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Queen’s Journal vs Western Gazette March Madness bracket competition

Written on March 19, 2021. Posted in Sports.

Our previous fantasy football series against the Western Gazette sports section was such a hit, we figured we should face off again. In this series, our bout centres around one of the oldest, most sacred traditions in North American sport: the March Madness bracket. While Warren Buffet offers a billion...

Kobe Bryant: A career to remember

Written on January 31, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

On Jan. 26, Kobe Bryant passed away in a California helicopter crash, which also claimed the lives of eight others, including Bryant’s second-oldest daughter, 13-year-old Gianna. Bryant leaves behind his wife, Vanessa, and three other daughters. He also leaves behind a legacy that cannot be forgotten. Drafted...

Mid-season basketball review

Written on January 10, 2020. Posted in Basketball, Sports.

The Gaels (7-4) have had a strong campaign, and with their first game of the new year coming up this weekend, it’s a good time to review the highs and lows of the season so far. The Gaels started their 2019-20 season on a high note with a dominant 90-56 win against the Nipissing Lakers. On Nov. 1,...

Queen’s to host major youth basketball championships in 2020

Written on September 9, 2019. Posted in Sports.

Canada Basketball and the Ontario Basketball Association (OBA) have announced that Queen’s will host the U15 and U17 boys national championships for the 2019-20 season. The best young basketball talents in the country will descend on Kingston to compete for the national title. The competition dates...

Graham departs university basketball with FISU swan song

Written on July 29, 2019. Posted in Sports.

Over the course of July, Queen’s Tanner Graham represented Canada and the Gaels in Naples, Italy, as he competed in the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer Universiade. The biennial multi-sports event gathers star university athletes from all over the world to compete in their...

How Kawhi changed Raptors franchise history

Written on July 8, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

This June, the Toronto Raptors pulled a 114-110 win over the Golden State Warriors, making history as Canada’s first NBA champions. After their Game 6 win, thousands of Raptors fans flooded the streets of downtown Toronto—climbing traffic lights, vehicles, and buildings and setting off fireworks—in...

Previewing the 2018-19 NBA season

Written on November 2, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

As the days get shorter, and school is filled with more midterms and assignments, it’s easy to be gloomy. However, this time of year gives reason to look up—it marks the NBA’s return. The offseason came and went, with many huge events occuring over the short summer. LeBron James traveled out west...

Gaels weekend road roundup: week 7

Written on October 30, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Women’s cross country run into gold rush at OUA Championships The women’s and men’s cross country teams both earned medals at the OUA Championships on Saturday, proving they’re one of the strongest combined programs in Canada. With sisters Brogan and Branna MacDougall leading the charge, the...

Shoveller brings home silver medal at Commonwealth Games

Written on May 28, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Success in the game of basketball is nothing new to recent Queen’s graduate and men’s basketball post Mike Shoveller. After five successful years at the collegiate level, Shoveller’s accomplishments reached new heights this past April when he brought home a silver medal as part of Team Canada at...

Love and basketball on campus and abroad

Written on March 16, 2018. Posted in Sports.

For former Queen’s couple Lisa Minutillo and Greg Faulkner, basketball was always intrinsically tied to their relationship. In fact, when they met on campus, they were playing for their respective Queen’s basketball teams. “I was working at Queen’s Sports Camp [in the summer before third year] and...

Varsity athletes reflect on five-year careers

Written on April 6, 2017. Posted in Sports.

What it was like to put on the jersey the first time for Queen’s? “I think the first time I put on the jersey was for an intersquad scrimmage actually. Pretty surreal sliding into it for sure. That gold is such a unique colour, and I was so excited to wear it.” — Robyn Pearson, women’s basketball “We...

Queen’s professor research hits the hardwood

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in Sports.

It’s often believed that to be a successful athlete, you need to specialize early. But for every Tiger Woods, there are more stories of young athletes who burn out too early, leaving sport completely. To combat this trend and keep kids playing, Director of the School of Kinesology and Health Studies...

Space Jam: the movie we can’t forget

Written on November 18, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

It’s been 20 years since Michael Jordan did something people thought was impossible — saved Looney Tunes. When Jordan retired from basketball for the first time in 1993, because he lost his motivation for the game, people thought he was crazy. But during his 1995 comeback, he shot Space Jam — a...

