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<p>If you read the centrespread in this edition of the paper and are still not convinced that joining Twitter is worth your time, hopefully this piece will bring you to the light. Or you&#8217;ll take this piece of paper and throw it in your nearest garbage bin and throw a lit match in it. Either [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The STU women’s rugby team is after a championship banner – again. After last year’s 39-0 win against Mount Allison in the final game, the Tommies are looking to capture another Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association championship at home this Sunday. The team placed first in the league, guaranteeing a spot in the finals. At the time of publication, the team’s opponent [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The National Basketball League of Canada has just come into existence and Fredericton wants in. A group of local investors is attempting to bring Fredericton its own NBL team. The question is, would Fredericton be able to support a professional basketball franchise? It may be possible, but like any goal, there are obstacles. Business and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There’s nothing like a good “get in the hole” bellow from a fan when a golfer hits his 35 foot putt for par. I often find myself asking, “What’s happened to the gentleman side of these sports?” when I watch golf and tennis. The idiocy of the fans, as well as the players, makes me [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is now offering the chance to watch men’s and women’s hockey from the comfort of your own home. With the set-up of “Tommies TV,” the games are now being streamed live online through the Tommies own ustream channel. “We think that by broadcasting and streaming home games, we can build the profile [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week I’ll be talking about something important that goes hand-in-hand with exercise &#8211; proper nutrition. Eating well is essential if you plan on building muscle, burning fat, training for sports or generally just being healthy. There’s a saying that goes something like: “A healthy body is gained through 20 per cent exercise and 80 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s soccer Tommies beat the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams 2-0 in the first of their final two games at home this season. Liam Clarke scored his third goal of the season in the 23rd minute, when he headed the ball into the back of the net coming off a corner [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ken Gould was a former star of the St. Thomas University basketball program in the late 60s and was recently inducted into their hall of fame. In honour, the women&#8217;s basketball team named their exhibition tournament after the hall of famer. This was the women&#8217;s first home tournament in years and gave the players a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Dalhousie Tigers spoiled the St. Thomas Tommie’s home opener Friday night at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink. Pierre-Alexandre Vandall scored the go-ahead goal for the Tigers midway through the third period and Dal added an empty netter late to win 5-3. Vandall silenced a rowdy crowd of 815 fans when he ripped a wrist shot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Greeted first by broadcasters from the local radio station and then by the flurry of bright pink both on and off the ice in support of breast cancer, the excitement and importance of the season opener for the STU Women’s Hockey team was impressive. The green and gold were ready to match their opponents in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Yes, Michael Lewis sold millions of copies of the book. Yes, it peaked into an up-and-coming mentality in sports management. Yes, a story about algorithms, pythagorean theorem and sabermetrics has been turned into a big budget motion picture staring one of world&#8217;s five biggest movie stars &#8211; Brad Pitt &#8211; and one of the five [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The whistle blows and Troy Ryan skates over to address team members huddled at centre ice. Even with skates on, he’s a foot shorter than most of them. Ryan stops and players drop to one knee. His voice is calm and reassuring as he gives final words to the players. “That’s it boys; be ready [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s cross country team posted their best result to date, capturing third place on Saturday, October 15th AUS meet at Universite de Moncton. The men’s team finished U de M’s course in fifth. Despite the unseasonably warm temperatures, Moncton’s course was still a gruelling hills run. The grassy and uneven ground [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 648 BCE, Pankration was introduced at the Greek Olympic Games. This ancestor to modern wrestling soon became much more than sport, and was adopted into the armies of the city-states. Certainly the 300 Spartans who fought at Thermopylae nearly 200 years later were fairly well versed in its ways. Its influence is apparent in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; Special teams were the difference in St. Thomas University’s 4-2 pre-season loss Thursday night against St. Francis Xavier. The Tommie’s went 0 for 5 on the power play and gave up a short-handed goal in a loss to the X-Men at the Lady Beaverbrook Arena. The Tommie’s looked sharp early on until the X-Men’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Coming off their 2010-11 ACAA Championship, the STU Tommies women’s basketball team opened up the new season with three exhibition games in Quebec.  For years, the Tommies have begun their season with this same road trip. &#8220;It’s definitely not the easiest way to kick off a new year, playing some of the most difficult teams [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By now you’ve begun to settle into your routine for the year. You wake up, eat your daily meals, go to class, maybe pop in for a shift at your job and do assignments. I’m hoping that a mandatory part of your routine is exercise. This week I’m talking about beginning a basic workout program. Depending on your goals, you’ll be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Canadian athletic community meets NCAA policy with mixed responses &nbsp; SASKATOON (CUP) — The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently adopted a new policy for transgender athletes, but Canadian Interuniversity Sport and many other Canadian athletic associations are in no rush to do the same. The NCAA’s policy states that any athlete who has testosterone in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University men&#8217;s soccer team played a solid game against the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves beating them 2-1. The win moved them into second place on the table. Before the game both teams were tied for that spot, knowing a win would bump them up to the top slot. The teams had played each other at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students will have to dig deep into their pockets if they want to take part in intramural sports this school year. The University of New Brunswick is charging STU students $50 a semester for a recreation pass to play intramural sports. And it will cost an additional $100 to play intramural hockey. [&hellip;]</p>