Comrades in victory
Teammates make the best friends Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor Sport is based on love. No, seriously. Stereotypically, the dominant view of a sports team is an enclosed system of...
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All-star game a bust
NHL’s mid-season showcase needs to change Drew Henn Contributor With boos, cheers and heckles raining down from a boisterous Ottawa crowd, the NHL All-Star weekend took place on Jan. 26. Or,...
Todd’s Nods: Pigskin Party
Super Bowl XLVI will be played in Indianapolis on Feb. 5. The game features the high-flying offenses of the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, with quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli...
MRU to host badminton championships
Rock out with your shuttlecocks out Ashley Tymko Contributor Are you into birdies, smashes and rallies? Then come and support your Cougars as they compete in the Alberta College Athletic Conference...
The Reflector’s guide to the Roughnecks
Tune up on Canada’s national game Pol Nikulin Contributor The Calgary Roughnecks are just beginning the 2012 National Lacrosse League season and have already faced the ups and the downs of a...
Hapless, not hopeless
The plight of pulling for perennial basement dwellers Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor I’m a loser. Call it guilty by association. There are only two instances in 24 years of life...
Going beyond the game
The Agents of Change profiles hockey’s power brokers Derrick Newman The Agents of Change Hockey agents are an interesting breed. They are heavily involved with the ebbs and flows of daily...
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...
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...
