Dan Robson

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson |Katie Strang

In March 2009, Peter Wall, a Canadian video journalist, traveled to the prestigious Silver Stick PeeWee AAA hockey tournament in Port Huron, Mich., hoping to document families consumed by the all-encompassing, professionalized culture of elite-level minor hockey. When he arrived in Michigan, Wall found Paul Marner and his 12-year-old son Mitch, a star forward for the Vaughan Kings. And he met Judi McLeod and her son Mikey, who had just turned 11 and played for the storied Toronto Marlboros.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson |Katie Strang

More than three decades later, Murray Walter still carries the heavy memory. It weighs on his voice. Not anger, exactly. At least not anymore. It took him years to get past that part. But he's in his late-70s now, long retired from his career as a small-town trial lawyer. And that old fury has settled into a resigned sadness. "Of all the cases that I had over 50 years, this one was the one that was the most difficult for me personally," Walter says.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson |Rob Rossi

Alexander Ovechkin must come down, but the space beneath him expands with each leap. He bounces higher and higher - hanging in mid-air for several moments longer - as physics grapples with his ascent. The tiny trampoline creaks and bows to the graybeard captain of the Washington Capitals, until he slowly eases to short hops, finally committing to earth.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson

As Canada played through controversy at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, its most beloved and iconic sports star grabbed a microphone and stood up for the nation. The Canadian men's national team had just come from behind to tie the Czech Republic 3-3 in a heated round-robin match. Wayne Gretzky, the executive director of Canada's team, called media reports of unrest in the Canadian locker room "American propaganda.""I don't think we dislike those countries as much as they dislike us," he said.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson

They crossed the 49th parallel, from Manitoba into North Dakota - and drove through day and night - across eight states and more than 3,000 kilometers, according to the Canadian odometer on their Nissan Murano. Two canceled flights meant they were desperate. So they piled into a car, stopping only for gas. And, despite a two-hour detour through Milwaukee, off a middle-of-the-night wrong turn, they made it to Boston in 30 hours.