Mike Liu

After 23 years in the UBC baseball program, Terry McKaig has departed for pastures anew, becoming the Director of Development for the BC Cancer Foundation in the Fraser Health Region.

The UBC Men’s Football team continues with five players being invited to participate in the CFL Virtual Draft Combine presented.

This past January, Thomas Gardner heard his name called first overall by FC Edmonton of the Canadian Premier League (CPL). The recently founded top flight of the Canadian Soccer pyramid, this fledgling league adds one of the brightest talents that the Thunderbirds have to offer.

Another three UBC Thunderbirds add their names to the growing list of alumni to be drafted into the Canadian Football League this month. Nick Cross, Ben Hladik, and Elliot Graham showcased the UBC defense, the linebackers now looking to the next level.

A young Canada Sevens squad took to the pitch at BC Place this past weekend at the World Rugby Sevens Series. Among the Canadians were UBC Thunderbirds Phil Berna, Nicholas Allen, Jack Carson, Matthew Percillier, Elias Ergas and Andrew Coe. Here’s how they looked this past weekend.

For the former Thunderbird, it has been a long journey, with experiences and hurdles that he could never have seen coming.

The proof is in the pudding: the men’s and women’s teams have swept their way to Canada West banners, racing past their competition in Saskatoon.

“Every single dude, all 26 of us that were in Kingston and for the guys that stayed back home, we all deserve to be champions,” the fourth-year centre Connor Byron.

My experience at the Winter Olympics was the first time that being Chinese Canadian clicked into place.

It wasn’t always this easy for him. Kelly’s story is a thread tied intricately to the game of rugby.