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Black excellence in sports as told through media
February 15, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: anti-Black racism and enslavement. Films and Documentaries Remember the Titans (2000) Where to watch: Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ Based on a true story in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971, Black football coach Herman Boone sets out to integrate two high school football teams with fellow coach Bill Yoast. Along the way to finals, the Titans face racial prejudice. The team is discriminated against and seen as unworthy among other teams due to being interracial after many civil rights battles for Black Americans throughout the 1960s. Despite the backlash, they remain at the…
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February 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer ________ league was a baseball term used to refer to minor league baseball teams in rural towns, but is more often used to describe a lack of professional standards and etiquette. A goalie in hockey…
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Top 10 Canadian sports moments of 2023
January 7, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer January 5: Canada wins World Junior gold, Bedard MVP Arizona Coyote prospect Dylan Guenther lifts Canada to a 3–2 victory in OT against Czechia to win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship. 17-year-old Connor…
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March 20, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Word Bank: goalkeeper, airball, shank, 19th hole, double dribble, muff, cut shot, bunt, meet, nutmeg When a player stops dribbling and then begins again, or dribbles the basketball with two hands, they commit a ________…
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January 25, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Word Bank: goalkeeper, airball, shank, 19th hole, double dribble, muff, cut shot, bunt, meet, nutmeg When a player stops dribbling and then begins again, or dribbles the basketball with two hands, they commit a ________…
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We haven’t forgotten about Peng Shuai and Brittney Griner
November 13, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and sexual assault Fifty years after Title IX, a groundbreaking law in the US that “banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs,” the growth of women’s sports is undeniable.…
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The fallen members of Vancouver’s sports world
September 12, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor The Vancouver Grizzlies (1995–2001) We can’t start talking about forgotten Vancouver sports teams without starting with the Grizzlies (aka the team with the perfect powder blue jerseys people love to parade around in downtown). In…
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April 1, 2022By: Greg Makarov, Sports Writer Word Bank: over and back, love, yard sale, brace, technical fall, direct free kick, ace, Calder, face wash, drop shot When a soccer player scores twice in a game When an opposing player/team fails to…
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January 27, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor A ____________ is worth 6 points 32 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists When a player enters an opponent’s blue line before the puck does NFL Championship Trophy Its rules are thought to have originated in Montreal…
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How to get the most out of your Athletic & Recreation fee
January 21, 2022By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor One of the major downfalls to living in the Lower Mainland is the amount of rain that keeps you inside. While it can be tempting to cocoon yourself in a blanket and eat a whole…
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