COQUITLAM — It’s a bit cliche to say that someone was born to play basketball and born to play for any certain team, yet in the case of Kendal Sands, truer words could not be spoken.
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SFU’s Alison McKay: Why she best represents the ethos of Clan athletics
BURNABY — It’s why, on that one night a year when a university athletic program gathers its masses to celebrate its tradition and excellence, we sit transfixed in the moment.
Holy Cross’ Konn, Bailey of VC’s Irish each choose SFU Clan to start collegiate careers
BURNABY — A pair of B.C.’s best graduating seniors, each adept at performing in an uptempo setting, have cast their futures with the Simon Fraser Clan men’s basketball program.
Howie’s Big 5 weekend takeaways: SFU’s Addy and Vlad, UBC’s diamond days
The spring season in university sports circles is now in full flight.Here’s our look at five takeaways from the weekend.TALENT GALOREAs I study the continued success of Simon Fraser women’s middle distance running, I’m reminded of a story I wrote in June of 2014, in the aftermath of that season’s Subway B.C. high school track […]
SFU making its NCAA mark: Clan sit sixth overall in a field of 306 Div. 2 schools
BURNABY — When Theresa Hanson assumed the role of athletic director at Simon Fraser University in the fall of 2015, she set a pretty lofty goal for Clan athletics and its place within the 300-plus schools competing at the NCAA Div. 2 level.
SFU’s Vlad Tsygankov: Russian ready to face his old hurdles again
BURNABY — A new language. A new culture. A new life.
Sweet 16 for SFU! Clan stun No. 1 seed Anchorage in Alaska: “You could here a pin drop…”
To Sophie Swant, the contrast over a span of a couple of hours Saturday night at the Alaska Airlines Center was incredible.
Simon Fraser women’s basketball puts on its dancing shoes, Clan makes NCAA D2 field
BURNABY — The Big Dance opened its arms Sunday for the Simon Fraser Clan women’s basketball team.
Ellen Kett: Why the SFU Clan point guard is the GNAC’s MVP
BURNABY — Momentum is such a fragile intangible that once you’ve got it, you’ll do anything to keep it.
SFU’s Sophie Swant: Zen and the beat of a basketball heart
BURNABY — Sophie Swant’s basketball heart has always ticked to the beat of a bull in a china shop