The CPL is helping grow soccer in Canada.
But building an audience is difficult in the country's biggest cities.

I look at Inter Toronto and what one small CPL club tells us about the league's broader challenge.
sportemotions.co/blog/f/big-c...
#CPLSoccer

The CPL is helping grow soccer in Canada.
But building an audience is difficult in the country's biggest cities.

I look at Inter Toronto and what one small CPL club tells us about the league's broader challenge.
sportemotions.co/blog/f/big-c...
#CPLSoccer

The worst part of that loss is that it is not obvious what is wrong with the CH … but there is definitely something very wrong with the team!
#GoHabsGo

📖 Brendan Kelly’s book, Habs Nation: A People’s History of the Montreal Canadiens is available at: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...

The full interview with Brendan Kelly is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:
open.spotify.com/episode/4OeL...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Maurice Richard. Jean Béliveau. Guy Lafleur.
For decades, Francophone stars were at the centre of the Canadiens' identity.
Can the Habs still play the same cultural role in Quebec without those stars?
I asked Brendan Kelly.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJF...
#GoHabsGo

The full interview with Brendan Kelly is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:
open.spotify.com/episode/4OeL...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

What does it mean to be a Habs fan if you've never seen the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup?

Brendan Kelly and I talk about a new generation of fans and why they're becoming so emotionally invested in the team.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJF...
#GoHabsGo

The Habs needs to shot more!
Still passing instead of shooting!
#GoHabsGo

C’est quand la dernière fois que l’hymne national a été chanté en français à Toronto???
#GoHabsGo

📖 Get Brendan Kelly’s book, Habs Nation: A People’s History of the Montreal Canadiens, at: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...

The interview with Brendan Kelly is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

open.spotify.com/episode/4OeL...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

The Habs are back. 🏒

But the Canadiens have always been about more than hockey.
Why does this team continue to inspire such an intense emotional connection?

I asked Brendan Kelly, author of Habs Nation.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJF...
#GoHabsGo

📖 Brendan Kelly’s book, Habs Nation: A People’s History of the Montreal Canadiens is available at: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...

The full interview with Brendan Kelly is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

open.spotify.com/episode/4OeL...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

#Habs

The NHL season starts tonight!🏒
And the Habs are back.

What better time to ask: Why do the Canadiens mean so much to their fans?

I spoke with Brendan Kelly, author of Habs Nation, about Habs fandom, Quebec and the team’s cultural place.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJF...
#GoHabsGo

Are you more attached to your team, or to the people who support it? Maybe they’re the same. Maybe they’re completely different.

My latest piece explores fanship vs. fandom.
sportemotions.co/f/am-i-a-bad...
#Sports

I kind of admire bandwagon fans. They get good times without the bad ones. Why sign up for decades of disappointment?

My conversation with a psychologist made me rethink loyalty.
sportemotions.co/f/am-i-a-bad...
#Sports

I watch the Bills alone. I rarely talk to other Bills fans. So am I a bad fan?

Maybe I’m just high in fanship and low in fandom.
sportemotions.co/f/am-i-a-bad...
#BillsMafia #NFL #Sports

With the Habs, I seek out the fan community. With the Bills, it’s mostly just me and the team.
There’s a psychological reason: fanship vs. fandom.

sportemotions.co/f/am-i-a-bad...
#BillsMafia #GoHabsGo