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…
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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…
We’re number one!
Maybe it’s karma finally swinging back our way, a cosmic realignment, or perhaps it’s a touch of divine intervention. Whatever it is, there has to…
Football crisis averted
The NFL lockout is a thing of the past and preseason is mercifully over. Here’s a rundown on some teams around the NFL that should…