By Ryan Laverty
Talent: B-This team has a certain amount of talent, but for the past few seasons it has been carried along by one or two players. Unlike many sports on campus, field hockey is generally dominated by players who take up the game in high school and play more or less recreationally until they get to… Continue reading Field Hockey
By Ryan Laverty
Talent: B+There is old and new, developed and developing talent on this team. The Dinos women’s basketball team, with Jen Goldade and Natalie Hudec as the two veterans and some rookies with great potential, has a lot of talent around.However, departing talent has to be replaced by other strong players and everyone on the team… Continue reading Women’s Basketball
By Ryan Laverty
Talent: C-Two years after the fact, this Dinos squad is still feeling the ravaging effects of a Canada West rule prohibiting AAA players from also playing university hockey. The majority of the team is made up of former ringette players, a game played on ice, but a far cry from hockey. The goaltending is strong,… Continue reading Women’s Hockey
By Ryan Laverty
The Composition of an astounding Dino:–exceptional athletic ability–determination–alarming confidenceThe Look of an astounding Dino:–strength beyond years–discombobulating good looks? Maybe. Elvis shades? Definitely.–big, blond "Fro"The Name of an astounding Dino:–Joe BentleyAt the 35th Annual Night of the Dino, the composition and the look gave rise to the name announced as the 2001/02 Bill Popplewell Dinos Male… Continue reading National silver medallist top rookie
By Ryan Laverty
Scott Rideout was relegated to the third string goalie for the second half of the 2000/01 season and in his year-end meeting with then men’s hockey Head Coach Tim Bothwell, he was told he’d struggle to make the team the next year.Bothwell’s comment must have sparked something in the fifth-year’s psyche because when he showed… Continue reading Third string to first rate
By Ryan Laverty
From Columbia to Big Rock, the West sports some of the best breweries in the country.Beers like Kokanee, Grasshopper and Traditional have turned our beer-drinking nation on its ear in the past decade but there are a couple of little-known secrets in the brewing game. And they’re both right here in Cowtown.Innocuous brew pubs are… Continue reading As fresh as it gets
By Ryan Laverty
I can shotgun from a can,I can drink it like a man.I can sip it from a long-neck,I can drink it on my back deck.The thought of it makes me happy,I hate those who say it’s crappy.Like a shark who first tastes blood,Once I taste it, I can’t get enough.There may be more important beers,But… Continue reading Molson Canadian
By Ryan Laverty
It was a virtual who’s who of the Calgary community that showed up to support the University of Calgary football team Mon., March 18 for the team’s 19th Annual Fifth Quarter Dinner. And support they did.Everyone from former Flames Jim Peplinski and Joel Otto, to Cowboy Cody Snider and Stamps Head Coach and General Manager… Continue reading Pockets run “Deep” at Fifth Quarter
By Ryan Laverty
An army of really small and really big people invaded the Jack last weekend.The Eighth Annual Jurassic Classic went off without a hitch and despite the beating Team Canada took at the hands of their more experienced counterparts from the United States on Friday night, everyone was extremely happy about the competition.Like most amateur athletes,… Continue reading USA strings Canada up at the Jack
By Ryan Laverty
The University of Calgary football team was treated to the antics of one of sports’ most exciting, enthusiastic broadcasters this week.Van Earl Wright made the trek from the sunny, warm confines of his Manhattan Beach, CA., home to the frigid Canadian spring for the Dinos Fifth Quarter Dinner.“Back home it’s 75 degrees all the time,”… Continue reading Calgary welcomed the Earl of Sport