The 2012 Tim Horton’s Brier, the Canadian men’s curling championships, will be held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, S.K. from March 3rd–11th. The last two times this city hosted the Brier, in 2000 and 2004, the winning skips were first-time winners of the event: British Columbia’s Greg McAulay and Nova Scotia’s Mark Dacey, [...]
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All quiet on the Bomber front
With the splash of CFL free agency settling, teams are left to look at the new pieces they have added and turn their attention to the upcoming Canadian draft. In the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ case, there are no new free agent acquisitions to gush over, and no headlines to be made. Failing to sign a [...]
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Back in the big show
Over reading week, the Bisons Men’s Volleyball team came second in the CIS Final Four at Trinity Western University, held Feb. 24 and 25. They defeated the number four seed University of Alberta Golden Bears 3-1 (25-19, 25-16, 22-25, 25-21) on Friday, Feb. 24 in the semi finals, but were defeated in the finals the [...]
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Bison end drought, qualify as top seed in Canada West playoffs
While the Winnipeg Jets get the majority of attention from hockey fans around the city, the U of M Bison men’s hockey team (ranked third in the CIS) are preparing for what’s sure to be a hard fought Canada West playoff run. The Bisons capped off the 2011-12 Canada West regular season in dramatic fashion [...]
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Ondrej the Giant
It’s not uncommon in sports for a relocated franchise’s new management to put their stamp on the team within the first year. The Colorado Avalanche front office did that back in 1995 when they made a multi-player trade with the Montreal Canadiens that allowed them to acquire future NHL Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy. [...]
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U of M home to hockey robot
Programmers working at the Autonomous Agents Laboratory may have developed the world’s first humanoid-robot ice-hockey player. Chris Iverach-Brereton, a computer science graduate student at the U of M, has been programming Jennifer — a DARwin open platform named after Canadian hockey player Jennifer Botterill — for less than a month. Thus far the robot is [...]
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Heartbreak on the ice
The Bison women’s hockey team will miss the playoffs for the first time in eight years after a devastating 3-2 overtime loss against the top team in the Canada West, the U of Calgary Dinos. Having already clinched first place in the conference, the Dinos had an opportunity to eliminate the Bisons from playoff contention [...]
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Finishing strong
This past weekend, the Manitoba Bison men’s volleyball team completed their regular season, hosting the University of Saskatechwan Huskies for their last two regular season games on Friday and Saturday. By defeating the Huskies both nights (25-14, 31-29, 25-21 Friday and 25-21, 25-22, 25-17 Saturday), the Bisons ended their season ranked number two in Canada [...]
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All eyes on Ricky
A career that spanned three teams, flirted with NFL superstardom, and ultimately defied our logic of the game. That sums up the years in which we got to watch Ricky Williams play professional football. Williams announced his retirement on Feb. 7 after playing 11 NFL seasons over the past 13 years. For such a humble, soft-spoken [...]
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Bison Football gets their man
Bison Football has found their next quarterback. Former Winnipeg Rifles quarterback Ryan Marsch signed his letter of intent for the U of M on Feb. 9. In doing so, Marsch has committed to playing out his CIS eligibility with the Bisons over the next four years. Head coach Brian Dobie couldn’t contain his excitement at [...]