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Tag: Shane Noel

UBC freshman running back Shane Noel (right) takes a handoff from quarterback Parker Simson during fall camp practice in Vancouver. (Richard Lam/UBC athletics)
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‘Sugar Shane’ brings sweet feet to Thunderbird Stadium, ex-STMC back ready to take flight with ‘Birds

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — If the reports from training camp carry over into the regular season, then a popular touchdown anthem at Thunderbird Stadium this fall is going to be a sound bite of the line ‘Sugar, Sugar’ from that infectious 1969 bubble-gum pop smash by The Archies.

UBC head coach Blake Nill heads into his 20th U Sports campaign with a recruiting class he puts in his all-time top three. (Photo -- UBC athletics)
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UBC football: Headed for 20th season, Nill calls Class of 2017 ‘Top three in my career’

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — The visits, both those to living rooms across the country and around the sprawling Point Grey campus, are complete.

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