THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

Sports & Health

  • By September 17, 2009

    Being a sports writer, it’s sometimes difficult to not be the “cheerleader” for that favourite team you’re reporting on.
    That all changed for me last Sunday when I decided to take the extra step and try out for the Huskies cheerleading squad.

  • Regina football player dies

    By September 17, 2009

    University of Regina Rams football player Spenser Borlase, 18, was killed in a car accident Sept. 11.
    The accident took place at about 11 p.m., on Highway 11 near the village of MacDowell, south of P.A. Borlase was heading north, the only occupant in the vehicle, when he veered into the other lane and collided head-on with a vehicle heading south.

  • Testes, testosterone and terrible accusations

    By September 17, 2009

    South African female sprinter Caster Semenya’s career and recent gold medal in the 800-metre world championships at Berlin last month are in jeopardy due to allegations that the 18-year-old phenomenon is a man.
    “We are a normal family who looked at a child when she was born, saw that she was a girl and raised her as any other family would do. Are we now being told that we are wrong?” said Semenya’s uncle.

  • Raptors 2009-10 season preview

    By September 17, 2009

    A Raptors fan since their induction to the NBA in 1995, I have realized the difference between Raptors fans and the rest of the NBA’s fanatics: we’re stupid. While the rest of the NBA teams’ followers bitch and complain about losing championship games or drafting the wrong players, we sit back and cheer for mediocrity.

  • The best rivalry in sports?

    By September 17, 2009

    Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, for years the two top-ranked tennis players on the planet, have been building a rivalry that matches the intensity of a Habs-Leafs playoff series. If you can get past the excessive grunting that accompanies the 200 kilometre per hour serves, one will find a demonstration of extreme talent and professionalism.

  • Doing it the hard way

    By September 17, 2009

    After starting the season 2-0 for what seems to be the umpteenth time in a row, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team is rolling along in the Canada West. Or are they?

  • Tour de Japan

    By September 10, 2009

    Break-dancer, musician and amateur short filmmaker Vladimir Yatsina is fascinated with Asian culture ”” and it is this infatuation that prompted the University of Saskatchewan dentistry student to engage in a 12-day bicycling tour across Japan over the summer.

  • Kickflippin’ it old school

    By September 10, 2009

    Heelflips, kickflips, 50-50 grinds, nollies, ollies and a few bone-deep wounds and concrete collisions comprised the fun day of skateboarding at the first annual Nine Times Super Serious Skateboard Competition on Sept. 6.
    Over 100 skaters from across Saskatchewan took part in the skating competition organized by Saskatoon-based skateboarding, snowboarding, clothing and accessories outlet Nine Times. Taking place at Saskatoon’s Lions Skatepark along Spadina Crescent, not even some precipitation from the cloudy skies above could stop the core of Saskatoon’s skating scene from doing their thing.