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Watching sports should be affordable
January 23, 2025Like everything these days, the cost of living has skyrocketed. As well, the expense of sports has gotten out of hand — what do you mean it costs a couple of hundred dollars to check out a professional sports match? Currently, the average price of a Canucks game goes for well over $300 in Vancouver. Half-season passes and memberships for last season started around $300 per payment (with five required in the season), and went all the way up to $4,800 for a package of single club-section seats. The Canucks’ Student Rush program offered discounted tickets for post-secondary students, with…
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The CFL’s first trans alum, Maven Maurer
January 22, 2025On September 13, the BC Lions hosted the Toronto Argonauts and honoured some of their alumni for their Wall of Fame night. The 2000 Grey Cup-winning team were the special guests that night, with the team reuniting 24 years after…
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“Where football belongs:” Grey Cup Festival illuminates BC football
December 3, 2024Although the BC Lions encountered an early exit in the CFL playoffs this year, Vancouver still got to enjoy the energy of playoff football. From November 10 to 17, Vancouver hosted the Grey Cup Festival, highlighted by the CFL’s championship…
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The Rundown: End of summer headlines
September 18, 2024August 26 — Introducing Vancouver Rise FC Women’s professional soccer has a new home in Vancouver. The Northern Super League (NSL), which begins play in April 2025, will have teams playing in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. At…
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SFU football names new offensive coordinator
March 30, 2015[caption id="attachment_1970" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Joe Paopao replaces Jacques Chapdelaine, who was both the team’s head coach and offensive coordinator. Image courtesy of Ottawa Citizen[/caption] Last Wednesday, SFU Athletics announced Joe Paopao as the newly hired offensive coordinator of the SFU…
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SFU’s new football head coach is a man with a story to tell
March 9, 2015[caption id="attachment_1005" align="alignnone" width="980"] Before becoming a coach, Kelly Bates had a 10-year career as an offensive linesman in the CFL, spending time on the BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Edmonton Eskimos. Image courtesy of SFU Athletics.[/caption]…
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SFU football continues search for new coach
February 20, 2015[caption id="attachment_106" align="alignnone" width="2162"] SFU Athletics now have two candidates to replace Jacques Chapdelaine. Image Credit: Austin Cozicar /The Peak[/caption] Just a few days ago, it appeared as if SFU football had…
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