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I take my dad to a women’s hockey game

How our Griffins won a game and I won dad bonding™ Originally published on November 1, 2024. Our Griffins women’s hockey team went into their game against the University of Regina Cougars with high hopes for a win this past Oct. 12. My dad went into the same game...

The Griff vs the Griffins: Men’s basketball edition

I played Griffins basketball player Milan Jaksic in a game of 21. Along the way, I got to know the 2023-24 most outstanding MacEwan athlete. Originally published on November 1, 2024. “I bet I could do that.”  It’s been uttered on every couch, and in every...

Kickoff this year with a Griffins game

Rep the maroon, see you soon! Originally published on September 1, 2024 Are you a MacEwan student looking to feel some real school spirit? Wandering around campus with your eyes locked on your phone instead of browsing the bountiful posters tacked on the walls? I'm...

F1 racing: silver is the new gold

The race for second place On March 2nd, it was “lights out and away we go” for the first race of the 2024 season in Formula 1. From the jump, it was clear that a repeat of the 2023 season was in store, with Max Verstappen pulling ahead from his pole position. As he...

Fuelling our fire

Let's make the Griffins’ den roar once more Deep in the belly of Rogers Place, far from the main arena where thousands of fans pack the stands 75 nights a year for Oilers and Oil Kings home games, lies a small, unassuming ice rink. The City of Edmonton’s logo is at...

OPINION: Where IS Griff Nation?

MacEwan’s student body proudly displays the Griffin's name across their chests, but where is the support on game day? That Griffins tackle sweatshirt everyone on campus wears is $55. Do you know how many Griffins games you could go to for that money? All of them....

The inspirational journey of Jyla Erandio 

In the fall of 2022, Jyla Erandio, a current freshman player on the MacEwan Griffins women’s soccer team, was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis, a viral infection that causes inflammation of the thin layers that protect the brain and spinal cord and inflammation...

Should the Oilers have fired Jay Woodcroft?

Like many Oilers fans, I was surprised on Sunday morning when I found out that head coach Jay Woodcraft and defensive coach Dave Manson had been relieved of their duties. This surprise initially turned into confusion when I learned that the Hartford Wolfpack’s head...

Hitting a Homerun: Starting a career on a high

Beer, sweaty people yelling at men in tights, and a bright green field — there’s nothing quite like baseball. For some, working in a tight-knit athletics community is a nice dream, but for a MacEwan Journalism student Gerard Murray, it’s a reality. Last summer,...