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Halifax Eurekas of the Coloured Hockey League, Nova Scotia – Creative Commons Sports and politics are more intertwined than you want to think. Amanda Lou To me, sports have always represented the status quo, the white, upper-middle class masculine hegemony of the...
Photo: Grace Mwasalla stands ready to take on the action by the Cougars. Alexia Pang/The Griff. The mental toll that stems from a lack of crowd support. Home advantage is supposed to mean something. The familiar space, the comfort of your locker room, and the roar...
Photo supplied by MacEwan Athletics. MacEwan’s newest women’s hockey goalie prepares to start a new hockey season in Canada after an NCAA stint. A new face is making waves for the MacEwan Griffins women’s hockey team, and she hasn’t even seen the puck drop in the...
Griffins soccer season is well underway Ian Smyth Photo by Norman Bo It’s been a rocky month for the MacEwan Griffins. With only soccer underway, all eyes were on arguably MacEwan’s most prestigious program. And results have been slightly underwhelming. The...
Here’s what you need to know about MacEwan’s teams this year Ian Smyth Photo by James Maclellan Soccer may be in full swing, but all of MacEwan’s other sports squads are gearing up to start a new season in October. Let’s do a quick overview of where our school’s...
Recap of the Griffins’ weekend of Sept. 15 Ian Smyth Photo of Grace Mwasalla by James Maclennan It was a weekend of polar opposites for the Griffins' soccer squads. Women’s soccer had a massive bounce-back weekend, while the men suffered a pair of rough losses....
A disappointing weekend for MacEwan. Ian Smyth It was a disappointing weekend for Griffins soccer, as the women’s and men’s teams went a collective 0-1-3. This Calgary swing is the first time the women’s team has lost back-to-back regular-season games since...
This week in MacEwan Sports. Ian Smyth It was a successful weekend for the Griffins soccer squads. MacEwan’s men took on the cross-town rival U of A Golden Bears and came out of the match with a 2-2 draw. After a Calgary stint which saw the Griffins struggling to...
Amelia Russo #6, Photo provided by James Maclennan Best in the business retool for 25-26 Women’s: The Griffins’ women’s soccer team looks to run it back after a disappointing first-round exit last season. With a 10-1-3 record (good for 2nd in Canada West’s Prairie...
New MacEwan men’s basketball coach David Kapinga. Amanda Erickson/The Griff A new era of Griffins basketball has arrived. The 50th anniversary of the MacEwan Griffins is already shaping up to be a big year; new logo, refurbished gym, and for the men’s basketball...
Victory and (advocating) voices go hand-in-hand. Some people just think, “It ain’t that deep.” Sports are not just about winning. Sports show passion and inspiration, and sometimes they make a statement. But what happens when the people we idolize express...
We went to the PWHL game at Rogers Place. Here’s how it went
Signed agreement outlines potential jobs for students
“Is he hurt or is he soft?” Concussions and anxiety. Broken bones and depression. Conflicting afflictions happen all the time in hockey, but only one is spoken about. And while it’s normal to have updates on your favourite player's most recent injury — torn ACLs,...