM

Despite recent scandals, good coaches should be praised

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 12:26 PM

Kershaw blazes a new cross-country trail

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 15, 2012 | 10:33 AM

March weather brings out the magic of play

By Scott Russell | Posted:Saturday, March 10, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Beyond the deadline: 5 reasons to love sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 1, 2012 | 11:16 AM

Lee-Gartner's '92 victory a Canadian alpine treasure

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 08:55 PM

Gridiron guys turn bobsleigh beasts

By Scott Russell | Posted:Saturday, February 11, 2012 | 07:00 PM

Canada's Kingsbury is king of the moguls hill

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 10:03 AM

Is Corporate Canada really a good teammate?

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | 12:45 PM

Olympic education: spreading modern Games message

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, January 27, 2012 | 10:00 PM

Kitzbuhel: The Legend

By Scott Russell | Posted:Sunday, January 22, 2012 | 12:08 AM

Risk and sport: The nature of the beast

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | 08:55 PM

Crunch time for Canadian Olympians

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, January 5, 2012 | 02:45 PM

2011: The Big Picture

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, December 28, 2011 | 02:54 PM

Christine Nesbitt is the athlete Canadians should know

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 15, 2011 | 11:56 AM

Chan still learning to be champion

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 8, 2011 | 07:32 PM

The legend of Lake Louise

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 24, 2011 | 10:46 PM

Canada's Athlete of the Year

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, November 18, 2011 | 03:42 PM

Sustaining our shrine to sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | 04:08 PM

Hickstead was a national superstar

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, November 7, 2011 | 06:20 PM

Quebec's passion for sport stands out

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, November 4, 2011 | 09:11 AM

Can Toronto be a worthy Pan Am host?

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 28, 2011 | 08:48 AM

Multi-sport Moyse an athletic throwback

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 21, 2011 | 06:54 PM

Five people you meet on our field of play

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 14, 2011 | 10:57 AM

CBC Sports Weekend is our field of play

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 7, 2011 | 12:17 PM

The struggle for sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 11:02 AM

Germany's Prinz of players

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 07:58 AM

Tracing Canada's World Cup route

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 12, 2011 | 09:23 AM

Outgoing sports minister Lunn will be missed

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | 03:07 PM

Moscow's skating mystique

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 10:10 AM

Women approach watershed World Cup

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 21, 2011 | 09:28 AM

Post-season puck power

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, April 13, 2011 | 10:53 PM

Ski jumping inclusion a giant leap for equality

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 7, 2011 | 09:25 AM

Hayden thrives in swimming's post-suit era

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 31, 2011 | 10:36 AM

Springtime's sweet season

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 24, 2011 | 10:57 AM

Japan figure skating worlds should be moved

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, March 16, 2011 | 10:03 PM

Synchronized swimming: An unsinkable Canadian tradition

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | 10:34 AM

Canada is 1st nation of speed skating

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 10, 2011 | 11:23 AM

Canada's Wide World of Sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 3, 2011 | 08:43 AM

Sport needs to draw the line as casualties mount

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, February 16, 2011 | 11:42 PM

Erik the great, Erik the gracious

By Scott Russell | Posted:Saturday, February 12, 2011 | 08:49 PM

Vancouver's legacy: No more 5th business

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, February 9, 2011 | 11:14 PM

Golden dance revival

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, February 3, 2011 | 12:49 PM

From child star to hockey elder in the blink of an eye

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, January 27, 2011 | 12:17 AM

The great Canadian event

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, January 21, 2011 | 09:29 AM

Wake up, Canada: it's championship season

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, January 13, 2011 | 09:30 AM

Canada's Nordic knight

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, January 6, 2011 | 04:06 PM

Finding a sporting balance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | 12:17 PM

New Year's resolutions from Canada's field of play

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 30, 2010 | 11:07 AM

Crosby at Christmas: The Gift of Sid

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 23, 2010 | 12:26 PM

Don't forget the true Olympians of 2010

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, December 17, 2010 | 12:30 PM

Racing rivals, alpine allies

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, December 8, 2010 | 11:06 AM

A different kind of champion

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 2, 2010 | 09:42 AM

The Lou Marsh Debate

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | 08:22 PM

Patrick Chan's Big Chance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 18, 2010 | 10:00 AM

Sports Hall of Fame inductees stellar

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 11, 2010 | 01:12 PM

Angela James: Hockey's Hall of Fame Pioneer

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 4, 2010 | 10:51 AM

Erik Guay: Skiing's constant Canuck

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 28, 2010 | 03:10 PM

Jet lag and sports culture shock

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 21, 2010 | 10:49 AM

Why the Games came to India

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 14, 2010 | 10:48 AM

Diamonds in the rough

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 7, 2010 | 02:27 PM

Not your average sports community

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 03:19 PM

Competitors and the Commonwealth commotion

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 11:04 AM

Canadian sport finally gets its Day

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | 07:46 PM

Back to school, back to sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 9, 2010 | 09:18 AM

The foundation sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 10:34 AM

A Maritime Field of Dreams

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 22, 2010 | 11:46 AM

Sport never sleeps

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 15, 2010 | 11:54 AM

The hockey sweater

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 11:02 AM

There's something about Steve

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 11:06 AM

Happy ending to a broken heart

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 20, 2010 | 08:51 AM

Having Faith in Old Faithful

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 09:20 AM

Branding Olympic heroes

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 02:56 PM

Sport and the global journey

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 15, 2010 | 11:12 AM

A Canadian Olympic Visionary

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 02:17 AM

The plain truth from Patrick Chan

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 09:45 AM

Soccer and the prisoners of apartheid

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 08:18 AM

Soccer 4 Hope: The miracle of Khayelitsha

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, March 15, 2010 | 11:34 AM

A trip to Soweto: The world's soccer city

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 11, 2010 | 10:44 AM

The Price of Pride and Performance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 05:12 PM

