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SportsStingers Rebranded
The buzz is back at Concordia University. Classes are back in session, students have returned to their familiar confines downtown or at Loyola, and Concordia’s sports team will all be back in action. The Stingers brand, however, will look noticeably different the next time you get to see them on the field, ice or court.
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SportsWelcome to Consent Training Camp
For the Concordia Stingers, fall 2015 will mark a new school year full of change: a rebranding campaign, which includes a new logo and updated jerseys unveiled last week, several new coaches, and for the first time, mandatory sexual consent workshops for all athletes.
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SportsNightmare At The Hive
Just days after unveiling their new uniforms, the Concordia Stingers football team looked to begin their new era with a victory over the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. A packed Concordia Stadium filled with froshers and alumni seemed to provide the perfect setting for ConU. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be.
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SportsFootball Team Preview: Who Will Lead?
This year, with brand-spanking new uniforms to boot, the Stingers will try to move upward in their division while having to fend off the always mighty Laval Rouge et Or, as well as the reigning Vanier Cup champions, the Université de Montréal Carabins.
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SportsTo Be Frank
It’s a scorching hot Monday morning that will surely get hotter and more humid as the hours go by. It’s the type of day that would make anybody want to wear the least amount of clothing possible. Instead, dozens of Concordia Stingers football players are in full gear at training camp, running drills on the brand new turf installed at Concordia Stadium. There is, however, a notable absentee at this year’s camp.
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SportsThe Indomitable Lion
Three months ago, the Montreal Impact flew in a new player for a tryout at their training centre in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The new kid on the block was a 21-year-old Cameroonian striker, Jacques Haman.
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SportsConcordia’s Women’s Soccer Team Win Exhibition Match as First League Game Looms
With two more games to play before their league opener against rival McGill University, Concordia’s women’s soccer team just formed a winning streak.
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SportsLes Lawton Takes Leave
The Concordia Stingers announced late Friday night that women’s hockey head coach Les Lawton will be taking an immediate and “indefinite medical leave of absence”. Women’s hockey team assistants Julie Chu and Mike McGrath will take over head coaching duties in Lawton’s absence.
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SportsIndependence Sink FC Montreal With Second Half Goal
It only took one minute for substitute Caleb Calvert to make an impact for the Charlotte Independence. Moments after being brought into the game, the forward scored a goal, which ended up being the game-winner, giving his club a 1-0 victory over FC Montreal at Stade Saputo this past Wednesday evening.
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SportsIn His Element
In the midst of their rebranding, the Concordia Stingers have stressed one very important theme—family. In the last 18 months, the Stingers have made changes to their athletic programs by hiring former Stingers to lead the way—the Donovan brothers for the football team, Rastko Popovic for men’s basketball, and now interim men’s hockey head coach Marc-André Element.
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