Sports

Last Friday, the movie Moneyball debuted in theatres. It is based on Michael Lewis’s 2003 best-selling book of the same name and focuses on the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their attempt to field a...

With NHL training camps and the pre-season wrapping up over the next week, hockey analysts from across the land are speculating how the season will play out. Locally, everyone is curious how the newly...

The University of Manitoba Bisons football team added to their first win of the season last week, coming back from a first half deficit to beat the No. 4 University of Saskatchewan Huskies by...

Much like soccer, rugby is a sport beloved by most of the world but widely under appreciated in North America, which is bizarre considering the fascination the U.S. and Canada has with both brands...

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. 30 for the men and Oct. 14 for the women. The...

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 commercial was based on it. But through the 20th...

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 would be held at the kicking team’s 35-yard line,...