Sports

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…


U of M athletes represent canada

The top student athletes and coaches in the CIS — including several from the University of Manitoba — journeyed to Shenzhen, China to compete at…


Reducing drag

You wouldn’t think that multi-million dollar cars going at 320 km/h would be boring, but you’d be wrong. For years Formula One (F1) was one…