Author: Anthony Fusco
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Viva Las Vegas: The journey to NHL hockey in Sin City
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…
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Ronda Rousey: A true role model and champion
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…
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The ramifications of drug culture in sports
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…
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Men’s extramural hockey hopes to impress in final tournament of season
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…
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Men’s hockey team outmatched at Fanshawe
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…
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Top finish would help end a great season for extramural dodgeball team
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…
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How the UFC mishandled the Jon Jones cocaine incident
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…
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Should fighting be eliminated from hockey?
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…
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Laurier Brantford’s extramural volleyball team is ready to win
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…
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Golden Hawks hope to improve on semi-final finish at George Brown
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,…
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The troubling issue of teammates fighting teammates
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?…
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The keys to making an impact as a young hockey player
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…
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Ray Rice and domestic abuse in sports
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…
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Leafs Nation update
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…
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Concussions in sports: Alex Young’s story
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…
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Jon “Bones” Jones holds off Gustafsson at UFC 165
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…
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Olympic athletes face tough challenges due to Russian anti-gay laws
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…
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Laurier Brantford men’s hockey: A look back At 2013’s championship run
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…
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Women’s ice hockey team finishes fourth in Challenge Cup
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…
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Men’s basketball team preps for charity game
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…
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UFC 157 makes history in women’s mixed martial arts
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…
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Ronda Rousey breaks into male-dominated UFC
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…
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Men’s basketball team satisfied with tournament results
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…
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The return of hockey
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…
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UFC 115 year end recap
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…
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LB hockey teams prepare for upcoming tournaments
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…
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LB extramural soccer
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…
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Homecoming heartbreaker
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…
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Rashad Evans helps Vitor Belfort prepare for his fight in Toronto
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…
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Laurier Hawks come up short against Ontario Blue Jays
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…
