Playing with a player’s reputation
The Ray Rice story and the importance of off-field athlete conduct Amanda Ducheminsky Sports Editor Athletes are considered team players on the field, ice or court. Yet, that mentality doesn’t always cross over...
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The fantasy sports phenomenon
Think you have what it takes to build your own team? Amanda Ducheminsky Sports Editor According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FTSA), in 2014 there were 41 million Canadians and Americans, age...
Professional athletes’ advice to Mount Royal University students
McMorris brothers speak at New Student Orientation Amanda Ducheminsky Sports Editor Mount Royal University’s Kenyon Court bleachers erupted with cheers as 1,600 students welcomed a 2014 Sochi Olympian and his brother to the...
Cougars bring in the season with a beat-down
Mount Royal soccer teams win home openers Amanda Ducheminsky Sports Editor Mount Royal University’s women’s soccer team won their first game on home turf Saturday, Sept. 6. The team beat the University of...
The real story behind #ALSIceBucketChallenge
All about Major League Baseball player Lou Gehrig ALS affects approximately 3,000 Canadians, which is almost two out of every 100,000 people age 18 and older diagnosed each year. Henry Louis Gehrig was...
On your marks, get set, go blue!
Gearing up for MRU’s third annual colour run Kaity Brown Publishing Editor Lace up because registration is now open for Mount Royal’s 3rd Annual Colour-U Blue Walk and Run. The any-pace race,...
Bounce to Rec: bubble soccer is here
This November students can suit up for one of the most ridiculous sports ever Kaity Brown Publishing Editor Bubble Soccer: where you wear a giant plastic bubble with only shins exposed, chasing an...
Try something different at MRU Recreation
Our top three out-of-the-ordinary on-campus workout picks Amanda Ducheminsky Sports Editor This year’s 2014 MRU Fall Rec Guide offers a huge variety of traditional and non-traditional ways to get active for all abilities...
MRU Cougars Become Canada West Member
The Mount Royal Cougars have officially been deemed the 15th member of Canada West Universities Athletic Association after three years Kaity Brown, Publishing Editor As of May 5, Mount Royal University has become one...
Backcountry badasses
Mount Royal student and hard-core skier Spencer Romanchuk guides us through the Rockies Bobby Danger Jones Sports Editor It takes a special breed of person to survive and thrive in the rarely...
