This last Saturday, UBC hosted the NBA All-Star Challenge that has been travelling across the country. Returning to the city with the event is former Vancouver Grizzlies icon Shareef Abdur-Rahim. The game has never played in Canada before.
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Thunderbird rugby players Elizabeth Theems-Golding and Annabel Arnott are training with Julie Johnson, a national team bobsled pilot hopeful. The duo had never bobsledded before a few months ago when Johnson approached the team.
Skiing and boarding attracts thousands of snow-stoked students year after year and rightfully so. Lucky for us, UBC is close to a Mecca of world ski terrain. If you haven’t hit the slopes yet this season, you are truly missing out.
In the same year as UBC’s Centennial celebration and for the first time in 44 years, the UBC men's basketball team will host the CIS Final 8 on a new wooden court at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
Cellular reception tends to disappear about 50km north of Pemberton, which is a shame because we were meant to be 30km east of Pemberton. But with a bit of luck and help stranger, we managed to find our way to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park.
After winning four straight games, the UBC women’s basketball team lost two at home against the Regina Cougars. The T-Birds’ first game ended in a tight 71-69 defeat. On Saturday, the 'Birds fell 69-61.
The 'Birds men’s hockey team lost back-to-back this weekend against the Saskatchewan Huskies with a 6-2 loss at home on Saturday night. “It was a rough game for us. I think Saskatchewan outplayed us,” Thunderbirds defender Wes Vannieuwenhuizen said.
Men’s basketball were dealt a tough loss by the Regina Cougars on Saturday night. After trailing close behind Regina for three quarters of the game, the Thunderbirds managed to tie the score before falling 83-79.
UBC will be hosting an NBA skills competition Saturday at the Student Rec Centre. The event will have a skills competition, a three-point shootout and a slam-dunk contest. The winner could win a trip to the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto.
The women’s hockey team faced the University of Alberta Pandas at the Doug Mitchell Arena over the weekend. Although ranked lower in league standings coming into the weekend, the Thunderbirds were able to win both games, 4-0 and 2-1.
The Bobcats, despite a woeful 6-9 conference record and being 10 points behind the ’Birds, defeated UBC 1-3 on Friday and 0-3 on Saturday. On Friday night, the Thunderbirds lost in four sets with set scores at 25-16, 15-25, 25-27 and 22-25.
Want to know how the ’Birds did this weekend, but don't want to read a whole recap? Here's 170 words and two photos to recap the UBC men's volleyball team weekend against the Brandon University Bobcats.
After going undefeated during the qualification rounds, the men’s rugby team started the CDI Premier League season with a 37-30 win against the University of Victoria Vikes to capture their third straight Wightman Boot.
Look no further than UBC Rec's event calendar for fun and active ways to get over the January slump. Jason Mcmanus, the manager of intramural programs at UBC gave the scoop on all of the events that Rec is hosting this semester.
The beginning of a new term has arrived and we have saved some of UBC's best athletes for 2016. This week’s T-Birds 5-on-5 features five athletes who make a huge impact on athletics by dominating their respective fields, courts, pools and rinks.