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Douglas College pitcher Myre pitches for her hero, helps lead Royals in...
SURREY — It’s the best place she knows to find her sense of purpose, to feel safe harbour, and to experience the level of clarity necessary to gain strength from immeasurable tragedy. Staked out as a...
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UBC announces hiring of former Scottish Swimmng CEO Howard as new sports boss
VANCOUVER — Described as an accomplished international sport program leader, the UBC Thunderbirds announced Wednesday that Ashley Howard had been hired as the school’s new athletic director. A...
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Olympic Reprieve: Wrestling’s global bond resonates strongly with B.C. grapplers
VANCOUVER — The sport of wrestling, still gripping hard and holding out hope that it will survive the International Olympic Committee’s gauntlet, has managed to keep its collective heart beating...
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UBC Thunderbirds athletics and rec review could trim team numbers from...
VANCOUVER — The UBC Thunderbirds athletics and recreation department has called it a “grand re-imagining.” Yet as the most nationally decorated school in Canadian Interuniversity Sport continues to...
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Uni notebook 8.24.13 edition: UBC football falls, TWU men’s soccer impresses...
It wasn’t the dress rehearsal they were hoping for Friday night in Saskatoon. With its opener scheduled for this coming Saturday at home against the Calgary Dinos, the UBC Thunderbirds will spend the...
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UBC’s Homecoming Weekend 2013 highlights the weekend sports viewing schedule
Nothing makes a sporting event better than a rabid fan base, especially at the high school and university level where face paint, togas and good-natured taunting have been known to add that extra...
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Three to see this weekend: Langara soccer, girls volleyball at UBC,...
We’re heading somewhat off the beaten path this week in our quest to find some quality, live weekend sporting events in the high school and university realm. Simon Fraser and UBC football is set to...
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The Province’s university sports notebook 9.29.13 edition: Soccer, volleyball...
Here’s our weekend re-cap in the world of local CIS and NCAA university sports. Tonight we cover men’s and women’s soccer as well as women’s volleyball. As well, at the end of this report, I offer...
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The Province’s university sports notebook 10.06.13 edition: Full skinny from...
Here’s our sweep through the world of CIS and NCAA sports this weekend as it pertains to B.C. teams. We cover the gamut from soccer, to volleyball, to hockey to football. SOCCER CIS MEN The No....
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The Province’s university sports notebook 10.13.13 edition: Full skinny from...
We cover as many bases as we can for local CIS and NCAA teams. This week, men’s and women’s soccer get down to the nitty gritty in the CIS, UBC men’s hockey has its regular season home debut, Clan...
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The Province’s university sports notebook 10.20.13 edition: Full skinny from...
It’s Sunday and time to take an overall look at how B.C. university teams fared within their respective CIS schedules, as well as providing a look at Simon Fraser teams in its Great Northwest Athletic...
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UPDATED: 10.27.13 LATE P.M. edition, The Province’s university sports notebook
AUTHOR’S NOTE — Apologies for any confusion if you accessed this story via the University Sports site at The Province.com. Mistakenly, I posted last week’s URL on this week’s story. Hopefully this will...
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11.08.13 B.C. University Sports Report: What’s catching our eye during a busy...
The local university websites are, as usual doing a great job on Friday game nights, of keeping you up-to-date on the results of their respective teams. So instead, I’ll offer up some opinions as the...
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11.10.13: Catching up on what caught our eye the most over the busy...
Soccer grabbed the headlines with CIS national championships for both men and women. But there was so much else happening. Here’s what’s percolating the most as we head into another week of...
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UBC brass announces 16 survivors, leaves 13 other varsity programs awaiting...
VANCOUVER — Back in the fall, the UBC Thunderbirds trumpeted the transparency of the sports review process it was set to undertake, one which aimed to strengthen the overall base of its athletic and...
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02.22.14 University notebook: Saturday brings trio of sudden-elim scenarios...
A jammed-packed weekend of Canada West playoff action dominated the university headlines. Here’s our look: MEN’S BASKETBALL The UBC Thunderbirds will play a third-and-deciding game in its best-of-three...
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UBC announces eight survivors Friday as final cuts come in athletic...
UPDATE (Friday, 9:30 a.m.): Alpine skiing (men and women), nordic skiing (men and women) and women’s softball are the sports that UBC has downgraded to “competitive club” status, the university...
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UBC Sports Review: ‘Birds men’s hockey, v-ball, baseball coaches talk about...
VANCOUVER — As reported in The Province on Thursday afternoon, the UBC athletic review board has added its final eight sports programs to its safe list. In its official press release Friday morning,...
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Uni notes 04.06.14: Clan softball, UBC baseball, plus uni stars lead BC...
A look at what’s happening locally in university sports. We will update this through the afternoon: BASEBALL The UBC Thunderbirds opened the 2014 NAIA West baseball season with just three losses over...
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Grind-it-out baseball ‘Birds earn split at Corban, keep bid for host spot at...
The home team call themselves the Warriors, but the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team could have adopted it for themselves this weekend in Salem, Ore. Late-inning heroics in the second game of Friday and...
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Skipper’s 500-win milestone resonates, McKaig and ‘Birds now set to host NAIA...
VANCOUVER — A regular season that began back in February with a threat to its very survival, ended Saturday afternoon for the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team with not only a rousing four-game sweep and...
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Clan golf on the up-swing as veteran coach and youthful core mesh to a tee en...
BURNABY — Put the Simon Fraser Clan’s athletic department under a microscope and its resulting DNA will always be one without a match. As a school whose pioneering athletic ambitions have always been...
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Small-ball eighth yields biggest win of season for UBC’s baseball ‘Birds at...
VANCOUVER — There was not a ray of sunshine to be found Saturday afternoon at Thunderbird Park as the UBC baseball team set about the business of attempting to play itself into the championship game of...
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UBC baseball: Stingy staff suffocates Cavs, helps carry ‘Birds to NAIA West...
VANCOUVER — The external elements were about the only thing the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team didn’t control this weekend en route to winning the NAIA West regional title. Playing the host role and...
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HOC Revisited 2014: Pro career, motherhood all in the mix for softball ace...
This past Saturday, in the midst of a torrential downpour which had engulfed the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Danielle Lawrie peered out into the stands at Husky Softball Stadium....
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NAIA World Series: McKaig ranks 2014 baseball ‘Birds as “…top three all-time...
It was all hands on deck for the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team this week in southern California, and in the end, the ‘Birds came up just short of a berth to the 10-team NAIA World Series set to run...
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SFU Clan men’s golf makes GNAC history with first team title; Golden Bret...
The Simon Fraser Clan made conference history Tuesday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s golf championships. Clan golfers, led by tourney champion Bret Thompson, not only sat 1-2-3-4 atop...
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UBC softball: From endangered to empowered, ‘Birds ladies swing for fences...
VANCOUVER — Back in February of 2014, on the day that UBC officially read last rites to its women’s softball team by stripping it of its varsity status, its head coach had a gripping message for his...
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Japan punches ticket to Monday’s Canadian Open final; hosts need one more to...
Japan is the first team through to Monday’s finale of the Canadian Open International women’s fastpitch tournament, riding a four-run third inning to a 6-1 win over Canada Sunday in semifinal action....
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Uni Notes: Dhanda’s a dandy for ‘Birds, TWU’s Inglis the Sundodger champ,...
VANCOUVER — The Law of Averages were leaning in Jasmin Dhanda’s favour Saturday, but that didn’t mean the UBC Thunderbirds’ third-year striker from Surrey wasn’t wondering what she had to do to find...
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