Todd’s Nods: Reality Bites
Prediction: It is the year 2050. Picture the NBA in its 11th season since becoming a basic cable reality television show. Instead of receiving rings every year, the NBA champions now pick out rings...
Category: Sports
Cougars’ upcoming home games
Men’s hockey Feb. 4 vs. Augustana 7:30 p.m. Feb.11 vs. Concordia 7:30 p.m. Women’s hockey Feb. 3 vs. Red Deer 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 vs. Grant MacEwan University, 7:30 p.m. Feb.23-Mar.18 ACAC playoffs...
Coaches sound off on season
What do you want in 2012? Shawn Sky Men’s volleyball “Grigor Kratev, a 7’1” open studies student from France, successfully completed his English Language proficiency class with MRU’s Language Institute in the last...
Rich punks
A fan’s requiem for levity Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor It’s the last minute of the fourth quarter. The game’s tied. Most players are pining for that end of season...
Todd’s Nod’s: Metta World Peace
The nickname is a time-honoured tradition in sports. From the NBA’s “Iceman” George Gervin to the NHL’s Mark “Moose” Messier, we as a sports society love giving our heroes a fitting moniker. However, what...
Mount Royal teams back at it
A look at the coming months for campus sports Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor Hockey Mount Royal’s men’s hockey team looks to build on its pristine record as they try to...
Top headlines of 2011
Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor The year of 2011 was a groundbreaking year for Cougar Athletics. Not only did teams perform beyond expectations, but Mount Royal University also gained notoriety as a premier...
World Juniors results
Drew Henn Contributor This year’s world juniors tournament was served up to the world like a hunk of Alberta beef. The annual hockey tournament was jointly hosted by Edmonton and Calgary. The...
Don’t take the fight out of the game
SAIT/MRU game shows why fighting is a must Bryce Forbes Sports Editor I love fights. All levels. All the time. The SAIT Trojans and Mount Royal Cougars men’s hockey teams fought an...
Cougars take on Russians
Womens lose to squad in exhibition match-up Bryce Forbes Sports Editor In a country with only 530 women hockey players, the Russian national team stands tall. Currently sitting fifth in the world...
