There are uplifting stories, there are stories that are perfect for Hollywood movies, and then there’s Max Parrot’s story.

OK, so we have a new Super Bowl champion. The National Football League offers up a new champ every year.

Canada’s status on the world professional tennis stage skyrocketed in Melbourne in January, but Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime still haven’t reached the peak of the mountain.

Baseball fans yawned on Dec. 1 when Major League Baseball team owners said they were locking out the players until a new collective bargaining agreement was hammered out.

Thirty-six years ago, the Canadian men’s soccer team hit its peak by qualifying for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico City.

Playoffs are under way in the National Football League, and the next couple of weeks will determine which two teams will meet Feb. 13 in Los Angeles to play in Super Bowl 56…

It’s a new year, and most resolutions begin with ‘I want more’ … as in, ‘I want more good health’; ‘I’d like to make more money’; ‘more wins for my favourite sports team’; or ‘more birdies than bogies.’

Instead of focusing on the biggest names in sports as the earth begins a new trip around the sun, here’s a quick look at some not-so-huge names that are bound to hit it big in the next 12 months.

Best of 2021: A selection of the top quips, quotes and anecdotes from the first six months of the year.