Category: Sports

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Athletics marketing machine needs a boost

September 30, 1998

When it comes to promoting athletics, Ryerson is finding that ideas are almost as scarce as the fans attending games.

There’s something about Eggy

September 30, 1998

The five scheduled sacred Eggy the Ram heads which used to hang in The Edge (now the Games Room) are scattered throughout Ryerson. Each head belongs to the five former Eggies who all represented the school and brought luck to the sports teams.

Blues humble Rams

September 23, 1998

The Ryerson Rams women’s soccer team was knocked almost unconscious by the University of Toronto Varsity Blues when the two teams butted heads at Varsity Stadium.

Corporate Games

September 23, 1998

Basketball games at Ryerson tend to have a corporate flavour. Just take a look at all the Coca-Cola and Pizza Pizza booths that pop up around halftime in Kerr Hall gym.

No win, no sex: Gritty Rams lose a close one to U of T

September 23, 1998

If goals were given out for determination, the Ryerson men’s soccer squad would be celebrating their victory over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

Good news for the Ryerson women’s soccer team: the only way to go is up

September 16, 1998

New optimism comes with the arrival of a new season and a new coach. Unfortunately, for the Ryerson women’s soccer team, the result of their season opener was eerily familiar.

New rams for the slaughter?

September 16, 1998

After last season’s abysmal 0-12 league record, the Ryerson women’s soccer team was in need of a change. Head coach Lavernne Hudson left at the end of last season and has been replaced with a former Newmarket Rep soccer coach Jon Sanderson.

Sports tour at Rye high

September 16, 1998

Another season of interuniversity athletics upon us, and this year Ryerson coaches and players are hoping to give their fans something to cheer about.

Verbal diarrhea: unclogging the toilet of sports clichés

September 16, 1998

We see them every day on television. We read them in the newspapers and we listen to them on the radio. These useless non-soundbites are developing into a vocabulary all their own. They are, “the sports cliché.”

Hot chocolate and sweet Marie win big

By Thien Huynh Two of Ryerson’s top athletes capped off great careers with hardware at the university’s 50th annual athletic banquet last Wednesday. There were no surprises when it came time to hand out the outstanding athlete awards. Marie Claire Ross took the H.H. Kerr trophy for outstanding female athlete for the second straight year. […]

Rams review: 1997-98

Ryerson sports suck. It’s a phrase often echoed through Ryerson’s halls. We haven’t had a lot to cheer about since Ryerson opened its doors almost 50 years ago. Ryerson’s last championship came in 1972 when the women’s basketball team brought home the banner. Some students say they don’t want to read articles about Ryerson teams […]

Rams’ past is one for the X-files

By Anthony Agostino Ryerson Rams and winning. Somehow the two don’t seem to go hand in hand. So why is that? Are the athletes not dedicated enough? Or maybe their skill level is a notch or two below that of other university athletes. Maybe it’s the coaching, or the lack of fan support; or maybe […]

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