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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Nothing is going right with the Canucks

Annika Morris February 12, 2025
The Vancouver Canucks have been plagued with issues throughout the entire season. On paper, they’re not a worse team than that which forced Game 7 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The 4 Nations Face-Off is an all-star game with a lack of all-stars

Annika Morris January 29, 2025
The NHL’s nation-based tournament is not the Olympics, and it isn’t really an all-star game either. Instead of the typical all-star format used by nearly every other professional sports league, the NHL opted to create the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring teams of players from Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Three all-time greats headline newest Hall of Fame class

Brendan Galvin January 31, 2024
Three players were named on the most recent installment of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot. Last Monday, Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton passed the 75% voting threshold needed to be inducted into Cooperstown, enshrining their names in baseball forever.
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Fair or Foul: Four Stories to watch unfold in the 2021 Season

Daniel Multz April 26, 2021
In Fair or Foul, Daniel Multz highlights four storylines to watch for the rest of the season.
Eastbound and Down: The Trail Blazers are for real, and so is Damian Lillard

Eastbound and Down: The Trail Blazers are for real, and so is Damian Lillard

Aaron Halford March 13, 2018
In a 2017-18 NBA season filled with excitement and entertaining storylines, high up on the list is the Portland Trail Blazers emergence into the No. 3 seed in the most competitive Western Conference we’ve seen in years.
Between the Lines: The best TV drama we won’t see

Between the Lines: The best TV drama we won’t see

Michael Alcaraz January 18, 2018

We have just passed the halfway point in the NBA regular season, and All-Star weekend is less than a month away. This season, the NBA decided to shake up the All-Star Game, abandoning the East vs. West...

Edmonton's selection of Connor McDavid in the NHL Draft 2 years ago has turned the team around. PHOTO COURTESY NUNYMARE

Morning Skate: Parity in the NHL is one of its appeals

Ben Palmieri January 25, 2017

In a league of 30 teams, only two are nowhere near the playoff picture as we approach the NHL All-Star break. If you’re a fan of the Avalanche or the Coyotes, I apologize for reminding you. To every...

Stick to Sports: Nontraditional sports receive broadcasting limelight

Stick to Sports: Nontraditional sports receive broadcasting limelight

Marisa Ingemi September 29, 2016

For most of the past century, four sports have reigned supreme for American viewers: baseball, football, basketball and hockey. Whether at the professional or collegiate level, those sports, primarily...

The Blue Line: John Scott’s All-Star bid ruins NHL fan vote

The Blue Line: John Scott’s All-Star bid ruins NHL fan vote

Mike Benedykciuk January 21, 2016

Just two years ago, forward John Scott was condemned by NHL Network’s Mike Milbury as “a meathead” who did not belong in the NHL. This season, despite playing in only 11 games and being waived...

Indirect Kick: Are professional All-Star Games becoming a joke?

Indirect Kick: Are professional All-Star Games becoming a joke?

Dan Shulman February 10, 2015

One of the most popular traditions in North American professional sports is the All-Star Game, an annual showcase where the best players of their respective sports come together and play a game. The fans...

Legends show their stuff in benefit game

Daily Free Press Admin November 28, 1995

By Scott Lauber The outcome of last night's hockey game at Walter Brown Arena hardly mattered. In fact, few people on the ice or in the stands took note of the 11-5 final score. The benefit hockey...

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