The Denver Broncos will be taking on the Seattle Seahawks in a game that everyone is going to watch. Whether you watch it for the commercials or the players, this will be a great game that features the NFL’s number…
The extramural dodgeball team is looking to end their season on a high note on January 23. After two third place finishes to start the season, it’s going to take all they’ve got to finally break through with a place…
The extramural men’s basketball team is looking to get on track in what could be their final tournament of the year at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus on January 23. The biggest task for the Golden Hawks is to…
The Golden Hawks men’s extramural hockey team’s season is hitting full stride with the team heading to Seneca College on Friday and the University of Toronto Scarborough campus January 31. After winning it all last season, claiming Laurier Brantford’s first…
It was an incredible year for Laurier athletics in 2013, most notably on the Brantford campus. From hosting an OUA hockey game for the school’s second homecoming to the massive feat of bringing home the Challenge Cup in the OCCA’s…
The Laurier women’s hockey team continued their great season with wins over the Waterloo Warriors and Brock Badgers in the annual Waterloo Christmas Tournament. The Golden Hawks currently have 19 wins, four losses and one overtime loss during the 2013-2014…
In front of friends, family, former coaches and team executives at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., 36-year old pitcher Roy Halladay retired from the game of baseball. Signing a one day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, the team he called home…
After a dominant showing leading up to the co-ed extramural volleyball team’s showdown in the finals against Humber College, the Golden Hawks couldn’t defeat the Humber Hawks. Laurier won all of their games in round robin play to start the…
The Laurier Brantford co-ed soccer team had a disappointing tournament at Humber Lakeshore on Friday, November 15. The team finished the day with one win, one loss and a tie, and was on the outside looking in when it came…
“You should never tie a game or lose a game when you put up six,” says Michael Bondy of the Laurier Brantford extramural hockey team. But that was the story for Laurier as the team showcased their powerful offense in…
It was the same story for the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s extramural basketball team in their tournament at UTM on Friday, as they were ousted in the semifinals again, this time at the hands of the Sheridan College Bruins 58-37.After…
Former Globe and Mail columnist and now writer, radio co-host and television personality on Rogers’ Sportsnet, Stephen Brunt made an appearance at Laurier Brantford to discuss the state of journalism, most notably in his field of sports, in Canada…
The Laurier Brantford co-ed soccer team is looking to emerge from the shadows of the rest of the teams on campus. There are 12 people on the team with five of them being girls. Currently there are two tournaments scheduled…
After a solid season last year the extramural women’s hockey team at Laurier Brantford looks to become one of the campus’ strongest performing teams. There are 20 girls on the team, with three of them being call ups for tournaments.…
Sports are a large part of the university experience that students should get throughout their four or five years at school. They are a major way for the students and faculty to show off school pride. But here at…
In a loss 25-8 to McMaster, Laurier Football wrapped up their first year under new head coach Michael Faulds. On the surface it appears that Laurier had a disappointing season with a 1-7 record, but if you were to look…
Few Leafs fans will be able to forget the game seven meltdown against the Boston Bruins in last year’s playoffs. It was a traumatic moment that set the stage for a summer of big changes in the Leaf Nation. General…
“Anti-gay laws will not affect athletes,” said International Olympic Committee [IOC] President Thomas Bach. After much international criticism from rights groups, Bach again confronted the issue of anti-gay laws at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony on Sept. 29, at Ancient…
In front of a sea of purple and gold, Laurier fans and students celebrated an incredibly exciting Homecoming game against Windsor that Laurier came so close to winning, falling in overtime on a blocked 42-yard field goal attempt. Unfortunately, the…
Whenever a person suits up for their sport, they run the risk of getting injured. It can be as minor as a bruise or as severe as a broken bone. However, one injury that could potentially be the most serious…
Captains Tim Miller and Shaylene Kern have just finished picking the Laurier Brantford extramural dodge ball team last week with two things in mind: one is to come first in every tournament and two to earn some respect amongst the…
When it looked like an upset may be possible, Laurier’s bubble burst. When the final whistle blew, it was simply a Saturday like three of the four before it; ending with a crushing loss, 45-24, to the Western Mustangs (5-0).The…
With fall arriving, it is almost time for Laurier Brantford’s men’s extramural basketball team to step onto the court for their third season of play in the OCAA. After succeeding last season in bringing home one of Laurier Brantford’s first…
The grand opening of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre is just over a month away and the excitement has already begun. On September 29, the event, which has been named “Inspiring Greatness,” will gather volunteers and citizens of Brantford at…
Issues in hockey seem to ebb and flow between concussions and helmet safety and the importance of making visors mandatory for players. And when the 30 NHL general managers met on Wednesday, March 20, the visor debate once again was…
Now that students have eased their way back into another semester at Laurier Brantford, routines and schedules begins to take form over the course of each given week in a student’s life. Whether your schedule includes sleeping in late, study…
The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team was hoping that their game against rival Western Mustangs this Saturday was going to be a fresh start. After starting 1-2, including embarrassing losses to Queens and Windsor, the previously ranked Golden Hawks…
A packed Arnold Anderson Stadium wasn’t enough to propel the Laurier Golden Hawks baseball team over Guelph this past weekend as the Gryphons stole both games in a doubleheader. A part of Laurier Brantford’s annual Homecoming festivities, hundreds of fans…
The 2011 Laurier Men’s football team clearly isn’t living up to their expectations. Not only are they not even ranked, but they have also started their season with a dismal 1-3 record. With the Laurier Waterloo homecoming fast approaching, we…
