Playing with swords: Sabre fencing
Fencing it turns out, is one of those sports that is strictly rooted in tradition. Kicking, punching, ambush tactics, and deliberate mutilation are not encouraged, which is surprising considering the mortal consequence of losing a real fencing match.
Heat Report: Playoff berth in the balance
With 11 games remaining in the regular season, the Heat, once poised to take first or second place in the Western Conference of the AHL, are in a fight for a spot in the playoffs. With just a few weeks of the regular season left to play, the Heat have seen victories come few and far between.
The shuffling of Mason Raymond
For many, seeing Mason Raymond paired with the twins was about as baffling a move as could be imagined, yet it served several purposes.
Health Kick: Nutrition
People are hesitant to make large changes in the way they eat, because they see a massive change in front of them that will take a long time to understand and implement. It takes more work than they are really willing to give. It can be especially difficult when you’re dealing with a plethora of other concerns, such as school, work, relationships, etc. There are, however, many small changes you can make that take very little time to implement, and take very little work on your part.
Time running out for sinking Canucks to right the ship
After last Saturday’s embarrassing 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadians—a team that is only higher than Edmonton and Columbus in the standings and sits 30 points back of Vancouver—the Canucks were left with four nights off to contemplate the dire situation they’d created for themselves. While the issue isn’t about points, the problem is almost more worrisome; if they can’t get it together soon, they may be hard pressed to win a best-of-seven series against any team in the league.
UFV Cascades claim CCAA bronze medal at volleyball nationals
The UFV women’s volleyball team took bronze this last week in the CCAA national championship at Vancouver Island University.
UFV Basketball: A strong finish
A recap of the men’s and women’s basketball team’s performances at the CIS nationals
Supporting UFV athletics could get costly: SUS and Athletics Department to hold referendum on fee increase
For a full time fourth year student paying $2398 in tuition, that fee would be close to $72. That would make the Activity and Wellness fee larger than the U-Pass fee, the SUS fee, and the SUS building fee. For international students, the price would be even higher, as the fee is based on percentage of tuition.
What’s the big whoop: Pertusis goes viral in the Fraser Valley
By now, most people reading this know there’s been an outbreak of whooping cough in the Fraser Valley. For those of you that haven’t heard – hey, there’s been an outbreak of whooping cough in the Fraser Valley!
Health Kick: the importance of sleep
A common misconception is that working out is what grows muscle. At first glance, it certainly appears so: during and after your workout, your body’s muscle groups are tight, which causes them to look larger than they normally are. What workouts actually do is cause light damage to muscle tissue.
Ecological Eating part two: from happy cows to bird-repellant soaked Grapples
The second part of a two part series on organic food options, focusing on available choices grown in the Fraser Valley
Ask, and ye won’t receive: why Nash didn’t move
Rick Nash is currently captaining a burning ship, headed straight into the ground. Columbus is dead last in the league, with not even a faint glimmer of hope of making the playoffs. Those of us who are able to look at the situation logically, i.e., those with no emotional affiliations with the team, don’t blame him for asking to be traded. But, at least before this deadline, it wasn’t going to happen.
Leland Irving on double duty
Much of the Heat’s trouble this year has coincided with the loss of key players to the Calgary Flames.
The Final Countdown: The Cascades’ Saskatchewan adventure
Last weekend the UFV basketball teams faced some big competition in the wild wastelands of Saskatchewan, as both teams looked to clinch a spot in the CIS national championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The men and women were competing in the “Final Four” of the Canada West conference tournament in the hopes of achieving a first or second finish, and therefore a guaranteed birth into nationals. Both teams fought hard, with the men grabbing a silver medal and the women placing fourth overall.
Stretch Run: The best and the worst of times for the Canucks
This is absolutely the greatest time in the regular season. There is plenty to speculate about, with so many teams still vying for playoff positions. The Canucks are currently in a pretty positive situation in the Western Conference. Barring a catastrophic end to the season, they should be able to finish in either the first or second seed.
Fitocracy uses social networking to encourage active lifestyle
A new social networking site has been rapidly gaining members and public attention as of late. Though still in beta, the site has been online since 2010, and it has been slowly accumulating its members through an invite-only system. The premise of the website is to turn fitness into a game, thereby motivating members to exercise more in order to get a higher score. The name of the game? Fitocracy.
Ecological Eating: Behind the hype of certified organic
Though British Columbia accounts for just 13 per cent of Canada’s population, it also accounts for 26 per cent of organic food purchases made in Canada. However, there are some important things to understand about organic food that aren’t yet widely known facts.
Taze me out at the ball game
Taser ball is the latest in a long lineage of increasingly “extreme” 21st century sports seemingly designed to try the patience of the public safety commissioner.
CoHo a-go-go: Canucks controversial deadline deal frightens flustered fans
After fighting their way into first place in the NHL, the Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis stunned fans on February 27, Trade Deadline Day, by making some of the biggest trades in the league. Fans had their hearts in their throats after learning that promising rookie Cody Hodgson, who they’ve been watching develop for the last several years, was on his way out the door – traded to the 25th ranked Buffalo Sabres along with teammate Alexander Sulzer. Coming to Vancouver in the trade were two young Canadian players: power forward Zack Kassian and puck-moving defenceman Marc-Andre Gragnani.
Cascades slay competition in Canada West finals
I can tell you that it was the first time either of UFV’s basketball teams hosted a playoff series at home (both teams hosted this year). I can tell you it was the first time either team entered the post-season ranked in the top ten in Canada (both did this year), but I can’t recreate the magic of what UFV President Mark Evered is already labeling the “miracle.”
Sports you’ve never heard of: bunny show jumping
Bunny show jumping, according to the Canadian Rabbit Hopping Club, first began as Kaninhoppning in Sweden in the late 1970s, with a club beginning to compete within their small group. But, as rabbit jumping became more and more popular, these small, disorganized groups of jumpers began to communicate, and soon merged to create the first group: the Swedish Federation of Rabbit Jumping in 1994.
What ever happened to…?
T.O. is the definition of the old saying, “pride comes before the fall,” while Steve Moore is still stuck in lawsuit mode.
All Star Wrestling vs. Abbotsford: the rituals, the ring, and this reporter
Welcome to wrestling. I think, welcome to a different world.
Health kick: stay hydrated, folks
Whenever people look for new ways to improve their fitness or health, there are two broad categories to which they immediately spring: diet and regular exercise. However one of the most important categories is often overlooked, and it is also one of the easiest to maintain: hydration.
