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ichard McLaren returned home
recently from abroad. He’s at the
tail-end of his mandated isola-
tion, which has given him a lot of time
to think.
McLaren is the London, Ont., law
professor who was given the task of in-
vestigating Russia’s cheating ways at
the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
His eventual report became an in-
convenient truth for the International
Olympic Committee. Once the suspi-

cion that Russia had put together a vast

doping operation became a proved fact,

the IOC and associated bodies were

stuck trying to figure out what to do

about it.

Their solutions managed the remark-

able trick of upsetting everyone in-

volved. They’re still muddling out of it

to this day. Every now and then McLa-

ren gets called as a witness to one dis-

pute or another.

“I never dreamt this could last five

years,” McLaren said. “But there you

go.”

Sports is supposed to be simple. It’s a

meritocracy. But once you loop human

frailty and unforeseen events into the

equation, it all goes chaos theory very

quickly.

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TORONTO

season interrupted by injury has

given Morgan Rielly perspective

on hockey. The global pandemic

has provided him with perspective on

life.

The Maple Leafs defenceman and al-

ternate captain is in North Vancouver

during this pause to hockey, all other

sports and normal life.

“There is no escaping it,” Rielly said

Thursday on a conference call with

journalists arranged by the team. “It

has been challenging at times when it

comes to coping, but it is the same for

everybody. We are all dealing with it. We

all have our own ways.”

The 26-year-old returned to Toron-

to’s lineup on March 10 after missing

two months with a broken foot. Two

days later, the NHL joined the NBA in

suspending games to help prevent the

spread of the novel coronavirus, the ill-

ness that causes COVID-19.

“As eight weeks go by, you work real-

ly hard to come back,” he said.

“Then you play one game, and there

is a pause. It is not really ideal, but I

think I’d be going crazy if I hadn’t

played since early January [at this

point].”

He has had considerable time to

mull the Maple Leafs’ topsy-turvy sea-

son. A poor start led to Mike Babcock

being fired as head coach. There was a

short rally under the newly appointed

Sheldon Keefe.

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