Canada has chance at perfect 2010

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, January 1, 2010 | 01:25 PM

A holiday break from broken dreams

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | 10:52 AM

Canada's hidden treasures of sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 17, 2009 | 11:03 AM

Past glory means nothing in making the Olympic cut

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 12:34 PM

The magic of the Grey Cup

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 02:48 PM

Finding our way back to skating - go figure

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 11:38 AM

Dark horses and Canadian cowboys

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 11:50 AM

Toronto's Pan Am potential

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 12:21 PM

This week's work: Leafs at Canadiens

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, October 30, 2009 | 12:04 PM

It's time to embrace the flame

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 11:27 AM

Curling and the golden promise

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 05:52 PM

Legend of "The Herminator"

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 11:48 AM

In Blades Battle, Underhill's already a winner

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 8, 2009 | 12:15 PM

Reasons why Rio is the right Olympic choice

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 1, 2009 | 10:01 AM

Canada's Olympians at home and on the hot seat

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | 01:47 PM

The importance of Theoren Fleury’s chance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 17, 2009 | 10:50 AM

Canada's stadium masterpiece

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, September 11, 2009 | 11:05 AM

Danny Dichio: The first and brightest star so far

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | 04:01 PM

Storm clouds brewing for hockey

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 11:11 AM

Is Toronto a "world class" sports city?

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, August 27, 2009 | 11:20 AM

Golf and the Olympics: Strange bedfellows

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 12:01 PM

Reform the rules, rewrite the records, restore some faith

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | 12:38 PM

Gene Sutton: Our Olympic soul

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, August 6, 2009 | 11:05 AM

Big day for Annamay

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, July 31, 2009 | 03:48 PM

It's all about the suit

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 03:03 PM

Canada's underwater dogs

By Scott Russell | Posted:Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 05:42 PM

Canada's Despatie digs deep

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 23, 2009 | 12:17 PM

Canadian swimmers back in synch

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 11:22 AM

Canadian Gladiators in Rome

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 10:35 AM

A fish called Canada

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 03:49 PM

Superstar attraction in the individual realm

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 9, 2009 | 10:51 AM

You know you're a Canadian sports fan when

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 11:08 AM

Put some magic into hockey's hall

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 05:01 PM

Into Africa: More than just a game

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 11:36 AM

For the fans' sake, end the dog days of hockey

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 05:02 PM

Picturing legends of the Hall

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 11:14 AM

Soccer suits us

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 11:49 AM

What made Shewfelt shine

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, May 22, 2009 | 12:34 PM

The need to believe in Bolt

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | 12:39 PM

Running past hard times

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 10:31 AM

The podium and "The Pod": A summer to simmer for Canada's 2010 hopefuls

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | 01:59 PM

Last rocks and the fire in Ferbey

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 12:44 PM

A beautiful beast called Boston: What a race!

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, April 20, 2009 | 04:17 PM

Dawn of the national drama

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, April 13, 2009 | 02:13 PM

Finding the inner warmth of “footie”

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, April 6, 2009 | 03:50 PM

Believing in figure skating

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, March 30, 2009 | 10:33 AM

Hollywood nights: Figure skating hits the main stage in Los Angeles

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, March 20, 2009 | 11:05 AM

"V" is for Victory but also for Vonn

By Scott Russell | Posted:Friday, March 13, 2009 | 11:13 AM

Manny is 'The Man'

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 04:26 AM

Celebrating our women of sport

By Scott Russell | Posted:Saturday, March 7, 2009 | 11:43 AM

The game I used to know

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, March 2, 2009 | 03:10 PM

In one year, it's our chance to be great

By Scott Russell | Posted:Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 11:38 AM

Vancouver is starting to feel Olympic

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | 10:48 AM

Getting the big picture at Big White

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, February 2, 2009 | 11:42 AM

A game of chance

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, January 26, 2009 | 10:51 AM

Running back to Saskatoon

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | 05:06 PM

Frozen in time: Folklore in the land of ice and snow

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | 09:58 AM

All victories great and small

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | 11:44 AM

Winter’s wonder kids: 9 to watch in '09

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, December 31, 2008 | 11:47 AM

Meet the real 'babes' of sports broadcasting

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | 12:53 PM

Stars from away: A wild weekend in Korea

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 11:54 AM

Memo to Chantal Petitclerc: It had to be you for the Lou

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | 10:38 AM

Sometimes you just have to be there: the thrill of a race against time

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, December 1, 2008 | 12:58 PM

Child’s play in the Senate Chamber

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | 12:51 PM

Not so ordinary people

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 01:02 PM

A triumphant Olympic homecoming ... just in case you missed it

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, November 13, 2008 | 11:08 AM

Captain Canada and the common thread of The Royal

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, November 10, 2008 | 11:59 AM

The wonder of a boy

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, November 3, 2008 | 11:19 AM

Calgary: A city where sport means something

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 12:20 PM

Facing the music: The honest beauty of figure skating

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, October 27, 2008 | 04:58 PM

On the brink of a bountiful season

By Scott Russell | Posted:Thursday, October 23, 2008 | 03:13 PM

Lessons of the Fall: A Coach and a Cross-Country Classic

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, October 20, 2008 | 12:21 PM

Motivating metro: Cultivating our sporting connections

By Scott Russell | Posted:Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 01:23 PM

It’s time to bring sport to the table

By Scott Russell | Posted:Monday, October 6, 2008 | 12:00 PM

The marathon: Life’s enduring lesson

By Scott Russell | Posted:Wednesday, October 1, 2008 | 12:02 PM