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Figure skating & hockey

How a tough guy broke the figure skating barrier, won over Canadians and sang his heart out

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Canada, the ‘covenant’ with fans, Gretzky and on trying to do the right things

Is this the birth of a brave new Michael Ignatieff?

Why the former NHL star stayed quiet about the abuse for so long

Gretzky is far too valuable to leave on the shelf for long

An irregular heartbeat is more common than we might expect

Mike Danton’s version of events convinced a parole board. But why?

Slapshot, the New York Times’ hockey blog, considers Michael Ignatieff’s hockey watching, as revealed in Adam Gopnik’s profile for...

And the Playboy playmate who sat in Harper’s chair