Sports

<p>The loss at the Atlantic College Athletic Association (ACAA) finals last season means the St. Thomas University men’s basketball team is hungry to get back to the court and overcome their defeat.&nbsp; “I’m starving for it. Anything other than a championship is a failed mission,” said Gayo Isaya, a third-year player on the team. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Throughout October, the St. Thomas University women’s rugby team helped build furniture for newly-renovated subsidized apartments, which will house some of Fredericton’s homeless.  According to fourth-year player Brianna Bourgeois, the team got involved through rugby coach Rebecca Baker and Wilmot United Church’s Housing First program. The program allows individuals facing homelessness to access social integration programs, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was a disappointing night for the women’s hockey team at St. Thomas University as the University of New Brunswick shut out the Tommies 4-0 during its annual Battle of The Hill on Nov. 25. The weekend game marked UNB’s fifth shutout victory of the year — second against the Tommies in November — which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The first round of matches has been played in the World Cup and there have been some huge surprises, but also some very standard results that fans would have expected. The usual suspects, like Brazil, France, England and Portugal, have hit the ground running, but the likes of Germany, who won it all in 2014, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The looming winter season means the return of volleyball and basketball at St. Thomas University and incoming rookies are excited for the season ahead. The women’s volleyball team recruited locally this year, bringing middle Elle Kilburn to its roster. Coming from the Spartans volleyball club in Fredericton, Killburn said she&#8217;ll use her hitting and blocking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sports has and always will be the same: two entities, whether team or individual, facing off to win a game, match, or tournament. The difference is how they come to win. It’s the reason many fans watch, but for some it can even include a financial incentive. St. Thomas University student Alex Compton said he [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The world’s most watched sporting event is here once again. The FIFA World Cup kicks off this week in Qatar. Canada nabbed their place in the tournament for the first time since 1986 and are hoping to make a good impression before hosting the next edition of the tournament, along with Mexico and the United [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A St. Thomas University sociology professor says if New Brunswick really wants to protect the community from the toxic nature of hockey culture, it should not co-host the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships later this year. “The best way to protect communities against the world junior tournament is to not host it,” said Kristi Allain, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Canada’s rising level of inflation and the skyrocketing cost of living is having an effect on all areas of life and the world of hockey is no exception. With the astronomical price of registration, youth teams in Saint John and Fredericton are folding and players are leaving, according to Rachel Jones-Wallace, a hockey mother of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Both the St. Thomas University men’s and women’s soccer teams made the semi-finals on Oct. 29 at the Grant-Harvey Turf Field. After improving on last season’s campaign, this season’s women&#8217;s team posted a 5-6-1 record. STU lost 3-1 in the semifinals against top seed Mount Saint Vincent Mystics. The men’s team had a 10-0-2 record [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Maria Bouabdo, The Concordian MONTREAL (CUP) — Illegitimate sports streaming sites are popular for a reason. No matter which sports you’re a fan of, chances are you’ve probably had to (at least once) find some sketchy website and stream a game there — whether it’s due to regional blackouts, the price of streaming subscriptions, or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Yoga boasts many great benefits as it is a form of meditation. Nest Yoga instructors are welcoming St. Thomas University students to take advantage of these benefits with two hours of weekly free yoga. STU hosts the sessions every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the J.B. O’Keefe Fitness Centre. Yoga [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Alice Martin, The Concordian MONTREAL (CUP) — “Ethics are at the heart of the RSEQ’s values,” says Deputy General Director Stéphane Boudreau. On Oct. 6, the Réseau du Sports Étudiants du Québec (RSEQ) announced its support of Hockey Québec’s decision to withhold funds from Hockey Canada. Hockey Québec had announced two days earlier that they [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fantasy season provides entertainment for millions of people across the globe. Whether it’s Fantasy football, hockey or soccer — or Fantasy Premier League, if you want to get fancy —  people look forward to getting back into their leagues for the ultimate goal of winning. For me, while obviously trying to win – I accomplished [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hockey Canada announced on Oct. 11 that its CEO, Scott Smith, and his board stepped down in the wake of the organization’s sexual assault scandal. The resignations were brought upon by pressure from Canada’s minister of sport and provincial hockey programs to change the organization’s leadership to inspire change in a toxic and dangerous hockey [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Dax MacLean attended the Notre Dame Hockey Academy in Saskatchewan back in 1993, he dreamed about doing something similar back home in New Brunswick. “I went out there for two years and I loved the whole concept of just a place where you just went to develop as a hockey player, and then you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The NFL has had a long-standing issue with concussions, one that grew when Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was rushed to a hospital after hitting his head during a tackle by a player from the Cincinnati Bengals. It was the second time Tagovailoa seriously injured himself after also hitting his head during a game against [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s rugby team came away with their first victory of the season on Oct. 13, defeating Mount Allison University in an assertive 28-0 performance, breaking a four-year losing streak. “The win gives us a huge positive boost as a team going forward,” said fifth-year prop Nigel Cornelius. “After losing two close [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 11th Annual Ken Gould Basketball Pre-Season Tournament commenced with a ceremonial tip-off by Gould’s daughter, Stephanie, between the St. Thomas University Tommies and the Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics. Born in 1941, Gould led the Tommies to the New Brunswick College Basketball Conference Championship from 1963 to 1965. He was inducted to the Tommies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Being socially conscious when it comes to clothing has its perks: you help the planet, it costs less, fast fashion slows down and the vintage pieces are phenomenal — as is the case with Jacob MacDonald’s collection. MacDonald, a former student from St. Thomas University, started his vintage sports clothing collection at the beginning of [&hellip;]</p>