VANCOUVER — Last season, during her debut at the helm of UBC Thunderbirds’ women’s basketball program, Isabel Ormond took what can only be described as an impressive first trip around the block with her young charges.It was one of those journeys where everything they encountered — both good and bad — was grist for the […]
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Tracing the football journey of W.J. Mouat Hawks grad Ercy Avul: From Abbotsford to Saskatoon, his late heroics help Sask Huskies grab Hardy Cup finals berth!
VANCOUVER — How long had Ercy Avul worked and waited for what was about as glorious a 108-second span a football player can experience?Last Saturday, Saskatchewan receiver and Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat grad Avul, who prior to the current campaign had missed three of his last four seasons, announced himself with two brilliant plays over the final […]
Press to play! Simon Fraser Red Leafs women’s hoops debuts a full-court defensive scheme to impressive results at NCAA Div. 2 Canadian Tip-Off Classic!
VANCOUVER — They may be just three games into a new season, yet Simon Fraser head coach Bruce Langford does not hesitate when asked to describe the 2024-25 edition of Red Leafs women’s basketball team.“I think we play a more exciting style than we have played for many years,” Langford began this past Sunday after […]
Late rally by Saskatchewan stuns UBC 38-33 in opening playoff round! Thunderbirds head coach Nill: “I don’t know what to say. I have never been a part of anything that drastic before”
VANCOUVER — When it comes to a post-mortem discussion of the 2024 UBC Thunderbirds football season, one which ended with a stunning 38-33 Hardy Cup semifinal home field loss to the Saskatchewan Huskies, you must first determine the focal length at which the conversation must begin.So do you want to take the macro view of […]
On a night the heavens open up, UBC’s back-to-basics excellence tops Calgary as part of a ‘perfect storm’ at Thunderbird Stadium!
VANCOUVER — If you were to make yet another argument for football as sport’s ultimate game of survival, then UBC’s Friday night victory against the visiting Calgary Dinos was — both literally and figuratively— its perfect storm.Against the backdrop of a night sky, the lights at Thunderbird Stadium provided the perfect level of illumination from […]
Despite gruelling stretch of road games, UBC football pushes win streak to four straight as Birds’ QB Rooker finds receivers McBean, Webb, Kapler and Hladik on highlight-reel gainers!
You might say that there is a penance to be served when a football team receives the first two games of its eight-game season-long schedule at home, then proceeds to lose them both, and by an average of almost 20 points per game.That’s what the UBC Thunderbirds did, way back in the early days of […]
UBC rushing attack brings balance to a three-game win streak, ‘Birds top Dinos 32-30 in Calgary as RB Isaiah Knight dashes for 235 yards and sixth place on blue-and-gold’s all-time rushing list!
VANCOUVER — If they ever decide to take names for a Mt. Rushmore of UBC Thunderbirds running backs, Isaiah Knight seems a lock to have his face chiseled in rock.The fourth-year Ottawa native put on the performance of his career Saturday at McMahon Stadium, rushing for a career-high 235 yards in helping the ‘Birds (3-2) […]
UBC’s mild-mannered super-hero? Rip off the mask and RB-1 Isaiah Knight is indeed the Night Rider!
VANCOUVER — As far as nicknames go, it’s hard to find one that fits better these days than the one given to UBC Thunderbirds’ star running back Isaiah Knight.At home last Friday, just four minutes into the proceedings against the Saskatchewan Huskies, Knight capped the game’s opening possession with a 13-yard cutback run from left […]
Tracing the route tree of UBC’s dynamic ‘Sudden Sam’ Davenport! Big-play receiver’s healthy gains coincide with ‘Birds rise as locals head to Calgary looking to extend conference win streak!
VANCOUVER — Take a stroll inside UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium in the hours ahead of Friday’s countdown to kick-off and chances are you’ll bump into the Thunderbirds’ star receiver Sam Davenport.Maybe he’s catching up with friends on the concourse level of one of the province’s most tradition-laden football churches.Or, perhaps he’s testing out one of those […]
Giovanni Manu comes home: On eve of season opener, UBC’s Pride of the (Detroit) Lions salutes his mentors past, relishes the chance to grow with the best offensive line in the NFL!
VANCOUVER — Perfect team. Perfect time. Perfect fit.So perfect, in fact, that you wonder if there had been more than a little divine intervention from the football gods above.How else does Giovanni Manu wind up a fourth-round pick of the Detroit Lions this past April, thus becoming the first UBC Thunderbird ever selected in the […]