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Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare | Colin Horgan
Trump can try to co-opt hockey. But Thursday showed that wherever where you’re from, when you step onto the ice, something about you will always be CanadianCanada beat US 3-2 on McDavid’s winner in overtimeCanadian anthem singer alters lyric in Trump protestIn pictures: Canada top US amid geopolitical tensionsIn a clip from ESPN sports talkshow Get Up that went viral last week, former National Hockey League player PK Subban weighed in on the differences between the culture in the NHL and NBA. Usually, comparing the two is a game of numbers: revenue, viewers, salaries, that kind of thing. But over the past 10 days, passion has emerged as a differentiator. “You can step on to an NBA floor and go through the motions,” Subban said on ESPN. “You can’t do that in hockey – you can’t. Like, the culture of our sport, you have to play it with passion. You have to be willing to fight. You have to be willing to leave it on the ice. That’s what fans are investing in.”That investment has paid off...
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