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Bison briefs

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Ryan Harby
For the third consecutive year over 70 Bison student-athletes have been named CIS Academic All-Canadians for the 2009-10 season. Students who qualify for this yearly honour must have maintained a minimum grade point average...
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How far is too far?

By
Ryan Harby
If the beer cup snake craze at Canad Inns Stadium has taught sports fans anything, it’s that even at the best of times it can be difficult to know just how close you are...
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Bison briefs

By
Ryan Harby
Last month Bison Sports released the full conference and non-conference schedules for all University of Manitoba based teams for the upcoming 2010-11 season. The following is a list Bison home games and...
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The giant snake cometh

By
Ryan Harby
Just as Blue Bomber quarterback Buck Pierce took the snap, pulled back into the pocket and surveyed the field for a catch that would give Winnipeg a decisive edge over the Ticats, someone two...
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Asian silver carp massacre on the Illinois River

By
Sheldon Birnie
We were cruising up the Illinois River, compound bows drawn and waiting for the appearance of our prey, the Asian silver carp. The sun was shining, sweat pouring in the sticky 33 C heat....
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Hippies and guns

By
Leif Larsen
“Ready!” someone calls from behind me. I’m nervous, shaking in that way that is imperceptible to everyone but you; no one else notices, but to you it feels like you’re in an earthquake. “Pull!”...
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Vuvuzela!

By
Ryan Harby
I can’t see it but I know it’s out there. I know it’s out there because I can hear it from far away, both beckoning to me and haunting me. It’s the dull, aching...

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