Surmacz to play for Canada By Chris Kerr
Sports Editor June 3, 2009 If being named last season’s OUA West division player of the year and first team all-star wasn’t enough for Lancer Basketball powerhouse Greg Surmacz, being recently picked up by Canada Basketball to join the Men’s National Development Team at the FISU World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia should keep him occupied for the time being.
 This is the second time in Surmacz’s career at Windsor that he is selected to play for Team Canada.
Canada Basketball has comprised the team of athletes attending university in either the Canadian Interuniversity Sport pool or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). >> | Boxing v. MMA By Matthew Black
The Peak (SFU) June 3, 2009 BURNABY (CUP) – From the gladiators of ancient Rome to an Ali versus Frazier, history demonstrates that combat sports are among the oldest, and most endearing, form of athletic endeavour.
 Today, title bouts in Mixed Martial Arts and boxing attract millions of fans and dollars in support of combat sports which together, and along with soccer, constitute perhaps the only other truly global sport.
But fight fans, often like the fighters themselves, seem bent on self-destruction, fostered through a never-ending debate between fans of both sides who insist that their discipline is superior in skill and entertainment.
For strict boxing fans, MMA is little more than organized street fights that are more spectacle than sport. >> | Windsor's own miracle on ice By Tanya Quagila
Lance Writer June 3, 2009 Almost 30 years ago, Al Michaels famously yelled out, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes,” as the underdog 1980 U.S.A. hockey team defeated the ever-powerful Soviets. The game was dubbed the “Miracle on Ice.”
This year, the city of Windsor experienced their very own “Miracle on Ice.” The 2008-2009 Windsor Spitfires proved to people across Canada, that no matter how tough times can get, it is possible to turn things around, one win at a time.
Not too long ago, the Spitfires were a struggling team who could barely win a game. Attendance was down and fans were questioning their faith in the team. Ownership changed hands, and the trio of Warren Rychel, Bob Boughner, and Peter Dobrich took over. For Windsor, it was the best thing that could have happened.
Smart draft picks and better coaching slowly turned this struggling team around. Just as things started to look better for the Spitfires and their fans, tragedy struck again, this time, hitting the hearts of the players, the coaching staff, and fans around the league. >> |
