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When you think football, do you think of big, sweaty he-men, chest butting and towel whipping each other in a steamy locker room? If the answer is yes, think again.

On Feb 2., 25 Queen’s women and their three coaches braved the cold and headed to Wilfrid Laurier University for a weekend of tackles and touchdowns in the snow.Continue...

“He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle, and he doesn’t score many goals. Other than that he’s all right.”

So said the late, great George Best, (widely acknowledged as one of the greatest soccer players of all time) of David Beckham.Continue...

The gym was the same, the balls were no different, but the rules were slightly altered: it was two pushes—not two steps—after picking up a dribble.Continue...

Ranked fifth in the country entering the CIS championships in Saskatoon, the women’s 4x400-metre relay team was confident they could make their mark on the national stage. But fifth wasn’t good enough for Jan Stirling, Celia Peters, Calla Humphries and Joanna Stanisz. The team had already run exceptionally well throughout the year, posting the second, third, and fourth best times in school history.Continue...

Since 1967, fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs have made the phrase “there’s always next season” a part of their regular vocabulary. After 38 years of failing to achieve a Stanley Cup victory, the 2005-06 season will be no different, except for the fact that players will be teeing off a few weeks earlier this year, at a golf course near you.Continue...

A trip to the CIS championships last weekend closed out what might be the track team’s second-best season of all time. Head coach Melody Torcolacci said she is working on compiling the statistics but believed from the start that this year’s team is one of the most talented that Queen’s has ever seen.Continue...

You might think the absence of snow in Kingston this winter would have stopped the Queen’s Nordic ski team from performing well this season, but you would be wrong. Thanks to their physical training regimen, good team chemistry and a lot of determination, the female and male cross-country skiers pulled off fourth- and sixth-place finishes respectively at the OUA championships in Sudbury on Feb. 18 and 19.Continue...

The men’s volleyball team capped off their golden season last weekend with a tournament to remember. To add to their conference title, the men pulled off Queen’s volleyball’s first wins at the CIS championships in 34 years.

Queen’s opened their bid with a match against last year’s silver medalists, second-seeded Trinity Western University from Langley, B.C.Continue...

The men’s and women’s curling teams added two more OUA medals to Queen’s 2006 collection on Feb. 26, as they brought home a pair of silvers from the provincial championships in St. Catharines.

The strong finish was expected for both the men’s and women’s teams, who have been serious contenders for the provincial title for the past few seasons. The men won the OUA championships in 2004, and brought home the silver last season. The women last played in the championship game in 2004.Continue...