Wrestlemania continues to evolve after 32 years

WrestleMania is an amazing journey that began with the first WrestleMania in 1985 and continues 32 years later (although, it’s their 33rd anniversary if you ask the WWE). The journey to the first WrestleMania began prior to 1985 when multiple…

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What’s worse, the World Baseball Classic or spring training?

The World Baseball Classic (WBC) returns March 6, and runs through March 22. Unfortunately for the people behind the tournament, very few people actually care. When the WBC was first announced in 2005, baseball fans finally received the international baseball…

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Ujiri should stay quiet as trade deadline approaches

Editor’s note: Story written before Raptors traded Terrence Ross and a 2017 First Round Pick for Serge Ibaka on Feb. 14. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 23. It’s the time of year when NBA teams make the self-determination if…

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The-ship-be-sinking

“The ship be sinking,” was the famous quote Michael Ray Richardson gave to reporters as the 1981-82 New York Knicks’ season collapsed. Yet 35 years later, the quote can perfectly be applied to the dysfunctional Toronto Argonauts. The Boatmen’s ship…

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Management fails Blue Jays fans

The Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series window has prematurely closed after years of bad management, and spring training has not even started yet. The past two seasons, the Blue Jays made the playoffs and advanced to the ALCS, but that…

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Redblacks pull off overtime upset in Grey Cup

Few gave the Ottawa Redblacks a chance in the 104th Grey Cup, but after four quarters and overtime, Ottawa defeated the heavily favoured Calgary Stampeders 39-33. Calgary entered the Grey Cup as 9.5 point favourites. In the regular season they…

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Heads must roll in Los Angeles

It’s time for the Los Angeles Rams to fire Head Coach Jeff Fisher and General Manager Les Snead. It has been time since the conclusion of the 2014 season. Fisher and Snead were hired in 2012 to take over the…

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Stampeders ready for playoffs after historic season

The road to the Grey Cup goes through Calgary. If you want to win this year’s CFL championship game, you must do what only two team could do in 18 games, beat the Stampeders. Calgary’s season is simply historic. The…

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Raptors on pace to be bridesmaids to Cleveland again

The Toronto Raptors are coming off of their best season in franchise history. The team won a franchise record of 56 games and reached the Eastern Conference Finals, before losing to the eventual champions.  The Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated them in…

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The destroyed career of Josh Gordon

There is no denying that when the Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver Josh Gordon is on an NFL field he is a tremendous player. The problem is Gordon has not played in an NFL game since Dec. 21, 2014 because of…

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The career of RG3 was always a show

It was supposed to be “the era of unbridled optimism.” Or at least that’s how long-time Washington Post writer, radio host and “Pardon the Interruption” star Tony Kornheiser described Robert Griffin III, following his impressive debut for the Washington Redskins…

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Warriors best team ever?

Editors note: this article was finished prior to game 7, where Lebron James and the Cav’s devastated any hope the Warriors had left for a perfect season. Is this year’s Golden State Warriors the greatest NBA team ever? This is…

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The journeys of March Madness: Part One

  Due to Laurier’s lack of consideration and planning, I won’t be attending my own convocation. This unsettling notion has given the last month of my degree an inescapable melancholy undertone. As salty mascara tears of stress would stream down…

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The myth of sex and the game

  Sex before the big game: it’s a question, a myth that is constantly recurring in the sports world. The question continues to live, as superstitious athletes, coaches and media members refuse to let it die. In popular culture, the…

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Newton gets recognition

Newton gets recognition but Panthers defense will win them the game By: Adam Stocker The Carolina Panthers have been the NFL’s best team this season. Despite the Panthers winning 14 straight games and finishing the regular season 15-to-1, few are…

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John Scott: Let him play!

Let John Scott play. The ninth year NHL journeyman defenseman or winger, neither position he isn’t particularly good at either, was voted in as a captain for the NHL All-Star game and automatically into the league’s mid-season event celebrating the…

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Loonie ruining Blue Jays’ future

[starbox] With the Canadian dollar continuing to decline, the Toronto Blue Jays’ window of opportunity inches closer to closing. On December 18, the dollar closed under 71 cents American for the first time since spring 2004. For Canadian baseball fans,…

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McGregor-Aldo superfight finally about to happen

  Less than a month ago, UFC fans were witnesses to the biggest upset in the young sports history as Holly Holm defeated the then seemingly unbeatable Ronda Rousey.   Fast forward ‎to Dec. 12 and the UFC is back…

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Overcoming terror through sports

On Friday Nov. 13, a loud cracking sound could be heard within the Stade de France‎ while the French and German national teams played an international friendly. Suddenly, a second loud pop in the air could be heard. Those sounds…

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Provincial battles in CFL conference finals

This is the full version of the article Provincial rivalries headline the east and west division finals as a spot in the Grey Cup awaits the winner. The Calgary Stampeders are set to square off against the Eskimos next Sunday…

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Cotto vs Alvarez reunites an international rivalry

On Saturday, Nov. 21, a national rivalry is reignited inside the ring as Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) steps into the ring with Puerto Rican Middleweight Champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs). For decades there has been no…

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Raptors aim for a playoff series win in 2015-16

Most teams would be satisfied coming off a second straight division title and a franchise record 49 wins, however that is not the case for the Toronto Raptors as they begin their twenty-first season. General Manager Masai Ujiri made the…

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Laurier rugby team eliminated in playoffs

For the first time since 2005, the Laurier women’s rugby team entered the OUA playoffs with a winning record.   Starting outside centre is Tamika Marks-Grant, a fifth-year student who has been there through the women’s rugby team’s dark days.…

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MLB Playoff preview

As the seasons change from summer to fall, the search for baseball’s Mr. October begins. Players seek immortality through their play in baseball’s fall classic, the World Series. On October 18, 1977, Reggie Jackson stepped to the plate at Yankees…

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