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Corban Knight: Playing For Canada

Corban Knight: Playing For Canada

“Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.” Corban Knight, three time NCAA Champion, nine year professional in the AHL, NHL and KHL, Gagarin Cup Champion in the KHL, and now Canadian Olympian, has his eyes...

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Hope Assured

Hope Assured

For Becky, this year was unlike any other. After being involved with Athletes in Action (AIA) for around ten years, she is well versed in teaching students how to integrate faith and sport. She reached a point in her life where she finally felt like she...

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Heart of a Champion: Ruth Hamblin

Heart of a Champion: Ruth Hamblin

Meet Ruth Hamblin. A Canadian pro basketball star, BC native, Oregon State alumni, eighteenth overall pick in the 2016 WNBA draft, a force of nature, and follower of Christ.  It is no question that Hamblin is a great athlete, but that’s not the only...

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Heart of a Champion: Marek Klassen

Heart of a Champion: Marek Klassen

Have you wondered how athletes are responding to the COVID-19 crisis? AIA sat down with AIA Basketball alum, Marek Klassen, to talk about how he was managing. Klassen, who spent several summers coaching AIA Basketball camps in addition to attending an...

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We The North!

We The North!

“Basketball has come full circle in Canada. It was invented by a Canadian, the first NBA game was in Toronto, and now [we’ve won] an NBA Championship.” Adam Silver – NBA Commissioner   The Toronto Raptors are the 2019 NBA Champions! As the...

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University of Ottawa Athletes Find Hope in Tragedy

University of Ottawa Athletes Find Hope in Tragedy

Over the last few years, the University of Ottawa’s athletes have walked through the deaths of two of their own, a woman on the hockey team and a men’s football player. But in tragedy there’s hope, and on Ottawa’s campus an opportunity for AIA to show...

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NEVER MISS A PLAY

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