Football profanity and the Raptor’s stunning debut are highlights for this busy week in sports.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Handicapping the World Series
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The World Series gets kicked off Wednesday night. Here’s what to look for: Batting Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has used the same lineup in all nine of his team’s postseason games thus far — and why not? The Phillies boast…
Streak ends, women settle for bronze
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The Mustangs women’s golf team learned an important life lesson the hard way last week — all good things must come to an end. “That’s golf. It just wasn’t our year. Some days you go out there and play lights out,…
Men's golf takes silver after losing tiebreaker
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Despite an incredible performance from Charles Fitzsimmons, the Western Mustangs men’s golf team fell short of the gold medal at the Ontario University Athletics championships this week. Fitzsimmons came in first in the tournament with a two-day total of 138,…
Power surge leads Mustangs to 3rd in a row
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Baker scores two in 4-1 victory over Windsor
The following are not sports
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Let’s just get it out of the way early — cheerleading, figure skating and dance are not sports. There, I said it. First and foremost I want to make it clear I am writing this to generate discussion. This is…
Vancouver games quick to sell out
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At least Greece still has some respect for the Games. There were no corporate sponsorships or ‘and now a word from our sponsors…’ moments in Athens Thursday morning when they lit the Olympic torch for the 2010 winter games. The…
Violence on campus: police tactics are tactless
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When someone strikes you with a baton repeatedly, your instinct is going to be to struggle and twitch, which could be misconstrued as resisting arrest.
Quick, someone get Damien Rhodes on the horn
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Think Felix Potvin would be interested in coming out of retirement? What about Cujo? He’s got to have some miles left in the tank. Hell, Damien Rhodes is probably available. No matter what direction Brian Burke decides to take with…
New-look Raptors fall in pre-season opener
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Veteran Evans an instant fan favourite