By Brad Halasz
If the Concordia University Stingers took away anything from the 76-67 beating handed to them by the University of Calgary Dinos in the quarterfinal game at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 men’s basketball tournament last Friday at Scotiabank Place in Kanata, Ontario, it’s that size does indeed matter. The freewheeling brothers Bekkering proved too… Continue reading Ballers sting Concordia in O-Town
By Brad Halasz
Men’s soccer coach retires For 22 years Andy Gibbs manned the bench as head coach of the University of Calgary men’s soccer team. His stay gives him the title of longest serving coach in the Dinos program. The 2008 season will be his last as he will undergo knee surgery in the off-season and will… Continue reading Sports shorts: Gibbs calls it quits
By Brad Halasz
If the University of Calgary men’s basketball team were writing this they would set aside perhaps just one short paragraph to describe their Canada West championship-winning weekend. They do, after all, have bigger, bolder aspirations: the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship. While the team might be focused on the CIS final eight, fans are left to… Continue reading Dinos fend off UBC in intense west final
By Brad Halasz
Energy poured from the home crowd stands of the Jack Simpson Gym last weekend during the Canadian Interuniversity Sport wrestling championships. Energy seeped through the locker room speeches and on to the mat. Energy burst through the faces of each contestant, but ultimately it was the harnessing of that energy by six University of Calgary… Continue reading Dino women wrestlers throw down to claim CIS gold
By Brad Halasz
It only took the University of Calgary men’s basketball team two games to claim the Canada West Central Division Championship title for the second year in a row. It was only fitting the wins did not come easy against arch-rival University of Alberta Golden Bears who split the 2008/09 season series with the Dinos at… Continue reading Dinos prove to be more than Alberta can Bear
By Ryan Pike
The ballots have been cast and the lights have been dimmed, so it must be time for the Gauntlet’s annual Academy Awards preview. This year, resident movie nerds Hoang-Mai Hong and Ryan Pike tackle Hollywood’s tribute to itself. Who will win? Who will lose? More importantly, who will predict more winners– Hoang-Mai or Ryan? [Editor’s… Continue reading Online Only: Oscar predictions you can bank on!
By Brad Halasz
Where do you see yourself in five years? Will you have the same job, friends, lifestyle? Chances are you won’t. That is why the longevity of senior trio Holly Harper, Julie Young and Lauren Perry is to be admired. The veteran Dinos women’s volleyball stars took their final regular season game in stride at the… Continue reading Senior trio gets proper send-off, kicks more ass
By Brad Halasz
Spoiler alert: women’s volleyball team sweeps WolfPack Second place is first loser, right? Try telling that to the University of Calgary Dinos women’s volleyball team.Their dominant effort last weekend in a two-game series against the University of Thompson Rivers WolfPack proved they wanted a first-place finish in the Canada West conference.Unfortunately, the two wins were… Continue reading Canada West sport shorts
If you are a fan of hockey or– at the minimum– a fan of the Calgary Flames, you have by now no doubt heard the story: since a 6-1 beat down by the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavillion on Nov. 13, the Flames have surged to a remarkable 18-6-3 record. Counted among those… Continue reading Defining elite, and also using the word
Christmas is a hard time. It’s often filled with kids on sugar highs, drunk grandmas and over-friendly uncles and must be even worse for those who must endure the hardships of spending the holiday with divorced parents. Four Christmases follows Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) who, for the past three years, have been… Continue reading Vaughn and Witherspoon face off against Christmas