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The Rundown: End of summer headlines
September 18, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer August 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 an event in late August, the team name was announced as Vancouver Rise FC. The club noted the importance of their name as “a beacon of empowerment and progress, inspiring the next generation to rise above and chase their dreams.” While the team has not yet announced a home base, Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium has been…
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SFU’s sports archive
March 18, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Men’s basketball SFU took on UBC for the first time in any sport at West Gym on November 26, 1965, winning 61–51 in front of 2,200 fans. Coach John Kootnekoff made the inaugural 1965 team…
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The Rundown
February 21, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer February 1: Lewis Hamilton to leave Mercedes, joining Ferrari in 2025 Seven-time World Drivers’ Champion Lewis Hamilton will be joining the Scuderia Ferrari racing team in 2025. Hamilton will be taking over for Carlos Sainz,…
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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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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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I went to a game from each of the biggest professional leagues
January 31, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer In 2023, I got the opportunity to see a game from each of North America’s four major sports leagues — Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and…
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Sports quiz: fact or fiction
November 23, 2023By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer True or False: The Los Angeles Kings drafted a future Baseball Hall of Famer in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. True! Tom Glavine, who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher…
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Athletes are more than their entertainment value
September 29, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer, and Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Whenever I overhear friends and family talking about last night’s hockey game or an upcoming playoff series, it reminds me of the way I would describe characters in a dramatic…
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The Inside Scoop: Super Bowl Edition
February 12, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor 1.) Who is going to win the Super Bowl? Los Angles Rams (67%) Cincinnati Bengals (33%) Sample size: 12 2.) Will the difference in scores between both teams be over or under seven points? Over…
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Peak Sports Mailbag: Week 4
September 22, 2019By: Grant Simms, SFU student Hey Peak sports readers, My name is Grant Simms, and I am your maitre d’ for the football themed Peak Sports Mailbag. Thanks so much to all of our readers for submitting their football-related questions,…
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