Kelly Olynyk’s B.C. roots at the forefront
As the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team prepare to host the Arcelormittal Dofasco CIS Men’s Basketball Final 8 Championship, they are getting a massive endorsement.
View ArticleTbirds win big at Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards
The UBC Thunderbirds football team was honoured Thursday night with the prestigious Sport BC “Team of the Year” award.
View ArticleThunderbirds look to snap skid as Oregon Tech visits
The UBC Thunderbirds baseball team will look to snap a five-game losing skid this weekend, as they prepare to take on the Oregon Tech Owls.
View ArticleThunderbirds prepare to leave ‘The Nest’ and ‘Attack the Transition’
The competitive fire inside an athlete never burns out. But the fire requires a different fuel type when an athlete transitions to competition.
View ArticleThe best man will play is the mantra at UBC Football Spring Camp
UBC Football Spring Camp runs all this week with practices going from 5:45pm – 8pm at Thunderbird Stadium.
View ArticleUBC Athletics appoints senior athletics director
After an extensive search guided by alumni, coaches, Varsity student athletes, a member of the UBC Board of Governors, and key internal stakeholders, UBC Athletics has selected the person who will lead...
View ArticleGilles Lepine appointed Senior Athletics Director of UBC Athletics
UBC Athletics has announced that Gilles Lepine will take the helm as the Senior Athletics Director for the UBC Thunderbirds.
View ArticleT-Bird Tell-All: Bruce Yari
Over this last year we’ve done a lot of work with hitting coach Shawn Bowman and head coach Chris Pritchett.
View ArticleO’Connor returns home to Ottawa, meets Prime Minister
Over this last year we’ve done a lot of work with hitting coach Shawn Bowman and head coach Chris Pritchett.
View ArticleJesse Symons named new UBC women’s soccer coach
UBC Thunderbirds have found the coach who will lead their women’s soccer program in 2016, as they defend their CIS National Championship.
View ArticleBC Place a ‘Field of Dreams’ for Thunderbirds Staller and LeSage
The red and white of Canadian rugby is making its mark in the land of ‘Blue and Gold’ this week.
View ArticleCurtis Taylor and Alex Webb drafted into MLB on historic day for UBC Baseball
UBC Thunderbird pitchers Curtis Taylor and Alex Webb have been drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Entry Draft.
View ArticleFive incoming Thunderbirds are at the Head of the Class
UBC Thunderbirds recruits have been named to The Province newspaper’s Head of the Class as the top high school graduates in their respective sports
View ArticleUBC prof creates swimming buoy out of ‘nature’s foam’
University of British Columbia wood scientist Phil Evans has created a pull buoy for swimming out of balsa wood, a more environmentally-friendly material than the foam that is typically used. Phil...
View ArticleUBC on collision course with China’s best in men’s basketball
The UBC men’s basketball team’s biggest game this summer will be 10,000 kilometres and several layers of culture away.
View ArticleRecord UBC Olympic and Paralympic contingent heads to Rio
Date/Time: July 6, 2016, 10 a.m. Location/Map: Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, 2555 Wesbrook Mall, University of British Columbia Map Parking: Thunderbird Parkade, 6085 Thunderbird Boulevard...
View ArticleRecord contingent of UBC Olympians and Paralympians headed to Rio
A record number of Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, and staff were sent off to Rio from UBC Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleUBC makes thunderous statement early in Taiwan
The Thunderbirds looked fresh and cohesive in an 88-54 dismantling of Tsinghua (Beijing) University in their first game of the International Top University Basketball Tournament.
View ArticleThree more WHLers join UBC Thunderbirds hockey
The UBC men’s hockey team continues to bolster its line-up in the lead up to the 2016-17 CIS season.
View ArticleDominant Thunderbirds find more than basketball in Taipei
The UBC Thunderbirds not only scored big at the International Top University Basketball Tournament, but also ran into some friendly faces as UBC students showed up in support.
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