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Edmonton’s struggle with its secondary sports

Kyle Brodziak of the Edmonton Road Runners had the greatest wrist shot of all-time — or so my 12-year-old self would tell you. Caught in the midst of the NHL lockout during the ’04-’05 season, I was exposed to great athletes in person for the first time in my life....

Men’s hockey wins first game at new rink

Have you ever watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? The one where Ty Pennington, the jack-of-all-trades host of the show, finds a family with a run-down house and builds them the biggest house they can imagine? It felt like that’s what happened with MacEwan and...

The Decision

When Rob Poole, the mainstay of the women’s basketball team for six years, decided to move on from the program, it was unclear who would step up in the midst of MacEwan’s best years in its short Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) career. The bond Poole shared...

Building a team

While the season may be over for the players as they turn their attention to training and the offseason, the focus for coaches shifts to recruitment. For the MacEwan University head coaches, recruitment is a year-long battle. Fortunately for the Griffins men's...

Griffins move to the big leagues

After transitioning from a community college to a university, it was only a matter of time before MacEwan University’s athletics department would make a leap that would change not only how our athletes compete, but also how the university is perceived. As a college...

Fitness frenzy for students

As an incentive to attract new students to the fitness community at MacEwan University, the Sport and Wellness department teamed up with Griffins Athletics to host Big Day of Awesome on Sept. 16. For the duration of the day, students were able to take part in a...

Edmonton’s struggle with its secondary sports

Kyle Brodziak of the Edmonton Road Runners had the greatest wrist shot of all-time — or so my 12-year-old self would tell you. Caught in the midst of the NHL lockout during the ’04-’05 season, I was exposed to great athletes in person for the first time in my life....

Men’s hockey wins first game at new rink

Have you ever watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? The one where Ty Pennington, the jack-of-all-trades host of the show, finds a family with a run-down house and builds them the biggest house they can imagine? It felt like that’s what happened with MacEwan and...

The Decision

When Rob Poole, the mainstay of the women’s basketball team for six years, decided to move on from the program, it was unclear who would step up in the midst of MacEwan’s best years in its short Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) career. The bond Poole shared...

Building a team

While the season may be over for the players as they turn their attention to training and the offseason, the focus for coaches shifts to recruitment. For the MacEwan University head coaches, recruitment is a year-long battle. Fortunately for the Griffins men's...

Griffins move to the big leagues

After transitioning from a community college to a university, it was only a matter of time before MacEwan University’s athletics department would make a leap that would change not only how our athletes compete, but also how the university is perceived. As a college...

Fitness frenzy for students

As an incentive to attract new students to the fitness community at MacEwan University, the Sport and Wellness department teamed up with Griffins Athletics to host Big Day of Awesome on Sept. 16. For the duration of the day, students were able to take part in a...