Medal count shuffle
It never fails, watching the Olympics is like a practice in remembering something you only barely learned four years earlier. There are always some constants…
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Women’s volleyball team earns silver in Final Four tournament
It took nearly everything they had, but in the end the UBC Thunderbirds earned a hard fought victory over the Manitoba Bisons, winning the Canada…
Bison women’s hockey team win best of three semi-final against Saskatchewan
On Thursday night the Bison women’s hockey team hosted the Saskatchewan Huskies in the first game of the best of three Canada West semi-final. The…
Reliving the winter Olympic spectacle
Oh, the Olympics. I heart you. Every two years you return to my lonely grasp, and in my desperate attempt to smile you lead me…
I forgot how much I like hockey
Just to note off the top, I’m not much of a sports fan. I have trouble sitting through any televised broadcast, and I am often…
Stop criticizing the Olympics
Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have started there has been a rush to see who can criticize them to the greatest extent. I would like…
Roller derby proudly returns to Winnipeg
I got my first glimpse of the Murder City Maidens at a practice on a Canadian Forces base late one night last week. Not since…
So you want to climb?
I can honestly admit that some of the coolest people I know are climbers. Maybe they’re cool because they climb. Or maybe climbing makes them…
Olympics bring obscurity to the forefront
Winter sports are few and far between, likely because many of us want nothing to do with the frigid outdoors. There is hockey, skiing, snowboarding,…
Mastering the Bosu ball
“See that circle right in the middle? That’s what we call the ‘sweet spot.’” Brenda is the instructor of a Bosu class I’ve started taking…