The NHL entry draft will draw a lot of attention from Canadian NHL fans, but the past decade has shown that a high draft pick doesn't always translate to success.
Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat.
Key principles of sport include that the result should not be predetermined, and that both sides should have equal opportunity to win. Rules are in place to ensure that fair play to occur, but participants can break these rules in order to gain advantage.
The competitive nature of sport encourages some participants to attempt to enhance their performance through the use of medicines, or through other means such as increasing the volume of blood in their bodies through artificial means.
Violence in sports involves crossing the line between fair competition and intentional aggressive violence. Athletes, coaches, fans, and parents sometimes unleash violent behaviour on people or property, in misguided shows of loyalty, dominance, anger, or celebration.
The competition element of sport, along with the aesthetic appeal of some sports, result in the popularity of people attending to watch sport being played. This has led to the specific phenomenon of spectator sport.
The NHL entry draft will draw a lot of attention from Canadian NHL fans, but the past decade has shown that a high draft pick doesn't always translate to success.
Chelsea Carey suffered an upset defeat to the reigning world junior champions in Sherwood Park, Alta., Wednesday evening.
CJ McCollum scored 27 points, Damian Lillard added 16 of his 22 in the fourth quarter when Portland pulled away, and the Trail Blazers capitalized on the absence of injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-98 on Wednesday night in Game 5 their first-round series.
Klay Thompson scored 27 points with seven three-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rolled into the second round of the playoffs without injured superstar Stephen Curry, thoroughly embarrassing the Houston Rockets 114-81 on Wednesday night in Game 5.
Pekka Rinne made 36 saves for the wild-card Nashville Predators, who rallied from a 3-2 series deficit and ousted the Pacific Division champion Anaheim Ducks with a gritty road victory on Wednesday to earn just the third playoff series victory in team history.
Courtney Lee's 3-pointer with 25.2 seconds left put Charlotte ahead to stay, and the Hornets beat the Miami Heat 90-88 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.
New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano left the game for a few minutes after taking a ricochet puck to the nose with his team up 4-2 in the second half of the third period Wednesday in Tampa.