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Written on October 24, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Sophie De Goede named OUA MVP Ahead of Saturday’s provincial finals, the OUA announced their individual achievement awards. Second-year women’s rugby and basketball player Sophie De Goede was among the biggest names after being awarded OUA Shiels Division Player of the Year. She was also named...

Queen’s baseball team’s spontaneous cameo in new music video

Written on November 11, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Country rockers and Queen’s alum, The Abrams, premiered a music video for their hit single ‘Champion’ on Oct. 27, featuring a familiar backdrop. Filmed in the brothers’ hometown of Kingston, the music video tells stories of individual hardships and heroism. “The idea to have storylines about community...

Road to the World Series

Written on October 8, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

October is here, and to many Toronto Blue Jays fans, this month once signified the end of baseball season for their Blue Jays. However, this season has been one in our favour. For the first time since 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays, widely seen as Canada’s team, have qualified for the Major League Baseball...

Back in the game

Written on March 13, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Six years ago, Alex Mann had a full head of hair and dreams of playing NCAA baseball. Those dreams were dashed when he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma — a rare form of bone cancer — in spring 2009, near the end of his grade 11 year. The future Queen’s baseball reliever needed to undergo surgery...

Stomp steroids

Written on January 28, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez’s most recent doping scandal has drawn an unprecedented amount of controversy. The Biogenesis scandal broke early last season, implicating a number of players in the purchase and use of performance-enhancing substances through the Biogenesis of America health...

Cracking down and westward bound

Written on April 4, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Image Varsity athletes are on a very short leash. Athletics Departments are using large-scale player suspensions to maintain order. When athletes are forced to miss games, it’s unclear whether the punishment fits the crime. Queen’s baseball, field hockey and men’s lacrosse varsity club veteran players...

It's time for a change

Written on September 21, 2012. Posted in Editorials.

The homophobic slurs on Yunel Escobar’s eyeblacks are indicative of a larger problem with sports culture — something that needs to be addressed rather than simply shouldering blame to the Blue Jays and Escobar himself. The controversy arose when Escobar, the shortstop for the Jays, wrote “You are...

Hitting home

Written on September 11, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The baseball team is re-equipped after hitting rock bottom not long ago. When Queen’s Athletics suspended 11 veteran players in 2010 for a series of alcohol-related incidents, the program came dangerously close to being cut entirely. The team trudged on last year with only six returning players and...

Sports in brief

Written on September 7, 2012. Posted in Sports.

Graduated Gaels sign overseas Four former Gaels saw their careers blossom after graduating from Queen’s last spring. Decorated women’s basketball alum Brittany Moore signed a professional contract with TSV Quackenbruek Dragons in the 2. Bundesliga, the German second division. Moore captained the Gaels...

Team struggles to move forward

Written on September 16, 2011. Posted in Sports.

A Queen’s-imposed sanction means the men’s baseball team will play this season with only six returning players. Eleven players from last year’s team are serving two-year suspensions from Queen’s Athletics and Recreation for two alcohol-related incidents over the past two years. Athletics imposed sanctions...

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Sports in brief

Queen’s baseball team’s spontaneous cameo in new music video

Road to the World Series

Back in the game

Stomp steroids

Cracking down and westward bound

It's time for a change

Hitting home

Sports in brief

Team struggles to move forward

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