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David Giddens

David Giddens

writer producer director at CBUT-DT (CBC Vancouver) Online

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  • English
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  • Sports

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The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson: World's Fastest Man*

The asterisk says it all. Ben Johnson was the fastest man in the world, until he was caught in the middle of a steroids scandal. His coach remained unrepentant - and Johnson himself was a difficult man to assess - until now.
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The glory and the grudges: Donovan Bailey's 'Undisputed' autobiogra...

Olympian double gold medallist and fastest man of his era, Donovan Bailey recounts the pleasures, problems, and personalities he encountered on his way to the top of the world of track.
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'Races' digs deep into sprinter Harry Jerome's disturbing family hi...

Olympian Valerie Jerome anchors her famous brother’s story in generations of race- based violence within the family.
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'Famous for a Time' profiles Canadian history makers & record smash...

History professors highlight the life and times of no-longer famous Canadian athletes, and in the process expose the ongoing influence of sport on culture and Canadian national psychology.
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Triumph to tragedy: Canada's Turcotte family rose from deep poverty...

Horse racing expert Curtis Stock tells a complete story of the New Brunswick family who knew triumph and tragedy in almost equal portions. From Secretariat rider Ron Turcotte through to Yves, the youngest brother to take the reins.
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Arctic Winter Games returned in grand fashion - CBC Sports

A week of the Arctic Winter Games wrapped up Saturday in Wood Buffalo, Alta. Athletes, coaches and organizers delighted in the unique culture and contests of strength, skill and endurance.
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'Good For a Girl' explores the hazardous lives of young women track...

Lauren Fleshman was a national champion distance runner in the U.S. She recounts the dangers she and other female athletes face in a system designed by men for men.
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Competition like none other: Athletes ready to shine at Arctic Wint...

A week of the Arctic Winter Games is set to kick-off Sunday in Wood Buffalo, Alta. Athletes, coaches and organizers eagerly anticipate the unique contests of strength, skill and endurance.
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First Nations youth athletes trek to Ottawa for multi-sport competi...

Indigenous Sports and Wellness Ontario is hosting a tournament and talent identifier for the North American Indigenous Games, coming to Halifax in 2023
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The Khalsa Cup is a living experiment in grassroots sport

Charity ball hockey tournament in Brampton, Ont., proves that 'successful societies need places to play'
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Exploring how sports, racial history intertwine in an Ontario commu...

Black Lives Matter was not the catalyst for ‘On Account of Darkness’ but author Ian Kennedy says the movement helped him realize that in addition to celebrating athletes who fought for inclusion, we need to also recognize how sport acted (and still acts) as a vehicle for exclusion.
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50 years later, a fresh look inside the ’72 Summit Series | CBC Sports

An insider account of the intrigue on and off the ice that surrounded the famous Canada-Russia hockey series of 1972, written by former diplomat Gary J. Smith.
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Transcript: Amber Balcaen on Player’s Own Voice podcast | CBC Sports

NASCAR’s only full time Canadian racer describes the endless hustle that has carried her from Manitoba dirt tracks to the circuit at the center of the American Heartland
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Navigating life from the peak of Everest to the valley of trauma | ...

A history-making mountaineer finds solace from deep-rooted trauma by scaling the world’s highest mountains.
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Writer Perry King sees Toronto through community sports | CBC Sports

If you want to get a feel for a community, pay close attention to the sports it embraces. Writer Perry King got his first inkling this was so, eight years ago, while watching an impassioned audience cram into a basketball game at Oakwood Collegiate, in Toronto’s St. Clair and Vaughan Road area.
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POV podcast transcript: Laurent Dubreuil | CBC Sports

Transcript of December 14, 2021 Player’s Own Voice podcast with Canadian Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil
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Canadian disc golf is throwing and growing

'Every woman I know in the community has had issues. But lately, we’re noticing more inclusiveness.'
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Chris Bosh shares sage advice for aspiring basketball players | CBC...

Former Toronto Raptors star compresses a lifetime of learning into letters on a dozen themes.
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Graphic memoir ‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength’ tackles 50 years...

Celebrated cartoonist Alison Bechdel aims a pen at her own life of trying every exercise craze since the 1960s.
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Alexi Pappas, Olympic distance runner & filmmaker, lived through a ...

Greek-American Olympian runner and filmmaker releases memoir.
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Songs in the key of sports

So an athlete and a musician walk into a bar…