Marquette’s Adam Chester ready for the spotlight
DADE CITY, FL – The golf course is a strange battlefield. Gentle slopes and soft sand, tall trees and green grass – was it by intent or accident that the courses seem specifically designed to set…
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York Lions tie UConn, ready to go in OUA
Head coach Jim Wells and the York University men’s hockey team are now fully awake.
The team that is believed to be the best of the three Toronto-based CIS schools, closed out their pre-season schedule with a hard-fought 3-3 tie against the NCAA’s University of Connecticut.
Head shots changing the face of women’s hockey
Karolina Urban remembers most of the game. It was the last of her 2008-09 season. As captain of the University of Toronto women’s hockey team, she followed the puck on the ice. “The puck popped out and I got it,” she said. “The girl … just smoked me so hard that I twisted in the air before I landed.” That was Urban’s first concussion. She has suffered two since. They haven’t discouraged her.
USF’s Kilani wants to build tennis in Tunisia
TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Tunisia is more famous for its jasmine flowers and dates than for producing tennis players, but Wael Kilani is trying to change that. After university, the 23 year old University of South…
Sophmore slump a reality for Penn’s Jason Magnes
TAMPA BAY, Fla. – For some people the sophomore slump is merely a myth, but for University of Pennsylvania men’s tennis player, Jason Magnes, it became a reality. After having a tremendous freshman year, winning…
Humour key to success for Villanova’s Kania
DADE CITY, Fla. — The key to Michael Kania’s success as a collegiate golfer for Villanova University comes down to talking about Space Jam, The Departed, and music that his coach has never heard of….
A fantastic Finnish find for Boston College tennis
TAMPA, Fla. – There resides in Massachusetts a 21-year-old Finnish junior at Boston College that speaks four languages – English being her fourth – played for the national team of her country at 12, has…
Colts’ basketball team shooting for the top
With a new facility in tow, the men’s basketball team at Centennial College will look to improve their record from last year and with hard work, fight for an OCAA championship.
Jump to NFL tough for Canadians
Klaus Wilmsmeyer came out of Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont., as one of the best kicking prospects in North America and eventually spent six years in the National Football League. Chris Schultz had…
St. Mike’s and Vaughan go separate ways
When the St. Michael’s Buzzers and the Vaughan Vipers opened their regular seasons this past weekend, it was easy to spot a major difference.