QJ Sports: Toronto Raptors’ hot start

Written on November 21, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

After an inspiring return to the playoffs last spring, it seems like everyone on this side of the U.S. border is ready to make the Toronto Raptors their new favourite team. Despite their continued strong play this fall, any hopes for the Raptors to reign supreme must be tempered by the need to see...

Sports in brief

Written on May 27, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Pair of teams announce recruits One team coming off an early playoff exit named their new recruits last month, while a squad that finished one win shy of a title did the same. Men’s volleyball added outside hitters Ben Harper and Dylan Hunt, as well as setter Joraver Sangha. All three have trained...

Blowout battles

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Sports.

+- The Gaels dropped decisions to the country’s top teams in their final homestand of the year. They fell to the number two nationally-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees Friday night 103-76, before losing to the top-ranked Carleton Ravens 91-59. The Gaels (9-11) are currently locked in the sixth and final playoff...

High hopes on the hardwood

Written on November 1, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Men With 11 returnees to the men’s basketball squad, things can go nowhere but up. With added experience and the continued scoring touch of veteran players Greg Faulkner and Nikola Misljencevic, there’s little doubt this season will be an improvement from last year. The Gaels are looking to boost...

Attendance woes reach new lows

Written on October 10, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Our apathetic student body hinders athletics programs at Queen’s. After last Saturday’s Homecoming football game, it may look like the student body cares, but don’t let ticket lines at the ARC fool you into thinking the attendance had anything to do with the sport. If it wasn’t Homecoming, the student...

Winter teams eye post-season dreams

Written on February 14, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team finished the regular season with their first playoff berth in three years — but without their leading scorer. Third-year forward Greg Faulkner averaged 19.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game before suffering a concussion on Jan. 19 against the Carleton...

Holding court

Written on January 15, 2013. Posted in Sports.

It’s 4:40 p.m. on a Saturday and Justin Walsh has just arrived in Kingston. He’s refereeing tonight’s women’s basketball game between Queen’s and Laurentian — a job that extends far beyond the four quarters of play. A high school teacher in Belleville, Walsh left home two hours before the 6 p.m. tip-off;...

Renaissance man and superfan

Written on January 11, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Geoff Smith calls his love for basketball an illness. Having had knee operations at 15 and 21, he joined Queen’s to teach history and coach basketball in the 1970s. Despite retiring in 2006, his attachment to Queen’s basketball has hardly wavered. This weekend the “Renaissance man” will miss men’s...

Professional options limited

Written on November 29, 2012. Posted in In Focus.

Former Gaels are forced to take their talents overseas for professional exposure. Brittany Moore of the women’s basketball team and Michael Amoroso, Niko Rukavina and Joren Zeeman of the men’s volleyball team all left Queen’s last spring and started their professional careers in Europe. With no professional...

RMC sidelined

Written on November 16, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The OUA basketball season tipped off last weekend with just one Kingston team. Last June, RMC abolished their men’s and women’s varsity basketball programs following an extensive evaluation of the school’s athletics department. After the review, commissioned in 2010, the school downgraded from 11...

Potential market

Written on June 25, 2012. Posted in Sports.

Kingston’s not known as a basketball city, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. On May 31, the National Basketball League of Canada announced that it received applications from five Ontario cities for potential expansion franchises: Kitchener, Mississauga, Ottawa, St. Catherine’s and Windsor....

Tip-off for Gaels

Written on November 11, 2011. Posted in Sports.

Men’s Team Don’t expect the Gaels to improve on last season’s second-last place finish in the OUA. New head coach Stephan Barrie said a young team will simply focus on getting better every week and won’t take any shortcuts for early wins. “We have to build this program from the ground up,” he...

Once a Viking, now a Gael

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in Sports.

With his first major move as the new head coach of men’s basketball, Stephan Barrie will bring four new recruits to training camp in August. Among the recruits is Mackenzie Simpson, one of the top scorers on the St. Lawrence College Vikings last season. The 6’6 forward averaged 14.8 points and about...

Former Gael switches focus

Written on June 2, 2011. Posted in Sports.

A former Queen’s football player is skipping out on a CFL training camp to try out for the NBA’s Boston Celtics. Lineman Matt O’Donnell was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders last month and was scheduled to attend rookie training camp in Regina today. Instead, the 6’10″ athlete flew to...

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