Love ’em or hate ’em, the New York Yankees’ contention for the World Series is almost as surefire as my housemate’s inability to lock down a Saturday night date.
With a $200 million payroll and eight consecutive AL East Division titles under their belt, how can one expect any less from this squad?
But regardless of these facts, only one Yankee, Alex Rodriguez, has captured the AL MVP title in the last 20 years. Until last year, the superstardom of the Yankee whole has overshadowed the individual accomplishments of its players.
The cross-country team hit the ground running start at last Saturday’s McGill Open, held at Montreal’s Mount Royal Park.
On a humid Saturday, both the men’s and women’s teams put up good results and already showed improvements last year.
The top Queen’s runner in the women’s four-kilometre race was Amy Schneeberg, who placed 10th in a field of 119 with a time of 15:20.
The Queen’s football team had a score to settle last weekend and that’s exactly what they did.
On Saturday the Gaels defeated Guelph 31-10 on Gryphon turf, avenging the loss that put them out of the playoffs last season.
The men’s rugby team avenged the loss that knocked them out of the 2005 playoffs, opening its season with an 11-6 win over the Brock Badgers.
“This game was important for us to win because it’s Brock. We needed to start the season with a win against a tough team,” captain James Potter said.
The Queen’s Golden Gaels women’s soccer team defeated the Trent Excalibur 5-3 in their home opener on Friday night, on the strength of a dominant four-goal performance from fourth-year striker Eilish McConville.
A slow start and a quick finish resulted in a 2-0 record for men’s baseball last Saturday.
The men opened the season against the Durham College Lords.
Playing at home at Megaffin Park, the Gaels played a double-header, defeating the defending provincial champions on both counts.
The Gaels were sluggish out of the gate, with three players striking out to end the first inning.
This summer, varsity rower Andrew Rastapkevicius, ArtSci ’07, made his Canadian compatriots proud by becoming a national champion of Lithuania. Though he set aside the red, blue and gold in favour of a different tricolour—the yellow, green and red of the Lithuanian flag—Rastapkevicius’ journey began here at Queen’s.
Every September, the Queen’s campus and the Ghetto is papered with red, blue and gold signs that read: ROW THIS FALL. In the fall of 2003, Rastapkevicius decided to do just that. In his first year he was a member of the Queen’s Novice team, the university’s learn-to-row program where even beginners, learn the skills of the sport.
For varsity volleyball player Stuart Hamilton, every day for the past four months has been just another day at the beach. But make no mistake, it was no picnic.
Hamilton and his partner Ryan DeBruyn, of the University of Winnipeg, have just returned from a 10-day trip to Poland to compete in the World Junior Beach Volleyball Championships.
The varsity football team proved Monday that it means business. Decked out in their new gold uniforms to open the new season, the Gaels handed the University of Toronto Varsity Blues their 34th consecutive loss, with a convincing 53-7 victory on Monday at Richardson Stadium.
Defensive line coach Pat Tracey said that, coming off a 10-day training camp and an exhibition game against the Concordia Stingers, the team was well prepared to meet Toronto’s offensive strategy.
French soccer captain Zinedine Zidane’s World Cup headbutt infuriates a grippling debate amongst worldwide soccer lovers.
Brett Gibson takes over the role of head coach for men’s hockey.
This year, the Golden Gaels offers some of the brightest figures for men’s and women’s basketball, rowing and lacrosse.
Which is better? Erin Flegg and Brennan Leong discuss the upcoming summer games.
Queen’s signs a three-year exclusive agreement with Russell Athletics worth over $200,000 in three years
Last year, Greg Hulse, a member of Queen’s men’s varsity soccer team died tragically in a car accident. To honour his memory, the first annual Greg Hulse Memorial High School All-Star game was held on June 3, 2006.
Starting in 2007, Ontario universities will be able to give financial awards to first-year student athletes with averages of 80 percent or higher.
Amidst the hectic conclusion of exams, the rowing team won five of eight events at the 10th annual Queen’s McGill boat race on April 30, capturing the D. Lorne Gales Trophy, awarded for most overall points.
Over the years—from the Skydome, through Walt Williams’ high-socks, around Oliver Miller’s waistline, behind Charles Oakley’s fist, under Hakeem Olajuwan’s crutches and through Rafer Alston’s tears—I’ve become a bit of a diehard, an unapologetic, biased to blindness, a physically and emotionally involved fanatic.
Our process in grading the winter performances of Queen’s Interuniversity teams was highly unscientific. It is based quite simply on our perceptions of how each team performed, both in the regular season and playoffs, relative to their projected performances. The impressive results and high calibre of our teams made the grading process difficult. Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and administrators who worked so hard to bring the University results to be proud of.
For one day only last weekend, the Ambassador Hotel became the home of the Queen’s Golden Gaels.
On Sunday the Queen’s athletic community came together to celebrate the year’s accomplishments and to recognize those people who made exceptional contributions to the Gaels’ success.
Beneath the OUA banners brought home by the figure skating and volleyball teams, and to choruses of the Oil Thigh, Queen’s honoured the best and brightest of its student athletes.
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