Sports
Medal count shuffle
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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 like hockey, speed skating or curling, but for the...
Women’s volleyball team earns silver in Final Four tournament
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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 West championship crown by a score of 3-2.
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Bison women’s hockey team win best of three semi-final against Saskatchewan
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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 Bisons out-shot the Huskies 14-2 in the first period,...
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...
