Sports
Reliving the winter Olympic spectacle
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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 on a short-lived but memorable journey cheering on athletes...
I forgot how much I like hockey
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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 indifferent watching sports live. I look around and start...
Stop criticizing the Olympics
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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 to debunk a few of the more ridiculous complaints...
Roller derby proudly returns to Winnipeg
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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 junior high field trips to Wheelies, where Salt-N-Pepa’s song...
So you want to climb?
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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 cool. Or maybe they’re cool because when they talk...
Olympics bring obscurity to the forefront
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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, snowman-making and — how could I forget — hockey....
Mastering the Bosu ball
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“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 at Joe Doupe, the Bannatyne campus’ gym, and she’s...
