Running for a brighter future
Remembering the work that Terry left behind Erica Ravn Interim Orillia Bureau Chief September is a very busy month for students. It marks the beginning of a new school year and the end of summer...
View ArticleStrength and conditioning for hockey
Improving your performance on the ice By Kyle Groulx, ACSM CPT Hockey season is upon us, and with it comes the screeching of skates and whooshing of pucks as many Canadians embrace the opportunity to...
View ArticleFantasy Hockey: Buy-low candidates
By John McAuley, Sports Editor If you’re reading this and you’re searching for some Fantasy Hockey tips, odds are your draft has already been completed. That’s the bad news. The good news is that...
View ArticleMoney Puck: Will analytics change the NHL?
By Josh Kolic Most sports fans have likely read the book or the seen the movie adaptation of Moneyball, the story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane’s turning to advanced statistics, or...
View ArticleTop 5 Storylines for the 2014-15 NHL season
Moneypuck – will the rise of analytics in hockey continue, or will we see a war of old vs. new like in the MLB? If the hirings in Toronto, Edmonton, Florida and New Jersey pay dividends, we could see...
View ArticleThe Raptors are for real
The flight of Canadian basketball: Part I By Josh Kolic One of the most surprising stories of last year’s NBA season was the unexpected emergence of the Toronto Raptors. After all, nobody expected them...
View ArticleLakehead Rugby, assemble!
How Manny Cabrera and Lakehead RFC fight cancer as a super-team By John McAuley Sports Editor Rugby is a grueling and violent sport. Playing it requires a unique blend of courage, masochism, and...
View ArticleNew crop of talent emerges from The North
The flight of Canadian basketball: Part II By Josh Kolic The announcement that Steve Nash was going to miss the entire 2014-15 season dealt a harsh blow to the basketball community. At 40 years old it...
View ArticleFantasy Football: Trade etiquette
By John McKauley Sports Editor Within every group, society, or population, there exists a code of behaviour that is informed by social and moral expectations. The Commonwealth of your Fantasy Sports...
View ArticleNutrition for the promising player
Nutritional tips to improve your sports performance By Erica Ravn Orillia Bureau Chief For many university students, the seemingly simple tasks of getting enough sleep, doing some mild exercise, and...
View ArticleWorking out when pressed for time
How to balance exercise with a student’s schedule By Kyle Groulx, ACSM CPT One of the most common reasons given for being unable to exercise is that it’s too time consuming. Given that the typical...
View ArticleOUA Fantasy Basketball preview
Men’s and women’s basketball tip off at home By John McAuley, Sports Editor Lakehead’s OUA regular season officially begins this weekend as the men’s and women’s teams welcome the Queen’s Gaels to the...
View ArticleBecky Hammon: Kicking down barriers and taking names
The NBA embraces gender equality with the hiring of a full-time female assistant coach By Caitlin Kalynchuk In August, Becky Hammon of Rapid City, South Dakota, made history as the first paid,...
View ArticleHeroes get remembered, but legends never die
Madison Bumgarner: greatest World Series pitcher of all-time By John McAuley Spots Editor When history is unfolding in front of you it isn’t subtle. It spits on your shoes. Everybody in its presence...
View ArticleThe benefits of low intensity cardio
Why intensity isn’t always king By Kyle Groulx, ACSM CPT One of the more unfortunate myths perpetuated in the modern health and fitness industry is that low intensity cardio, such as jogging or cycling...
View ArticleRBC Athletes of the month: October
By John McAuley, sports editor COURTESY OF HUGH MULLALLY/ LAKEHEAD ATHLETICS In early November, Lakehead Athletics presented this season’s first installment of the RBC Athletes of the Month. Though...
View ArticleMen’s cross-country: Newest members of Lakehead lore
Thunderwolves finish 6th at CIS Championships, make school history By John McAuley History is bloody. Though Lakehead’s Men’s Cross Country team finished in 6th place at the CIS championships, an...
View ArticleNEWS
By John McAuley Sports editor Men’s Hockey Defenceman Justin Sefton of Thunder Bay, Ont. has committed to the men’s hockey program. The 3rd round NHL draft pick of the San Jose Sharks will be enrolled...
View ArticleProtein obsession: Debunking the necessity of a high protein diet
By Kyle Groulx, ACSM CPT One of the more interesting pieces of junk science perpetuated by the supplement industry is the necessity of a high protein diet for anyone participating in physical activity....
View ArticleFantasy Football: Turkey Bowl 2014
Previewing Thanksgiving Day football and naming the All-Turkey Team By John McAuley Ze Sportz The day after this paper hits stands will be November 27, a lowly old Thursday for Canadians, but...
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