NBA lockout: season on the brink
With the season supposed to have started in October, the NBA Owners & NBA Players Association hit a stalemate in their ongoing meetings.
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Not your average Joe
The problem with the Penn State child abuse case against former assistant football Coach Jerry Sandusky is that the case was not handled properly at the time of the incidents. Because of this, many people are being punished for it years later, when the information is not as fresh in people’s memories and the stories are being told differently.
One for the history books
If Wayne Gretzky had had a heart attack at center ice in the middle of an NHL game, it couldn’t have been more dramatic than when Hickstead, the 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion, went down in the middle of the ring on November 6.
“Leafing” them some dignity
Was a hot start by the Toronto Maple Leafs really unexpected? Every year the Leafs speed out of the gates just to disappoint fans by slipping down the standings in the following months.
Letter from the Kwasny family
With our update on the Kevin Kwasny fundraising successes of the last little while, The Campus would also like to take this time to post the following Letter to the Editor sent out by the family earlier this fall.
A tough go for soccer
An injury-depleted Bishop’s side couldn’t pull the trigger Friday night at Coulter Field as the No. 8 ranked Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or shut out the Gaiters 2-0.
Soaring snowboarding
Absolutely mind-blowing. There are few words to describe an athlete that conquers his sport to such a degree that it transforms into a form of art. Bobby Ore’s image flying through the air, skates high, or Michael Jordan floating towards the basket as if he had wings; Travis Rice is the new athlete to add to this list, as he too has mastered the art of flight.
Hitting the ice
We are Canadians who love this sport more than anything. Yet, for some reason, Bishop’s doesn’t have a credible hockey program. A group of students sharing the same thought have put together a club team with the ultimate goal of reaching varsity status in the coming years.
Bishop’s community rallies support for player
It has been over a month since football player Kevin Kwasny, a Bishop's student working towards a degree in psychology, was injured in a football game and then entered an induced coma.
NHL action never stops…
Sometimes lost in the October hoopla of the baseball playoffs, a thrilling NFL season, and an idiotic NBA lockout is Canada's favourite of sports. The NHL dropped the puck for its regular season on October 6th, giving us Canadians are crucial fix of the sport on ice. Although it's early, there are a few things I may or may not have learned. Beginning with...
