Tag: sports
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Are competitive sports under-represented at Laurier Brantford?
Sports are a large part of the university experience that students should get throughout their four or five years at school. They are a major way for the students and faculty…
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Rookie coach Faulds expects better results in 2014
In a loss 25-8 to McMaster, Laurier Football wrapped up their first year under new head coach Michael Faulds. On the surface it appears that Laurier had a disappointing season with a…
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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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Sochi Olympics: anti-gay issues surround pricey games
“Anti-gay laws will not affect athletes,” said International Olympic Committee [IOC] President Thomas Bach. After much international criticism from rights groups, Bach again confronted the issue of anti-gay laws at the Olympic…
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Golden Hawks lose another heartbreaker in OT
In front of a sea of purple and gold, Laurier fans and students celebrated an incredibly exciting Homecoming game against Windsor that Laurier came so close to winning, falling in overtime on…
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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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Dodgeball captains excited to improve for 2013-14 season
Captains Tim Miller and Shaylene Kern have just finished picking the Laurier Brantford extramural dodge ball team last week with two things in mind: one is to come first in every tournament…
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Golden Hawks Suffer Big Loss against No. 2 Western
When it looked like an upset may be possible, Laurier’s bubble burst. When the final whistle blew, it was simply a Saturday like three of the four before it; ending with a…
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Men’s Extramural Basketball Team Prep for Big Season
With fall arriving, it is almost time for Laurier Brantford’s men’s extramural basketball team to step onto the court for their third season of play in the OCAA. After succeeding last season…
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Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre grand opening
The grand opening of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre is just over a month away and the excitement has already begun. On September 29, the event, which has been named “Inspiring Greatness,”…
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Is facial protection in sports necessary?
Issues in hockey seem to ebb and flow between concussions and helmet safety and the importance of making visors mandatory for players. And when the 30 NHL general managers met on Wednesday,…
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The Fit File: Fitness at your disposal
Now that students have eased their way back into another semester at Laurier Brantford, routines and schedules begins to take form over the course of each given week in a student’s life.…
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New day, same result for Laurier
The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team was hoping that their game against rival Western Mustangs this Saturday was going to be a fresh start. After starting 1-2, including embarrassing losses to…
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Gryphons spoil Brantford’s homecoming
A packed Arnold Anderson Stadium wasn’t enough to propel the Laurier Golden Hawks baseball team over Guelph this past weekend as the Gryphons stole both games in a doubleheader. A part of…
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Top 5: Laurier Golden Hawk football seasons
The 2011 Laurier Men’s football team clearly isn’t living up to their expectations. Not only are they not even ranked, but they have also started their season with a dismal 1-3 record.…
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The gym of the future
With the steady expansion of the Laurier Brantford campus comes the problem of a campus population outgrowing its infrastructure. Whether it is the amount of residences, classrooms or student spaces, Laurier Brantford…
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The Top 5
With week two coming to a close in the OUA football season, we look at the top five teams in the OUA football standings. Guelph Gryphons In their home opener the Guelph…
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A break from your studies
The start of the school year has begun and it seems as if classes are already dragging along. Luckily, with the start of classes comes another fall season of intramural sports beginning…
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The end of a season: The beginning of an era?
With less than a month of Toronto Blue Jays baseball left to be played, another season is coming to a close. Although, to say that this season was a disappointment is difficult…
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The Fit File
Although called “starving students”, us university students do a pretty good job appearing well fed. We should really be giving thanks to the calorie gods for saving us all from malnutrition via…
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Laurier OUA preview
Mens Baseball: Head Coach: Scott Ballantyne After reaching the OUA final in 2009/2010, the mens baseball team at Laurier failed to make the playoffs by one game last season. When asked the…
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Red Sox celebrate 100 years
While baseball may be America’s pastime, its history in the city of Brantford is a strong one. And perhaps no name is more synonymous with Brantford ball than that of the team’s…
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Laurier Brantford athletics make giant leap: Plan to join OCAA in 2014
On May 1, 2011, Laurier Brantford became the 31st school to join the Ontario College Athletic Association. By doing so, Wilfrid Laurier University has become just the fourth university in Ontario to…
