By Kaytlyn Poberznick This year has strained the minds of everyone, and athletes are no exception. It’s brought new struggles and taken the mind game to a new level. As a first-year college athlete for the NAIT Ooks women’s basketball team, the thought of never being...
By Orrin Farries College sports for NAIT athletes have been cancelled for the 2020-2021 season by the Alberta Collegiate Athletics Conference. While this is the prudent move for this year, it is not a reasonable option moving forward. If only we could all wake up at...
By Mia Hildebrandt Sports at NAIT are different this year. There are no games, no fans, and no fun road trips with the teams. As fans and athletes alike long for the days when we took sports for granted, we asked some NAIT athletes to spread some light and share their...
By Zachary Flynn We asked athletes: If you could change any rule in your sport, what would you change? Women’s Soccer “I can only really think of 2 that could be worked on. 1 would be the number of match officials. The field we play on is larger than a football field...
By Orrin Farries The year 2020 has thrown many curve balls at the major sporting organizations that provide the week-to-week entertainment that many fans have become accustomed to. The NHL and the NBA both had to put their seasons on hold, and both came back with...
By Orrin Farries & Scott Zielsdorf Orrin Farries Sports Editor, Rugby Hooligan, Hoop Head What makes a game a sport? Competition is a prerequisite, a dose of physical adeptness is pleasant, and a sporting ‘clubhouse’ culture is also a boon. Videogames is an...
By Ty Gour Ladies and gentlemen, football is back! With all the chaos created by COVID, especially in the United States, it was difficult to foresee us getting to this point, and yet, here we are. An issue some Canadians have when relating to America’s game is, which...
By Orrin Farries A period of downtime for sports following the declaration of COVID-19 as a worldwide pandemic opened the door for the next renaissance of the sporting world. Sports have always existed as not only a pleasant pastime to let off extra steam and settle...
By Orrin Farries The summer of isolation is near over, and the machine chugs on with the rattle of a lawn-mower struggling to turn over. While the beginning of the pandemic shot an icy spike through the heart of professional sports entertainment, the summer was not...
By Orrin Farries Is the NBA coming back for a conclusion of its 2019-2020 season? That’s the question that has been on my mind and I am sure a good deal of other NBA fans and pundits. On March 7 of this the year of our lord 2020, the seeds of doubt were planted when...
