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[Alex McComb @alexmmccomb]

She was sitting in Quebec for a neuroscience function when the email came through.

U Sports is introducing flag football in 2027.

Olivia Ghosh-Swaby tried not to cry — thinking about every fight it took to get here.

Full show with the Western women's flag pioneer in thread 🧵

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The culture on the @WesternMustangs rowing team, according to @Hairstrongband founder and former Mustang Nicole Baranowski:

1️⃣ You finish every piece — you finish what you start.
2️⃣ Not five minutes early? You're late.

That's it. That's the standard. 🚣‍♀️🔥

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She was a rowing national champion who almost convinced herself business wasn't for her.

Then a class project changed everything.

Meet @Hairstrongband founder Nicole Baranowski 🧵

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No getting around it: if you’re a student-athlete on the @WesternRowing team, your life is shaped by the 4am alarm and the pre-dawn grind on the water. 🚣‍♀️

@Hairstrongband founder and @WesternMustangs rowing alum Nicole Baranowski shares one of her stories from the memory vault.

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For years, former @WesternMustangs rowing national champ Nicole Baranowski thought her hair was the issue — but other athletes felt the same way.

So, she stopped looking at her hair as the problem and started looking for a solution.

That solution is now @Hairstrongband.

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The @Mustangs_Bball team showed its teeth as one of the top squads in Canada by starting its 2025-26 @OUAsport season with 1 loss in the fall. All-Rookie forward @_owenurquhart details how his @WesternMustangs ignited a monster start.

Tap below to watch the full interview 👇

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Traditions are part of the engine that drives collegiate sports — @WesternU is no exception. Owen Urquhart shares one of his team’s weekly post-practice rituals and the atmosphere it creates for his Mustangs teammates at Alumni Hall.

Tap below to watch the full interview 👇

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#forthefaithful

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Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning in London for the second time in two weeks.

Sirens were heard going off on @WesternU campus Tuesday evening. #ldnont

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Standing 6’8”, @WesternU freshman basketball phenom @_owenurquhart was Top 3 in the OUA in both field goal % and blocks during the 2025-26 regular season. 🏀

Here’s what he told me about his All-Rookie year in the purple and white.

Tap below to watch the full interview 👇

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In Denver, attending tonight’s chilly Rangers vs Rockies at Coors Field.
#ilovecoorsfield

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I spoke with OUA All-Rookie @_owenurquhart about his time at Crestwood Prep — where he would form a friendship with Duke star Toby Fournier — before coming to Western @Mustangs_Bball this past fall.

Tap the next post for the full episode of my new show, Suns Out Stangs Out. 👇

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Some jersey number news out of @westernuFB 👀

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Following the 2009 @OUAsport football season, Western head football coach Greg Marshall said “as long as I’m the head coach here, no one will ever wear #3.”

Michael Faulds flipped the script on him this year, unretiring 3, and retiring Marshall’s old number, 13.

📸 @westernuFB

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Tap to watch the full pre-CFL Combine interview with @westernuFB OL Keegan O’Neil and QB/TE Jerome Rancourt ahead of tonight’s CFL Draft. https://t.co/nKVLAROPFz

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The CFL Draft is tonight, and multiple Mustangs may hear their names called, fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Here’s @WesternU OL Keegan O’Neil speaking at the CFL Combine about his pre-Mustang days — lifting in his garage gym so that he could still chase his pro football dream.

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Check out our latest pre-CFL Combine interview clip with @westernuFB QB/TE Jerome Rancourt, hosted by our very own @alexmmccomb!

Tap the 2nd post in the thread below for the full interview with Western’s Jerome Rancourt and Keegan O’Neil. 🎙️

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@WesternU’s longtime head football coach, Greg Marshall, retired earlier this year.

At the @CFL Combine in Edmonton, quadruple-threat QB Jerome Rancourt shared some memories of his now-former bench boss — especially some of coach Marshall’s more “creative” moments at practice.

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CFL Combine testing: Explained
https://t.co/DRAwVYGXWe

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The CFL Draft is 1 week away. 🏈

Here’s an explainer from @alexmmccomb on how you can better understand prospect testing from the 2026 CFL Combine, which featured Western Mustangs football players Keegan O’Neil and Jerome Rancourt.

Tap the next post for the full video 👇

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.@PaulLaPolice (TSN analyst, former CFL head coach and current @FootballCanada men's national flag 🏈 head coach) shares his insights on the CFL Combine that wrapped up on Sunday, and what it's like to be inside a combine interview when players and coaches get to know each other.

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What donut would YOU be? Keegan O'Neil found out from former @westernuFB teammate Zack Fry how weird some of the CFL Combine questions can get. 🍩

Here's Keegan talking with our @alexmmccomb about how he's prepared for face-to-face meetings with coaches ahead of the CFL Draft.