Sports come in all shapes and sizes. Cheese wheel rolling is definitely one of the sports that has strayed away from cool-kid sports like football or hockey and has remained a nonsensical outcast on the fringes of athleticism's social circle. Experiencing the nomadic lifestyle of a mouse in search of a dairy dinner has never been easier.
Nearly four years had elapsed since I have competitively played baseball, which has been my favourite sport since childhood. Each summer since, likely due to my mobile lifestyle, I have been prevented from doing so. After departing Saskatoon for yet another summer and moving to B.C.'s west coast, I was asked by a friend's older brother to come to a slo-pitch practice of a team he was playing on ”” not technically baseball but close enough. I jumped at the invitation and anxiously unearthed my glove I had handily packed in my trunk. Little did I know I was in for a sobering experience...
Following countless hours of summer training and three tough exhibition matches against top-rated Ontario soccer programs York University and Toronto FC Academy, the Huskies men's soccer squad is ready for another year of Canada West competition. With the new season right around the corner, the men's soccer team is looking to bounce back with a vengeance after last season's devastating mere two point exclusion from the Canadian Interuniversity Sport playoffs...
Back in elementary school, the dismissal bell was music to many kids' ears. Everyone rushed home to get in a few hours of fun before dinner. Street hockey was often the sport of choice. Easy to set up and take down, kids would play for hours in the heat, rain or snow, long after dark, and usually under the glow of the streetlights. Do you miss those days, where your troubles slipped away and all that mattered in life was finding a way to put a ball into the back of the net? Now there is the opportunity to relive your youth again
Despite its size, Saskatoon has a big community of racing fans. With horse races, and drag, street legal, and stock car races taking place nearly every weekend, there's almost always a way to satisfy your need for speed.
The sport of ultimate, sometimes referred to as ultimate Frisbee, was invented in 1968 in a New Jersey high school as a way to pass the time at school activities. It combines features of sports such as soccer and football, but is played with a flying disc instead of a ball. Few people could have predicted that some 40 years later this unlikely game would be played by thousands of people around the world.
From the gladiators of ancient Rome to Ali versus Frazier, history demonstrates that combat sports are among the oldest and most enduring forms of athletic endeavour. Today, title bouts in mixed martial arts and boxing attract millions of fans and dollars. Along with soccer, they constitute perhaps the only truly global sports. But fight fans, often like the fighters themselves, seem bent on self-destruction, fostered through a never-ending debate between fans of both sports who insist that their discipline is superior in skill and entertainment.
This summer a new festival is coming to the South Saskatchewan River: WakeRide '09. “We have such a beautiful river bank, so why don't we use it?” asked WakeRide '09 spokesperson Nicole Martini. “We have a gross winter but summer is so cool.” The wakeboarding competition is part of an effort of the government-funded initiative Urban Playground to attract and retain younger people in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan. The competition levels will include beginner, intermediate one and two, and advanced. There will be big air competitions, different trick competitions, and rails in the water. Sunday is the professional competition, including the likes of Rusty Malinoski, a local rider who has made it big in the wakeboarding world. “We decided that this is just something we want to do to make Saskatoon cooler,” said Martini. “The fact that Rusty comes from Humbolt says that anything is possible; you can dream big, you can achieve your dreams. We want to give that encouragement to kids in Saskatoon.”
For only the second time in history, the International Softball Federation's World Men's Softball Championships will be held in Canada, and the championships are coming to Saskatoon. The only other time the event was held in Canada was in 1988, also in Saskatoon. It is a venue that the ISF has come to appreciate and has rewarded Saskatoon the right to host the championship yet again, the first site since the tournament's inception in 1966 to host the tournament twice. With opening pitch slated for the morning of July 17, the buzz around this tournament is starting to percolate in baseball circles in the city. Generally, championships are held every four years. This year's championship breaks with tradition and comes five years after New Zealand hosted the event.
The May 2 CFL draft selection of Huskies football players slotback Scott McHenry and defensive end Ivan Brown reiterates the effectiveness of the Green and White's football program. Despite a disappointing previous season for the Huskies, teammates of McHenry and Brown will surely find solace in the pair's successful results at the annual CFL draft. Brown was selected 31st overall by the Montreal Alouettes and McHenry 32nd overall by the Calgary Stampeders, both in the fourth round.