Biggest show in the West
From Feb. 25-26, the Max Bell Fieldhouse played host to the Canada West track and field championships, as 256 of the top track and field…
Marc Lagace
Go Jets go
Since 1996, the year Winnipeg lost its beloved professional hockey team, the most popular and polarizing topic of sports bar conversation has been: “Will the…
White out
May 3rd, 1995, “Black Wednesday.” The day this city’s heart and soul was boxed and sold. The day this city was knocked out cold, colder…
Bison briefs
Basketball The Bison men’s basketball team came into their two games this past weekend sitting in seventh place, still looking to book their playoff ticket….
The spoils of victory
Feb. 6, 2011 will go down in my personal history as one of the greatest days ever. This was, of course, the day in which…
Pro Bowl vs. All-Star
Last month, the NHL and NFL both hosted their All-Star/Pro Bowl games on Jan. 30, with all the glitz and glamour one would expect from…
Bizarre night in women’s hockey
“It’s a very strange situation. It’s probably without precedent in hockey, as far as I know.” This statement came from Bison women’s hockey head coach…
From the vault
From the Vault is both a cheap excuse to highlight interesting stories from the past and a celebration of times gone by. Just as the…
Dude, bro
The first major comedic release of 2011 is Ron Howard’s The Dilemma. Despite being marketed as a buddy film in the same vein as 2009’s…
Harsh critics
During the NFL Playoffs divisional weekend, a curious trending topic on Twitter and sports blogs left me questioning the power of the sports blogosphere and…