I was walking home from the SkyTrain one night when out of the shadows emerged a hooded face with a gravelly voice. “Smile, beautiful, it’s hard to keep a straight face like that,” he said to me as I hastened my pace and evaded his gaze.
Sometimes sports news requires tidbits and brief bytes, rather than lengthy in-depth articles. For those times, we suit up in our Sports Shorts and delve into the curious occurrences of athletics.
The Other Press and other student newspapers are in a very particular position: industry newspapers are feeling the clout of newsprint’s gradual decline, and pandering to advertisers is often necessary to stay afloat.
The Vancouver Sun is apologizing for running an article featuring a photo with a racially insensitive caption on September 23. The online article noted that Vancouver Canucks player Jordan Subban had scored his first NHL goal
Recently the Whitecaps released a series of advertisements. The premise of the ad campaign was to show recordings of Whitecaps ticket-holders at games reacting to the drama of the competition.
In an astounding tee-off turn, pro golfer Rory McIlroy shot a long drive that landed in the pocket of an unsuspecting spectator. The watcher had been trying to get out of the way when the ball tumbled through some trees and plopped into his pocket.
It was recently announced that the Edmonton Oilers would be welcoming a new skating coach into their fold: Olympic figure skating champion David Pelletier.
