Sports
Five-minute major
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This year marks the 35th anniversary of the release of probably the greatest hockey movie of all-time, Slap Shot. For the uninitiated, the film stars Paul Newman as the captain/coach of the Charlestown Chiefs,...
Handling life’s hurdles
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John Akii-Bua likely never intended to become a hurdle runner. Born in 1949, he arrived in Kampala, Uganda to join the police force at age 16. Uganda was still under British colonial rule at...
Winning in a winter wonderland
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At this point in the season I’m not going to predict that the Winnipeg Jets will make the playoffs.
But with the way this team has been playing — putting in solid efforts more often...
Playing political games
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A few weeks ago I sat down for an interview with Russell Field, a professor in the University of Manitoba’s kinesiology department, to talk about an academic paper he had been writing on the...
Rivalry renewed
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The cross town athletic rivalry between the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg was renewed Dec. 1, as the basketball portion of the 2011 Duckworth Challenge took place at the Investors Group...
Bison briefs
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The Bison women’s hockey team travelled to the University of Alberta to play two games against the Alberta Pandas, while the Bison men’s team stayed home to host the Alberta Golden Bears for...
Know your history
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Hockey has its roots as an amateur game played across Canada. Amateur hockey leagues were first formed in Manitoba during the early 1890s. For the better part of a decade, the Winnipeg Victorias Hockey...
