The class of 2010
By Blaine Meller Jacques Villeneuve: A two-time winner of the Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete, Villeneuve is only the third driver to win the IndyCar Championships, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World...
Category: Sports
Calgary home to new sports hall
by Blaine Meller Over the years, Canada Olympic Park has undergone significant changes. From the addition of the ski jumping towers and bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, to...
Double-dose of history?
by Blaine Meller There’s an old adage in sport: records are meant to be broken. It would seem Gillian Doubleday has heard this as well. Doubleday, playing for the Cougars Women’s Soccer team, has already...
Golden Goal or Super Summit?
by Blaine Meller Thirty-eight years ago, legendary broadcaster Foster Hewitt uttered a phrase that, to this day, remains one of the true defining moments in Canadian sports history. “They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!”...
Cougars golden on greens
by Blaine Meller It isn’t rare to see cougars prowling the foothills of Southern Alberta. However, the Cougars stalking the fairways at Wintergreen Golf Course had a different prey in mind: ACAC gold. The Cougars’ men’s...
MMA advocates take on Canada’s top docs
by Blaine Meller The gloves are off. In one corner, the Canadian Medical Association: an organization of doctors that “advocates high quality health care, and provides leadership and guidance to physicians.” In the opposite corner: mixed martial...
Mount Royal teams ready to pounce
by Blaine Meller September means two things at Mount Royal: classes are back in session and Cougars are on the prowl. Or soon will be. With the new school year comes the start of the...
Former Vipers pitcher calls it quits
by Blaine Meller The man they call Sarge has called it a career. After an injury-riddled season split between the Calgary Vipers and Victoria Seals, pitcher Joe Sergent announced his retirement after 11 seasons in...
Drugs infiltrate college sports
by Blaine Meller The issue of drugs in sport in not new. When sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive following the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, it sent a shockwave throughout the Canadian...
Lack of phys. ed plagues Alberta kids
by Blaine Meller Sport is a powerful thing. It creates passion, anger, ecstasy and even hate. It brings us moments we will never forget and allows our imagination to transport us into situations of...
