Sports & Fitness
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Sweet moves at the Duckworth Centre
You have probably marveled at the dance/fight acrobatics of capoeira before, either as featured in ‘90s rebel-high school-redemption flick Only the Strong and Vincent Cassel’s brilliant laser evasion scene in Ocean’s Twelve or, most likely, at the most bedazzling annual cultural performance in Winnipeg each year, the Brazilian Folklorama pavilion.
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Wesmen Briefs
Men’s basketball lose on the road in pre-season; Men’s soccer comes away with two tie games on the road
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Such great heights
The inability to lift your own body weight is embarrassing, even crushingly so, without an audience. You can imagine then, my reaction to the suggestion of trying out an aerial fabrics class during Culture Days.
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Heading off early struggles
The move from a small conference to the CIS this season has the Wesmen soccer teams feeling some growing pains.
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Wesmen Briefs
Women’s soccer team “schooled” by B.C.; Men’s soccer team shut out twice by Alberta; Women’s volleyball come out 4-1 after 5-game tournament
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My (half) hour in hell
“Cyclocross: An Hour in Hell.” This was the title of the YouTube video that first introduced me to the sport. Not only did I find this intriguing, but remarkably, this amped up my determination to race in my first bike race, ever: DarkCross.
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Sportsplex sod turning the beginning of uncertain era
The University of Winnipeg’s UNITED Health & RecPlex sounds like a dream come true. But will it live up to its promises?
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Kicked to the mat, but not down for the count
The airwaves of Winnipeg’s 92.9 KICK-FM have gone dead, but buzz around the station’s rebirth keeps getting stronger.
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Wesmen Briefs
Women struggle in regular season openers; Men end weekend with disappointing 0–1–1 record
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‘For the love of the game’
Baseball is America’s pastime, but after taking a good crack in their first season, the Wesmen men have established themselves firmly as Manitoba’s university team.
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Wesmen soccer teams frustrated to remain in MCAC for second season
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen men’s and women’s soccer teams are competing for the second year in the Manitoba Colleges Athletics Conference (MCAC), despite posting top records last season.
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College Wesmen prepare for playoffs
The University of Winnipeg College Wesmen basketball teams have been battling teams all season in the Manitoba College Athletic Conference (MCAC). As their seasons wrapped up in February, they are now looking toward the playoffs.
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Winnipeg women’s basketball team lose in first round playoffs
The Winnipeg Wesmen women’s basketball team lost in first round playoffs to the University of Fraser Valley’s Cascades on Friday Feb. 25 and Saturday Feb. 26.
Winnipeg, who had a record of 20-2 prior to playoffs, were knocked out of CanWest playoffs over the two heartbreaking nights.
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CanWest volleyball playoffs begin
Wesmen volleyball teams wrapped up their seasons during the weekend of Feb. 11 and 12, but four Manitoba teams participated in the first round of CanWest playoffs.
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Warm advice for cold weather
There’s no use denying it: the snow is here to stay. Tempting as it might be to hide indoors and hibernate all winter, unfortunately that’s not realistic. But you don’t have to freeze, either.
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Wesmen defeat Huskies for first win of regular season
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen men’s volleyball team ended their losing streak on Saturday night (Nov. 20) against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies on home turf.
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The truth about cholesterol
When you’re concerned about maintaining good health, one of the things you might look into is regulating your blood cholesterol levels.
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Fortifying your diet
Have you been feeling exceptionally tired lately? Or, weak and stressed? Maybe you’ve been looking pale and feeling light-headed. There are a number of reasons why, and one possible answer is that you could be showing signs of mild anemia.
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Women’s basketball team sweep Calgary Dinos
The Wesmen women’s basketball team have made themselves a target in the CanWest division by knocking off the Bisons two weekends ago, and then sweeping the Calgary Dinos last weekend (Nov. 6-7).
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Knowing where your food comes from is well worth the research
Walk into any grocery store and you’ll see rows upon rows of meat products: chicken drumsticks, juicy steaks, slabs of bacon and more.