Allan joined The Globe in 1997 after spending 19 years as a reporter and columnist at the Calgary Herald. Born in Thunder Bay, he graduated from the Ryerson School of Journalism in 1977. A past president of the Football Writers of Canada, Allan has covered every Grey Cup since 1980. He's been to seven Olympic Games and covered everything from rodeos to the World Series to the Super Bowl.
In rowing, it’s all about balance and rhythm
Mike Spracklen focuses on perfecting the mechanics of eight men working in simultaneous exertion
Player numbers Hockey Canada’s main concern
Hockey’s governing body hope to increase interest in sport through initiatives such as money-saving loyalty cards to stem decline in participation
Oilers cut ties with head coach Tom Renney
With a tweet and a news conference, the Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini announces Renney will not be back with the organization next season.
Family fears bad news after donating former CFLer’s brain to research
Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Doug MacIver ‘suspected several times he could have CTE,’ son says
The fight that changed hockey
It was one of the ugliest moments in the game’s history, 25 years ago, a bench-clearing donnybrook between Philadelphia and Montreal that forced the NHL to clean up the sport
A junior hockey battle ground
Fighting in junior hockey and whether it should be banned or severely curtailed. OHL commissioner David Branch wants tougher sanctions, but the WHL, known for its seasoned scrappers, isn’t keen.
CIS initially looked BLG Awards gift horse in mouth
Sport organization feared scholarships would be too corporate, too regional
Roughriders' Jason Clermont retires
Regina native spent ten seasons in the CFL
NHL throws book at Torres, but it's a two-tiered system
Would league come down on hard on a higher grade of player?
Questions dog Flames into off-season
Calgary general manager sheds no light on fate of head coach, star player
