Category: Sports

Over 200 street hockey teams made their way to Brantford’s Lions Park in early June to fight for the crown as champion of the 4th annual Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament. Each…

It turns out that you do not necessarily need to max out your credit card for a sweet home gym setup or restrict yourself to the confines of a gym to ensure…

“Do you believe it is time for Brantford women to represent sisterhood, strength and sport with passion and commitment?” For Tasha Buscombe, that time has come. Buscombe, also known as Stella Flash,…

Last week, six professional sports teams from six pro sports leagues launched the Green Sports Alliance, a group dedicated to identify and adopt environmental initiatives to measure and reduce their impact on…

The support of a hometown crowd was not enough to help Laurier’s women’s hockey team capture a gold medal at the 2011 CIS Women’s Hockey Championships in Waterloo last week. In fact,…

It’s the time of the year when all of those people who have never watched a single game of college basketball come out of hiding and get the chance to show off…

Over the next five years, my gym membership will cost me about $2500. That amount could buy me an awfully nice strength training setup or cardio machine to put in my parents’…

The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team looked poised to advance to their first Wilson Cup since the 1977-78 season, but a fourth-quarter meltdown allowed the Carleton Ravens to win a squeaker…

“Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball,” were the words that FIFA President, Joseph S. (Sepp) Blatter uttered back in 2004, sparking intense controversy. “They could,…

Ladies, listen up. Guys uncomfortable with the topic of menstruation, read this anyways. An issue I find is far too often downplayed in the athletic and fitness world is hypothalamic amenorrhea –…

Six extramural hockey teams from surrounding college and university campuses helped raise $1,100 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haldimand-Norfolk (BBBSHN) through a day of hockey as part of the 1st Annual…

Though many female sports have been reduced to using the selling of sex to try to promote the sports, leagues and players, that has not stopped all female athletes from achieving greatness.…

It is 6:30 a.m. on a Sunday and AC/DC’s Thunderstruck is reverberating through the dressing room while the players discuss their Saturday nights the previous evening. Head coach Andrew Francella, a third…

Fitness fads come and go but the following, relatively new fitness-related items and workouts have captured my heart and, in the spirit of the season, I would like to share the love.…

When was the last time you were awake, ready to go, ready to run and ready to compete at 7:00 a.m? Oh, did I fail to mention that this is in bitter…

Keeping on track with healthy eating and an active lifestyle definitely requires some ground rules. Of course, this only applies if your ground rules are legitimate, and sometimes people like to invent…

Performance-enhancing drugs and anabolic steroids appear to be as much a part of sports today as the equipment used to play them. Every year, more and more athletes admit to using steroids,…

Could you name a professional athlete in one of the four major North American sports leagues who is out of the closet? I’ll give you some help: In 1975, NFL running back…

One aspect of fitness – arguably the most important aspect – always seems to fall through the cracks. You can work out eight days a week if you want but if you’re…

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of watching Home Box Office’s 24/7 miniseries, do yourself a favour and check it out. You might say, “I don’t have HBO!” Doesn’t matter; download…

5. Joannie Rochette The story of Joannie Rochette is arguably the most heartwarming of Canadian athletes for the season, which is good enough to land her on this list. At the 2010…

It is almost an unspoken acknowledgment among Canadians that a sheet of frozen ice is prime for a game of good old fashioned shinny. However, at Harmony Square, this belief is no…

It’s January! No parking spots at your local gym. Every treadmill is occupied. Walking through the free weight area runs you the risk of being dumbbell-flied in the side of the head…

Sean Corner plays sledge hockey for a simple reason. It allows him the chance to “just to get out, hit some people, have fun doing it.” Although he does ski and play…

Southwestern Ontario’s top swimmers dove into the pools at Brantford’s Wayne Gretzky Centre last weekend, showcasing their speed at the 35th annual Swim International meet. The Swim International is a prestigious, invitation-only…

As part of the centennial celebrations being held this year, Laurier will be hosting the 2010-2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships for women’s hockey. Peter Baxter, Director of Athletics & Recreation…

Last week, NFL wide receiver Randy Moss was dropped by the Minnesota Vikings despite being traded to the team from the Patriots less than four weeks prior. Moss criticized both his Vikings’…

In what has to be considered an instant classic, the Laurier Golden Hawks’ football season came to a dramatic end Saturday, when they fell to the number four nationally ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees,…