The Toronto Observer

Posted: Dec 3 2013 5:13 pm
The game may have ended in a disappointing 52-20 loss for the women’s basketball team at the University of Toronto Scarborough but the mood was still positive. This wasn't just any game, after all. Organized by Give 1NE, the basketball game was co-ordinated to help raise money for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

Posted: Nov 11 2013 3:49 pm
Three times a week, youth punch, jab, bob, and weave their way to gaining self confidence. In the quaint Malvern neighbourhood, they are using body boxing as a safe way of relieving stress.

Posted: Nov 9 2013 12:45 pm
For most people, the choice to leave a secure, comfortable job, in order to start a new business from the ground up, would be a difficult one to make. For Danny Fritz, it wasn’t. The CEO of the newly founded SportBox Entertainment Group, left his prominent position at IMG (one of the world’s largest sports […]

Posted: Nov 4 2013 6:31 pm
Friday marked a historic day for the Ontario Hockey League when the former Brampton Battalion played their first game in North Bay after relocating in the offseason.

Posted: Oct 28 2013 11:53 pm
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Canelo Alvarez to retain his junior heavyweight title last month, the majority of the fan interest was not in the fight itself. Rather, much of the talk surrounded the fact that Mayweather was guaranteed $41.5 million US for the fight – win or lose. He also received a share of […]

Posted: Oct 22 2013 11:43 am
For years Canada’s best young wheelchair basketball players have been leaving the country to pursue superior opportunities.2012 Paralympic gold medal winner Tyler Miller has watched as friends and teammates departed in search of high-level training.

Posted: Oct 21 2013 8:53 pm
They say all good things come to an end and for York University’s Kayla Pangos, the sister of Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos, this is slowly becoming a reality. Playing for the York Lions under her father and head coach, Bill Pangos, has always been a goal for Kayla.   As she enters her fifth year […]

Posted: Oct 19 2013 1:26 pm
Each and every athlete around the world has his or her own inspiration. For one of the University of Toronto’s newest faces in Emily Piccini family plays a big role in this, as her mother was the person responsible for turning Piccini onto the sport of basketball. Another person that plays a big part where […]

Posted: Oct 15 2013 2:14 pm
As one of the founders of the reborn Sir Wilfrid Laurier C.I football program, Louis Foulidis strongly believes in instilling a work ethic with the boys he coaches. That means passing along the values and advice he received while a player at West Hill C.I. from his former coach, teacher and mentor Bob Jackson, who […]

Posted: Oct 13 2013 3:57 pm
There are less than four months to go until the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, but ice dancers Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles still don’t know whether they’ll be able to take part. In 2011, Gilles moved from her hometown of Colorado Springs, Colo., to Toronto in order to partner up with Ottawa native Poirier. […]