It was only an exhibition game in the pre-season — and a split-squad game at that — but the MTS Centre seemed abuzz with an atmosphere comparable to Game 7 in the playoffs as the reincarnated Winnipeg Jets took the ice at the MTS Centre for their first game in franchise history. In first half [...]
For those who have been patiently waiting for more details to be released about the new Blue Bomber stadium being built on campus, your wish was granted. Last week, the Blue Bombers held a press conference where they announced their intended season ticket transition process, ticket pricing and the basic layout of the most significant [...]
Last Friday, the movie Moneyball debuted in theatres. It is based on Michael Lewis’s 2003 best-selling book of the same name and focuses on the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their attempt to field a winning baseball team. Since they had no money to spend on top players, they used alternative statistics and advanced analysis to [...]
With NHL training camps and the pre-season wrapping up over the next week, hockey analysts from across the land are speculating how the season will play out. Locally, everyone is curious how the newly reborn Winnipeg Jets will fair in the first NHL season in Manitoba since 1996. Here at the Manitoban, we hope to [...]
On Sept. 23, 2011 NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) — a “bus sized” object, decommissioned in 2005 — re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and probably broke up over the Pacific Ocean according to CBC.ca. While NASA is pointing at the lack of injury reports as an indication that no one was harmed by the [...]
Forget Texas Hold ’em, James bond would never play such a common and crude game — unless he was seducing a beautiful woman that is. Along with shaken vodka martinis, tuxedos, Walther PPKs and women with oddly suggestive names, Bond’s game was baccarat. I’ll forgive you for not knowing about baccarat if you’re only familiar [...]
Contrary to popular belief, counting cards in a game of blackjack is not illegal nor is it cheating, as long as the counting is done mentally. Before you try your hand at counting cards you should know the ins and outs of blackjack: the rules, the tricks and the etiquette. Until the basics of the [...]
Betting on professional football has to be the most diabolical invention ever created; if you’ve ever bought a sports-betting ticket, you’ll know what I’m talking about. It seems like no matter how many stats you peruse or solid tips you receive, the line between winning and losing is always razor thin and every game’s “sure [...]
In a recent news article in the Manitoban, the topic of creating a new racialized student representative came up once again. I have written on this topic before, in an article entitled “Don’t Divide by Race.” In that article, I described my concern with a position that could potentially divide students into two groups, and [...]
A public forum on Manitoba Hydro’s proposed Bipole III power line was held at the University of Manitoba on Sept. 22 to analyze the heated east vs. west side debate. Bipole III is a new high voltage direct current transmission line proposed by Manitoba Hydro to transport energy generated by dams in northern Manitoba to [...]