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Renaissance man Dave Bidini is at it again. The author of the critically acclaimed and widely popular Tropic of Hockey returns to write about the game closest to his heart. His latest offering is a book about the triumphs and heartaches of the everyday rec-league hockey player. Yep, Bidini’s singing this one out to the scrubs.Continue...

The Blue Jays may have made a huge mistake in signing lefty closer B.J. Ryan to a five-year, $47- million contract.

With an excess of cash to spend over the next two years, Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi wanted to send the message that the Toronto franchise was ready to step up financially and challenge the Yankees and the Red Sox for supremacy in the AL East.

However, Ryan isn’t that message.Continue...

The Queen’s figure skating team opened their season with a bang, dominating the competition at last Friday’s Queen’s Invitational en route to a 13-point victory over the second-place team from McGill.Continue...

Claire Meadows led the Golden Gaels to victory over the Windsor Lancers last Saturday, helping improve the team’s record to 3-2 on the season.

Meadows, the team’s captain, guided the Gaels with a double-double against the Lancers, scoring 17 points and adding 14 rebounds—a notable feat for a shooting guard. She also added four steals and two assists in the victory.Continue...

There’s a storm brewing in the gambling world that could make the poker craze look like a blip on the Internet radar.

Internet sports gambling has seen a significant peak in interest in the past year, aided by an increase in the number of betting sites based off-shore, as well as high-profile movies like Two for the Money . An industry that was previously based primarily in Las Vegas and the “offices” of local shady characters has now gone mainstream, with the advent of credit-based Internet sports books allowing gamblers to bet just like at a Vegas sports book.Continue...

Entering the weekend series on the road against the Windsor Lancers, Queen’s looked to step it up and begin performing to their potential. However they knew they were up against a tough opponent and needed to fire on all cylinders if they hoped to collect some wins over the weekend.Continue...

Golden Gaels men’s hockey knows well that you don’t win many hockey games when you don’t score.

The team’s offensive futility continued this weekend when the Gaels managed just one goal in a pair of weekend games. The team has netted just 18 goals in 9 games this season. On Friday, Queen’s laced up their skates for the first of two battles against McGill, continuing the historic Kill McGill rivalry.Continue...

There is only one place to start with this topic: Slapshot . This 1970s cult favourite has one of the most memorable casts of characters in all of film, and it goes well beyond the famous Hanson brothers.Continue...

Both the Queen’s men’s and women’s basketball teams were first-round playoff favourites, playing host to the U of T and York underdogs, respectively.Continue...