By Curtis Wolff
In his seven years as a baseball analyst for Sportsnet, Gregg Zaun has developed a straight-talking style has made the former Blue Jays catcher the face of baseball analysis in Canada. The Gauntlet talked to baseball’s Don Cherry ahead of his appearance at the Dinos baseball and fastball fundraising dinner on Feb. 6, covering everything… Continue reading Q&A: Former Blue Jay Gregg Zaun
I’ve begun to think the Calgary Stampede might be behind this proposed tuition increase. Jay-Z holds the key to my insight. The latest issue of Esquire magazine carries an article about the astounding crossover success of the rap magnate. In it, writer Lisa Taddeo details that the most important feature of Hova’s ability to succeed… Continue reading Jay-Z, the Stampede and tuition hikes
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, look out Calgary it’s Jay J. time. Jay J. Fresh is the sickest, dopest, most illin’ Cow-tizzown rapper arizzound. He’s the baddest gee on the mean streets of the C-dot. His beats are mind blowing– they’re so hot they sound like default FruityLoops samples. Jay J.’s flow is a… Continue reading Spun: Jay J. Fresh
By Jay Hind
Editor, the Gauntlet [“The U of C is going downtown,” Sarelle Azuelos, Sept. 25, Gauntlet] So the provincial Conservatives are going to reward their incompetent “board of governor” appointees with even more money to build a second campus to spread their incompetence even further? Another of the main reasons that this overcrowded university usually ranks… Continue reading Letter: Urban dreaming
Jack’s Mannequin’s most recent album took two tries to get right. Lead singer-songwriter and pianist Andrew McMahon says that there are two ways to look at the recording process for People and Things, released earlier this month: “Either I made a record and scrapped it, or I just made really good demos.” Feeling that the… Continue reading Jack’s Mannequin fixes up, sounds sharp
By Taylor McKee
The collected memory of the 2010-11 Calgary Flames season underwent a major change starting Dec. 23, with Alex Tanguay’s third-period blocker-side shelf job and subsequent shootout winner. The game itself was a mere two points. However, throughout the summer Flames fans clung to this memory as a stubborn insistence of a team that defied odds… Continue reading The Flames get ready to ignite
SlutWalk, the event that is capturing Canada by storm, will no longer be taking place in Calgary. The event was a protest to the blame-the-victim attitude many people hold and a way to raise awareness about sexual assault. Event organizer Nicole Brady announced the cancellation of SlutWalk Calgary on May 31. The event was cancelled… Continue reading SlutWalk walks away from protest
By Ryan Pike
1. Detroit Red Wings The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Red Wings rode their stacked roster and their team first mentality to a second-straight Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Despite being bested by the upstart Pittsburgh Penguins, the Wings are still the class of the Western Conference until another team proves… Continue reading NHL Preview: Western Conference
The early fall season is sort of a thankless time for movies, being wedged in between summer blockbuster season and the award-worthy movie season in December. Like January, early fall is the time when a lot of studio afterthoughts are put out, and a time where low-quality fare might actually get some notice and make… Continue reading Fall flicks hit the silver screen
One week has passed on the Major League Baseball season and there have already been some interesting developments. Any of the predictions from the season preview published over the past two weeks will not come to fruition. However, with six games under their belt, the Toronto Blue Jays look like a completely different team. Despite… Continue reading Major League Baseball rundown: week one