Category: Sports
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Laurier’s hockey season is about to start
The weather has cooled down and the hockey season is just around the corner for Laurier. The women’s hockey team finished sixth last season, making the playoffs. After sweeping Queen’s in 2…
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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,…
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Laurier comes up short in homecoming game
The Wilfrid Laurier varsity men’s football team played the University of Windsor for Laurier’s Homecoming weekend on Saturday. The Homecoming game is consistently the most attended football game by Laurier students…
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The Sputnik’s NHL season preview
Another season is about to begin in the NHL. Every fan has renewed hope for their favourite team and players. Ultimately though, only one team will be able to win the Stanley…
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Golden Hawks varsity sports update
The halfway point has arrived for some teams, while others are just starting to get deeper into their season. Below is our sports update for September 30, 2015. Women’s Soccer …
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Golden Hawks volleyball team prepares for season
Laurier Brantford’s co-ed volleyball team is getting ready for the upcoming season. The team held tryouts on September 14 and 18. Now that the roster has been set the team can…
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Did Tom Brady finish Judge Goodell
If you watched the opening game of the NFL season, you may have noticed a familiar scene. Tom Brady threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns to help the New England…
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Laurier men’s baseball team on the road to yet another great season
The Wilfrid Laurier men’s baseball team is well on their way to having a successful season this fall. The Golden Hawks are consistently one of the top teams in the OUA, including…
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MLB playoff chase reaching climax
The dog days of summer are gone and the top teams are getting ready for the playoffs or making a final push to clinch a spot. This season has seen the…
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2015 NFL Preview: Potential SB rematch
The 2015 NFL season will begin on September 10th, and as usual, many teams have a chance to hoist the Super Bowl. The usual contenders will be back from last season as the…
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Campus sports at Laurier Brantford
Students in Brantford have many choices for both intramural and extramural sports over the course of the year. Laurier is part of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA), allowing extramural teams from Brantford…
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Finally!: The Toronto Blue Jays and the plight of the millennial Canadian sports fan.
What is the point of watching sports? When do we receive payoff, when the years of suffering, monotony and losing finally give way to a semblance of something representing success? Where we can…
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Waterloo fall sports review
The Laurier Golden Hawks have begun play in fall sports as both soccer teams and the football team have started their seasons. Below is a preview of all three teams and a review of last year’s seasons. Laurier’s football squad will…
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The strange process of becoming a Lebron fan
Something completely out of the ordinary happened during the course of the 2015 NBA Playoffs. It wasn’t Dwight Howard calling the Rockets ‘champions’, and it wasn’t Josh Smith leading the Rockets to…
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Golden Hawks turn heads at CFL National Combine
Four years ago, Anton Bennett and Shamawd Chambers were two of the premier offensive players for the Laurier Golden Hawks football team. Now, four years later, they were on site to watch…
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March Madness is down to the Final Four
Following a month of complete madness, the final four teams are set to face off on April 4. March 28 witnessed two games in the Elite Eight, beginning with the second-seeded Arizona…
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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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Final thoughts from The Sputnik’s sports editor
On a sunny evening in October 2011 I made my first visit to The Sputnik office to interview with Kyle Denton, the current sports editor at the time, to become a volunteer…
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WLU Women’s curling at the CIS Championship
Follow along as The Sputnik sports reporter Jacob Dearlove live blogs the Laurier women’s curling matches at the CIS Championship. http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=1151257&ThemeId=
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Referee! What kind of call is that!
In sports a player can’t blame the referee entirely for making a bad call, but it is the leagues themselves that should cater to having fewer rules to get more out of…
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#Tradecentre: Social media’s impact on the Toronto Maple Leafs
On Monday March 2, 2015 TSN aired a controversial tweet during the NHL trade deadline show. Every year, TSN has made attempts to establish a long and eventful day for sports fans…
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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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Women’s basketball team loses in double-OT shocker
One of the best women’s basketball teams in Canada had their historic 2014-2015 season cut short on February 28 in a thrilling double-overtime upset at the hands of Queen’s University in the…
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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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Taking the next step: Golden Hawks set sights on CFL Combine
Every single snap has been building up to this, every late night and early morning in the weight room, the nagging injuries, the victories and the defeats. Every battle on the practice…
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Girls’ hockey team falls in the quarters on home ice
On February 6, Wilfrid Laurier Brantford’s extramural girls’ hockey team faced a disappointing loss in the quarter finals. The tournament, held at the Wayne Gretzky Complex, was the girls’ first tournament at…
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Powderpuff football sells its players short
When you think “powderpuff”, football isn’t what comes to mind. But year in and year out in one of the largest growing women’s sports, that’s what their brand of football is called,…
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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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Powderpuff football team finishes with mixed results
On the weekend of January 30 and 31, the Laurier Brantford Women’s Powderpuff Football team played their first tournament of the year at McMaster University. On both Friday and Saturday, the team…
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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…
