I don’t need a guide, thanks | A response to a woman’s way to get through hockey
- Autumn McDowell — The Carillon (University of Regina)
- in Canada West, Commentary, Opinion, Sports
- Tagged with Autumn McDowell, cwaa, Hockey, Regina, response, sports, The Carillon, University of Regina
This article states that the writer has come up with tips and tricks “if you’re part of this sisterhood of women attached to men” who like hockey. Immediately, this article is heteronormative and assumes that women are not only mindless beings “attached” to people — as if women are unable to get away and think for themselves – but they are only going to be with men. Homosexuality is not an option, apparently because either no women are homosexual, or no women like hockey.
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It’s in her blood | Finding the way back to basketball
The path that led Brittany Gilliss to the St. Thomas University Tommies basketball team is far from simple. She’s played for a number of different teams at various levels, ranging from one of the biggest high schools in New Brunswick to one of the smallest.
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Homophobia in the locker room
Competing on the ice, field or hardcourt is supposed to serve as a medium in which humans can be careless, free and at peace. For some gay athletes, it can feel more like a prison.
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Sheaf staff trades in pencils for dumbbells
“Clients seek us out because they are unable to commit to an exercise program on their own or are unsure of what to do, [are] recovering from an injury or for sport performance,” Weber said.
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Fanshawe’s athlete diet
As a Fanshawe College athlete, you’re responsible for giving your best to not only the college, but also your fellow teammates and, most importantly, yourself. Why not make all the physical hard work and emotional commitment you’ve dedicated to your athletic area that much more significant and productive? Let’s empower ourselves with accurate nutritional information and simple meal solutions so we all can reach our maximum potential.
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The semantics of ‘epidemic’
The term used to describe the scale of the issue however; is semantics and frankly irrelevant.
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Concussions not an ‘epidemic’ in professional sports
To put it into simple terms, having an increase in the number of concussions reported doesn’t mean head injuries are on the rise in professional sports, just like not calling in sick to work once over the course of the year doesn’t necessarily mean you were healthy for 365 days.
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Ottawa launches first sports-only fundraising campaign
The campaign is called “Power of Sport” and is modelled after the nationwide Own the Podium campaign that helped Canadian athletes make it to the Olympics.
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Why doesn’t MUN have a hockey team?
The last time MUN had a hockey team to its own was 1983 — 30 years ago. It has been so long since Memorial has had a hockey team, that at the very last game, the team was still going by the name: Memorial Beothuks.
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