Reading Time: 4 minutes“I’m proud of this team,” said head coach Lionel Woods. “We get to go to nationals and learn from this loss and see if we can be tougher next weekend.”
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSaturday night was a night to remember for the Gee-Gees men’s basketball team. A 79–78 win in a semifinal game in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoff against rival Ryerson Rams would become the most memorable game this season
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCurling world champion and U of O communication alumna Dawn McEwen joined the Canadian curling team in its Olympic gold-medal victory over Sweden today, Feb. 20.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJuggling academics, basketball, and fatherhood is not an easy task, but Thomas manages. He says it takes “a lot of focus and a lot of balance,” and that he has to “find a time and place for everything.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWayne Gretzky is often considered to be the best player in hockey history and at the head of the dynasty that was the 1979–88 Edmonton Oilers. However, the narrative might have been different if Grant Fuhr wasn’t in net during those Oilers championships.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 18–2 Gee-Gees men’s basketball team represents the University of Ottawa in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) while the 22–1 Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team represents the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTheir recent weekend wins against Concordia mean that both the men’s and women’s hockey teams will be heading into their respective league’s playoffs in a couple weeks.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor some (including this writer), the temptation to sit inside, eat chips, and stream online TV shows is still overwhelming. But whether you kept active or turned into a couch potato, the Fulcrum has collected a few suggestions of enjoyable activities that will help get you moving again before spring.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGees basketball forward Terry Thomas has cemented himself in University of Ottawa history by breaking the record for most points scored in a single game.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollow the swim team’s performance at the OUA with day-by-day coverage of their performance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMen’s and women’s basketball roundups for Friday, Feb. 7.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThey picked this mountain for the second year because they were so successful raising funds last year. I think next year they will do a different mountain, maybe Everest. They pick the mountain, I pick to climb.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ottawa Sports Awards (OSAs) recognize amateur athletes as well as senior and veteran coaching members for excellence in their respective domains in sport, and have been operating annually since 1953.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our top eight on the men’s and women’s are as good as anybody. Now it’s just a question of seeing how the rest of the team stacks up against the best in the OUAs,” he said. “That’s the fun part. We don’t know and we’re going to find out.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our response was two weeks of training,” said Gees-Gees head coach Lionel Woods, explaining their strategy after previously losing to Ryerson. “This match was the result of our response; we got together, talked about it together, and figured it out together.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesn the last three years, football has seen a rise in the number of prominent black quarterbacks and has been described as the golden era of black quarterbacks. It is not a coincidence that in these past seasons, we have also heard of dual-threat quarterbacks, referring to quarterbacks who can run just as well as they throw.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The reason we signed him is because we feel like he has a chance to compete strongly,” said Brock Sunderland, assistant general manager for the RedBlacks. “We liked not only what he did this year, but what he did in 2012 as a wide receiver.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA recap of Friday and Saturday’s games of men’s hockey in this Feb. 1 edition of the Highlight Reel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBasketball coverage in today’s edition of the Highlight Reel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHighlight Reel: Jan. 31 Men’s Gee-Gees gallop past Rams Friday marked the beginning of the Year of the Horse on the Chinese calendar, and the Gee-Gees started the new year off at a gallop as they took down the Ryerson University Rams 70-63. Despite their seven-point victory — which brings their season to 15-2 — …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWomen’s volleyball in this special Wednesday edition of the Highlight Reel.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOff the court, Derouin is an approachable character with an amiable allure, which earns him the trust of his athletes and sometimes complaints from Andy Sparks, head coach of the women’s team. However, Derouin isn’t quick to smile.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis game marked the second Capital Hoops win for the U of O women since it began in 2008. Although the Gees do not have a great record for the Classic, the U of O has finished ahead of Carleton in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) finals and at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) nationals for the past several years.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing the game, I asked myself, “Why isn’t that school spirit present on our campus?” I then told myself that our passion for the Gee-Gees brand is just as good as ever, it was just an uncommon occurrence.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDoes Ottawa have a player who can score 20 or more points at will like athletic Thunder front-court James Harden? The Gee-Gees have multiple Hardens.
