Cincinnati BengalsI want to begin by saying this is the most excited I’ve ever been for a Superbowl. Period.

With league-based competition resuming this week, varsity teams are buckling down for their first matches of 2022. Meanwhile, some varsity clubs have championship dates, others are TBD, and some have even been cancelled.

This weekend, for the first time in over two months, Queen’s varsity athletes will be suiting up and competing once more.

“It’s a feeling like no other.”

With games cancelled for the month of January, the women’s basketball team kept busy off the hardcourt by capturing a win in the fight against cancer.

On Jan. 27, this year’s Nixon Academic Leadership Award recipients were announced by Queen’s Athletics and Recreation

Executive Director of Athletics and Recreation , Leslie Dal Cin, has announced her intention to retire this spring.

“Our league is an absolute sprint. You only play 28 games, and if you lose one here or there, that can be the difference between hosting the Queen’s Cup and not.” 

Both varsity athletes and recreationally active students have lots to look forward to following recent return-to-sport announcements from Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and Athletics and Recreation (A&R).

After the OUA paused competition across university sport in response to the pandemic, athletes and coaches across the province will return to play on Feb. 9.

Chris Patrician, ArtSci ’14, will represent Canada at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for bobsleigh.

On Nov 14., 2021, I stood on the sidelines at Nixon field and watched the Queen’s women’s rugby team win their first National Championship.

At its inception in 1906, the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU)—the first formal Canadian intercollegiate athletics league, now known as the OUA—had only four members.

“Ask those guys what it’s like to lose this game because you’re never going to get it back.”

Almost two years on, the pandemic is still disrupting the schedules of varsity athletes.

For boys in youth hockey, the chances of playing in an NHL game are one in 1000. If you were born and raised in a small town rather than a big city, however, these defying odds could waver in your favour.

Queen’s Gaels’ star defensive back Anthony Federico knows who he is and he isn’t afraid to say it.

YESIn most sports, violence is distasteful. In soccer or baseball, the outbreak of a fight would result in a hefty suspension.

The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) association is making a push for elite status following the Ontario Government’s decision to exclude post-secondary athletics from their list of “elite amateur leagues” exempt from training restrictions.

When Paul Sanderson was a high school student in Australia, he had a choice: continue playing basketball as a member of the provincial team or pursue volleyball at the national level.