By Ryan Laverty
After a solid showing at home in the first tournament of the Canada West season, the Dinos women’s field hockey team looked like a German sports car doing 90, flying down the open road to Manitoba. But I regret to inform you, the foreign roadster is no more. Whether due to a lack of steering… Continue reading The wheels fall off in Manitoba
At 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning, most of us were sleeping off hangovers. The exception to that rule is the University of Calgary men’s soccer team. While the rest of the world tossed, turned and stumbled to the toilet, our pitch warriors were boarding a bus for a high noon showdown with the University of Lethbridge… Continue reading A new force in the universe
Normal words can’t illustrate what the Dinos women’s soccer team did to the visiting Regina Cougars during their debut games in Canadian Interuniversity Sport play this weekend. That’s why I propose we make up a new word. Death + demolition = deatholition. The Dinos deatholized the Cougars 8-0 on Saturday afternoon and followed up with… Continue reading Real words can’t describe soccer Dinos
Men’s Hoops – Lawrence Bailey Talent: B+ A recruiting coup brought highly-touted Whit Hornsberger to join prolific scorer John Riad in the Dinos backcourt this season. With a solid cast of returning players the stage was set for a breakthrough. While this didn’t happen, the talent cannot be blamed. Solid all-around seasons were turned in… Continue reading Hoop dreams, injuries
By Dave Kenney
Growing up, Eatons’ Surprise Sale was a monthly mainstay for me and my mom. There, her territory was the shoe department, while I scuttled around the toy department in my Velcro-fastened shoes. She got a deal while I whined about the latest Star Wars figure I had to have.About a year and a half ago,… Continue reading Will this reborn icon survive?
By Еvan Osentоn
Few things give Western Canadians as bad a name as does the hateful, opportunistic and greedy concept of "western alienation." This is a concept championed by certain ultra-right wing zealots in the media and hysterical pseudo-celebrities like Victoria lawyer Doug Christie–founder of the Western Canada Concept. While western alienation normally warrants little attention, it reared… Continue reading Western alienation an offensive concept
Playing fullback can be an adventure in any sport. In football, they’re a battering ram. In rugby, they’re reclusive outcasts. While playing soccer, Dinos captain Juliamai Giffen got to be an anthropologist. Giffen’s favourite memory as a Dino reaches back two years. It was the golden season for the Dinos: the national championship, Stephanie O’Neill’s… Continue reading Juliamai Giffen: A farewell to fifth-year Dinos
By Randy Lewis
What happens when you fall asleep for half a game against a very good team? Well, let’s just say even the Harlem Globetrotters lose sometimes. Even though the University of Calgary women’s basketball team has been as reliable as a German sedan this season, the Dinos found a way to drop a game last Friday… Continue reading Weekend Update with the Dinos
By Rob South
In a famed ’80s movie, the secret of Michael J. Fox’s success was to work hard and sleep with his aunt, but for the Dinos soccer teams, this weekend’s playoffs require a different formula in order to succeed. "More than any time in the past 17 years, we are ready," said men’s Head Coach Andy… Continue reading Soccersaurs prepare for playoff domination
It was perhaps the greatest streak University of Calgary soccer has ever seen. Suffocating defensive play and brilliant goaltending by second-year standout Taryn Swiatek positioned the Dinos on top of the Canada West standings. They were also perfect; six shutouts in six tries. Saturday’s game started like any other for the Dinos this season, with… Continue reading Dino’s magical shutout streak ends