Kaja Antic
Cleat Cute is the 2SLGBTQIA+ offering to the growing sports romance genre
February 14, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Want a new sports-related book to read this Valentine’s season? Look no further than Meryl Wilsner’s 2023 novel Cleat Cute. Marketed as “Ted Lasso meets A League of Their Own,” this sapphic rivals-to-lovers romcom embraces the drama of women’s soccer in a story that will be sure to win you over. The two main characters come from very different backgrounds, but end up at the same US Women’s National Team training camp ahead of international competitions. Phoebe Matthews is the rookie, a recent college graduate from rural Indiana who clashes almost immediately with her idol,…
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Super Bowl LVIII predictions
February 12, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For the fourth time in five seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl — and the San Francisco 49ers are there too. The Chiefs and 49ers previously met four years ago…
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Trial Week review: Judo
February 12, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer The spring 2024 trial week had several appealing options — from dance to yoga, and various martial arts. It was a difficult choice to make personally, but I ended up going with judo. Judo was…
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Inside Christine Sinclair’s final match for team Canada
February 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer It was a cool December evening in Metro Vancouver as crowds pooled onto SkyTrain platforms, destined for the greatest sporting event in the city that night. Oh, and Canucks captain Quinn Hughes lost to both…
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Czechia sent back-to-back champion Canada home early from World Junior Championship
February 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Team Canada made an earlier than expected exit from the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships, hosted from December 26–January 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Canada finished second in the Group A standings during the preliminaries —…
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Connect the Lingo
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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Red Leafs hockey hold off No. 2 Boston University to shootout
February 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer The non-conference Red Leafs hockey team started 2024 with big ambitions, playing three exhibition games in as many days against top-rated NCAA Div. I hockey teams. The road trip kicked off on January 5 against…
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The Rundown
January 31, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer January 13: Six Canucks headed to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game After defenceman Quinn Hughes was named in the NHL All-Star roster selections on January 4, a fan vote to fill the remaining roster spots…
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Unpacking the mysterious closure of the SFU Climbing Wall
January 31, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Located inside the Lorne Davies Complex (LDC) Central Gym, the SFU Climbing Wall has been closed since mid-December, and no one seems to know the reason why. Chloe Hill, an ex-employee of the climbing wall,…
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Winter 2024 sports power rankings
January 10, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer 1 – Women’s wrestling Record: 6–1 Trajectory: national champions; top-three finish The women’s team has started their season in the driver’s seat, breezing by competition with a handful of heavy-handed victories. Among their six wins,…
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