Bison Briefs
Hockey The men’s and women’s Bison hockey teams played non-conference games over the past weekend in preparation for the regular season, which begins on Sept….
Sports
Professional basketball … Canada-style
Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian phys-ed instructor, and therefore considered a Canadian invention. It’s so Canadian that a Canadian Heritage…
It’s a touch . . . back?
During the NFL owners’ meetings last March, the league decided to make a seemingly innocuous change to the kickoff for the 2011 season. The kickoff…
Life on the road
Hitting the road to follow your favourite team, no matter the sport, can be an almost spiritual pilgrimage for some, and simply an excuse to…
Ready for takeoff
With just over a month to go until the first NHL regular season of the reborn franchise, the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their jerseys in a…
Game, set and match
For the better part of the last two decades, the profile of Canadian tennis had been buoyed by the success of doubles player Daniel Nestor;…
Bison athlete profile
Anthony Coombs played high school football at Sturgeon Heights before being recruited by the University of Manitoba in the spring of 2010 and was a…
Bison briefs
Golf The Bison men’s golf team were successful in their first event of the season, capturing the team title at the 2011 Concordia Invitational two-day…
From across the pond
After a busy transfer window period that closed on Aug. 31, teams in the English Premiership League are stocked with talent to take the new…
Bison Briefs
Men’s basketball The Bisons hosted the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Bisons, as the two “herds” played a non-conference exhibition game at the Investors Group…