By Brad Halasz
Swim team strengthens champion squad As the excitement over the University of Calgary swim team’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship year still lingers, the club announced this year’s team would continue to make a splash in the pool. CIS coach of the year Mike Blondal has picked up some strong talent, most notably Mike Brown, who… Continue reading Summer sports shorts spectacular
By Brad Halasz
Often, individuals are defined by the people around them and the same occurs to countries. As such, Canada has been labelled as dull compared to the boisterous United States. Canada’s southern neighbours have often chided them as being boring and plain, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before America’s newest revered funnyman… Continue reading Hungry like the wolf
By Brad Halasz
What would hip-hop be like in 1957? What would it be like for a rap artist to sing about Che Guevara, Chavez Ravine and the Kerouac era of beat poetry? One needn’t take heavy drugs to imagine such lunacy, but must instead crank up east coast hip hop artist Buck 65’s Situation. A conceptual look… Continue reading Spun: Buck 65
By Brad Halasz
Perhaps scared of being remembered as “that guy who sang that ‘Truck Got Stuck’ song” Corb Lund and his Hurtin’ Albertans have taken the wagon trail less travelled with their latest album Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! as dark themes of war and horses stampede through what could be considered a concept country album. Staying with… Continue reading Spun: Corb Lund
With a mix of humility and dignity on his face, University of Calgary Dinos quarterback Deke Junior turned to The Score camera and said, “I’d like to say I love you to all my family back home. I’ll try my heart out out here, let’s go.” It was early in the third quarter and the… Continue reading Football program’s sea change arrives early