Sports

Hours after Bison Sports announced that the 2020 U Sports men’s volleyball national championship would go on as scheduled — though without fans in attendance — U Sports itself convened an emergency meeting.

It was a quiet and intimate affair. Perfect for the man at the centre of it all, Bisons men’s volleyball head coach Garth Pischke.

For Bisons Sports sports information and digital media co-ordinator John Gaudes, it’s been a marathon that’s felt like a sprint.

When Winnipeg hockey fans heard that a Western Hockey League (WHL) team was coming back to the city, they were ecstatic. With two professional franchises, and a host of junior teams, a hockey town...

Now back home, skip Mackenzie Zacharias, second Emily Zacharias, third Karlee Burgess and lead Lauren Lenentine, are all back at the U of M resuming studies and able to reflect on the experience.

All that glitters is gold, especially for Kelsey Wog of the University  of Manitoba Bisons women’s swimming team. The Winnipeg-born swimmer brought home a haul last week during the 2020 U Sports national swimming championships...

After a historic season, the Bisons looked poised to challenge for a national championship. Instead, the club made it as far as the Canada West playoff semifinals and came home heartbroken.