Sports

The round robin of the 2004 European Championships brought all the thrills, chills, and spills that soccer fans around the world have been waiting for since 2002’s World Cup in South Korea.Continue...

The atmosphere of renewal synonymous with spring usually creates a sharp contrast with the tired trend of inequality in the NBA Playoffs. As the buds blossom, the cries of basketball fans for parity have been drowned out by the victory parade of the champion from the Western Conference, while players from the East can only bow their humble heads. Over the past five seasons, a duo of Goliaths, Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and Shaquille O’Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, have perpetuated the dominance of the West—garnering five Finals MVPs, en route to outclassing the East by a total of 20 Finals wins to six.Continue...

Now that Toronto’s hope for a Stanley Cup has been extinguished for another year, the city’s sports fans must look elsewhere for their entertainment during the summer months. Many will turn their attention down Front Street to where the new look Toronto Blue Jays will try to build on last year’s promising season. The Jays aim to gain ground on perennial powerhouses the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the ultra-competitive American League East division.Continue...

Beth Wightman was the star of stars in the Gaels stable this year. Wightman managed to win the 3,000-metre, the 1,500-metre and the five-kilometres cross-country events. Wightman won the cross-country title by 14 seconds, which is an eternity, in cross-country running.Continue...

This time last year, I was a month away from running my first half-marathon. Back then, I thought I would presently be a month away from running my first full marathon. Runner’s high must have distorted my forethought: my current workout schedule is miles away from that of a marathon trainee.Continue...

The “Curse of the Bambino” is less the legacy of an unlucky baseball team, and more the result of a 1988 book by then- Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy. Even so, “the curse” is a term that better sums up the history of heartbreaking losses and playoff futility endured by the Red Sox Nation and witnessed by all other baseball fans, and rolls incalculably quicker off of tongues than the name of the man who coined the phrase.Continue...

At the library last week, my friend Sarah climbed four flights of stairs and nearly passed out from panting so hard. It’s amazing how the activities least intended to be exerting can become exercise before your very eyes.Continue...

With school coming to a close and all of our Gaels’ sporting action finished, the avid sports fan must look ahead to see what can whet their palate in the coming months.Continue...

Queen's University lost one of its most dedicated and passionate teachers and coaches earlier this month when Professor W.E. (Bill) Miklas passed away.

Miklas, former associate dean of the School of Business and longest-serving coach in the history of Queen's athletics, died after a courageous struggle with cancer. He was 60.Continue...