When you think of Las Vegas, what comes to your mind? I personally think of casinos, parties and extravagant hotels. It’s a city built for its nightlife and it definitely lives up to the billing. If all goes according to…
The arena is humming with nervous excitement. Flags and posters are dotted among the crowd. The lights go dark and people begin to cheer. Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation” blares over the speakers as “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey begins her walk to…
Drug culture is something everyone comes into contact with at some point in their lives. It can be a minor occurrence, or blow up into something bigger depending on the situation. For athletes, drug culture is a huge problem. When…
It’s been a good year hockey-wise for the Laurier Brantford men’s extramural hockey team. Through their tournaments and practices this year, they have experienced success and failure. The team has grown and bonded together over the last few months and…
The Laurier Brantford Men’s Extramural hockey team knew they had a tough task in front of them. They needed to impress in their second tournament of the season. The squad travelled to London, home to Fanshawe College to test themselves…
The Laurier Brantford extramural dodgeball team plans on going out with a bang in their final tournament of the season. Co-captain, Adam Zack and the Golden Hawks expect a win and will settle for nothing less. Zack sort of fell…
Jon “Bones” Jones was on top of the world. After a five round war, the young UFC light-heavyweight champion had just defeated Daniel Cormier, a man that had made it his goal to take the belt for himself. There was…
Whether you have played the game, are a hardcore fan or simply watch the game casually, every person knows about the fighting debate. The debate rages day and night over whether fighting should be removed from the sport of hockey.…
Ahead of their tournament on November 28, I talked with co-captains of the extramural volleyball team Brian Kloet and Lindsay Goudie. Both have been longtime volleyball players who continued to play the sport once they arrived at university. For Kloet,…
Every new school year, students set new expectations for themselves. Some want to get higher marks, for others, it’s about putting yourself out there and trying new things. But for Blake Dionne, it’s a little bit different. As the new…
Percy Harvin is a dynamic football talent. He has blistering speed, excellent hands and is a versatile game-breaking player. That sounds like a pretty good package to have in an athlete right? It definitely is, but there was one outstanding…
Making a hockey team as a young player in any league is no small feat. It’s an intimidating, scary and exhilarating process; that goes double for prospects looking to make an NHL roster. Not only do they have to go…
Professional athletes are often in the public eye. It comes with the territory. They are paid millions of dollars to play the sport that they love in front of droves of adoring fans. They are looked upon as heroes, inspirations…
Few Leafs fans will be able to forget the game seven meltdown against the Boston Bruins in last year’s playoffs. It was a traumatic moment that set the stage for a summer of big changes in the Leaf Nation. General…
Whenever a person suits up for their sport, they run the risk of getting injured. It can be as minor as a bruise or as severe as a broken bone. However, one injury that could potentially be the most serious…
Being a UFC champion is no easy task. You fight the best of the best on a regular basis and each and every fight is incredibly tough. Jon Jones was tasked with his toughest opponent yet, the 6’5’’ Swede Alexander Gustafsson. Putting…
We like to believe that we live in a perfect world, a utopia where no one commits crime and people do not discriminate based on religion, race or sex. Unfortunately, that reality does not exist and discrimination continues to pervade…
The Laurier Brantford men’s extramural team took part in their first ever Challenge Cup this past season. Despite facing some ups and downs over the course of their schedule, the guys were able to pull it all together at the…
The Laurier women’s hockey team wore their hearts on their sleeves in their end of the year tournament where after an intense round robin and subsequent games they lost a tough 1-0 match for bronze against Humber. Despite the tough…
The Laurier men’s extramural basketball team will have a very unique and interesting opportunity coming in the near future later this month. They will be playing a game against the Brantford Emergency Services, consisting of the police and firefighters of…
UFC 157 provided many memorable moments. This fight card had it all: a potential fight of the year between featherweights Matt Grice and Dennis Bermudez, Canadian Sam Stout won his bout against Carlos Fodor, and Lyoto Machida earned himself the…
The UFC has made many significant changes to its organization in the recent past. They opened a flyweight division and now have the organizations first champion of that weight class. They recently have confirmed that a strawweight division is in…
The Laurier Brantford extramural basketball team travelled to University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus last Friday to participate in one of the last tournaments of the season. They started off the tournament by dominating the U of T Scarborough Racoons before…
When the lockout ended on January 12, many NHL hockey fans had to grapple with the question of “To watch or not to watch?” The lockout was a grueling process that stretched from September to January. The league ended up…
The annual year end UFC event went off with a bang. UFC 155 brought fans many great bouts and an immeasurable amount of action. The flyweights started off the action as John Moraga defeated Chris Cariaso via guillotine choke. Hawaiian…
Extramural hockey at LB is booming. Both the men’s and women’s teams have tournaments this coming Friday, November 23. The team captains are excited to play and have high hopes for their respective squads. Dave Howe, the men’s extramural captain,…
Extramural soccer at Laurier Brantford is growing in popularity. There was a tremendous turnout this year and especially among women, according to captain Lauren Hutton. “The turnout was great for both genders but, there was definitely an increase in the…
The Laurier homecoming game ended in a bit of heartbreak. With just 14 seconds left on the clock Guelph kicker Daniel Ferraro made a nine-yard field goal that put the Gryphons up 22-19. Three plays later and the game was…
After the UFC 151 fiasco finally ended, Jon Jones and Vitor Belfort were left for UFC 152 in Toronto. It’s a solid and exciting fight that represents how far the UFC has come. The fight is also the classic young…
On Thursday, September 6, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s baseball team played the Ontario Blue Jays in a friendly exhibition match at Arnold Anderson Stadium in Brantford. A large number of Laurier fans showed up, many of them first year students…
