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
By Taylor McKee
In the world of collegiate hockey, the off-season hardly affords time to rest on the laurels of last season, no matter how substantive the accomplishments may have been. With a finite number of eligible years to play, Canada Interuniversity Sport talent is both given and taken away at the end of every season. This constant… Continue reading Dinos men get ready to hit the ice
By Taylor McKee
Baseball is a sport that leaves most Canadians cold, but patriots should shake off their cold shoulder and let baseball into the heart of Canadian sport. A game that so clearly fits into the lifestyle of the good-natured north is often brushed off with adjectives that critics rarely change: boring to watch, unnecessarily long seasons… Continue reading Baseball deserves your love
By Taylor McKee
Being a Flames fan can sometimes feel as though one is in a long-term, emotionally abusive relationship. One week you can be over the moon and the very next week prowling through next year’s list of draft-eligible players looking for prospects. Throughout the course of a season, there are inevitably moments when you are quite… Continue reading Hope and despair: A look back at the Flames season
By Taylor McKee
Every March, an all too familiar feeling floods over would be bracketologists. For three weeks, the world is suddenly taken over by college basketball experts analyzing statistics, studying injuries and predicting seeding. The tournament is announced, brackets are assembled and all is optimistic — “this year I know the Zags are going deep, Syracuse is… Continue reading Sportspinion: upsets make March Madness better
By Taylor McKee
It seems all too often bands are eager to bemoan their city, country or circumstances. Hooded Fang, on the contrary, embrace their surroundings while sticking to their do-it-yourself approach that has given them creative control on the one hand and ultimate responsibility on the other. A seven piece band, consisting of members Daniel Lee, April… Continue reading Hooded Fang redefine do-it-yourself
By Taylor McKee
Hockey, and more specifically violence in hockey, will always have a unique place in Canada’s national discussion. The current conversation surrounding head trauma in hockey has been simultaneously heated, divisive, hyperbolic and sincere, but always stems from a passionate– bordering on paternalistic– love for the sport and the wildly subjective views about the ideals that… Continue reading Sportspinion: The NHL needs to fight head shots
By Taylor McKee
For the men’s basketball program of a U.S. division one school, the success or failure of an entire season is predicated on their performance in March. Inside of the traditionally weak Mountain West Conference, near perfection is needed to rank highly and gain entrance to the NCAA tournament, a single loss could be the difference… Continue reading Sportspinion: Athletes are no exception to honour codes
By Jesse Hunter
What is better than eating locally grown food? Listening to locally grown music. Peer Support is a self-described “five-piece melodic indie rock act from Calgary with influences as diverse as the city that they call home.” The tight-knit group has recently released their first self-titled EP, a three track album that feels like a deep… Continue reading Spun: Peer Support
A proposed “iPod tax” presented to Parliament Hill last March has consumers wondering about the future of copyright law in Canada. NDP MP Charlie Angus presented a Private Member’s Bill that proposed a levy on devices including iPods, MP3 players and smart phones. The fee, which could be up to $75 per device purchased, would… Continue reading Canadians may soon face iPod tax