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Raising the Stakes: Croquet on the Rise
Emmy Rubin Sports Editor Photo via The Tab Cucumber sandwiches. Jam and scones. Vats of tea. The smell of clean-cut grass perfuming the...
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- May 13
- 3 min
Thank You, Alyssa Nakken
Alice Martin Managing Editor Photo VIA Scott Strazzante, AP In a time when I didn’t know what a pandemic was, I played softball. I played...
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- Apr 22
- 5 min
Queer, Quaffle, Quidditch Everything you need to know about the not-so-magical sport
Emmy Rubin Sports Editor Photo credits: Patrick Giardino When we hear “Quidditch”, most of us think of a popular sport played by witches...
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- Mar 23
- 3 min
Why are we suffering? How female athletes are affected by body image
Emmy Rubin Sports Editor Photo credits: The Bulletin When we hear about sports in the news or the media, there are always two...
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- Feb 19
- 6 min
Let Her Play
Why Intersex and Transgender Women Should Compete in the Olympics According to Their Gender Identity Alice Martin Managing Editor (IAN...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Gender VS Fair Competition
Gender VS Fair Competition Brittainny Jones Contributor For decades women have been fighting to get recognized playing the sports they...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Elitist Sports: Can you go skiing without selling a kidney in the process?
Elitist Sports Can you go skiing without selling a kidney in the process? Daria Bocicova Sports Editor We live in a time when for some of...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 3 min
Being a Woman in a Male Dominated Sport
Daria Bocicova Sports Editor The first documented athletic competitions began in a land of myths, in a time of kings, ancient Greece....
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 5 min
Working Out Behind A Screen
How Alternative Sports Will Rescue Your Workout Routine By Daria Bocicova Sports Editor And Alice Martin Staff Writer Alice: I've been...
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- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
Halftime and High-tops: Where Fashion Meets Fitness
An Ode to Michael Jordan By Mia Kennedy Sports Editor It began in 1985 when the first pair of Air Jordans were released. Micheal Jordan...
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- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Sex Work and Sensuality in Sport
by Mia Kennedy Sports Editor In 2017, the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF) officially recognized pole...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Are the Montreal Canadiens Cursed by the Retro Jerseys?
By Lauren Dym Contributor For more than a month now, Montreal’s beloved Canadiens have felt the wrath of the retro jersey. A plight so...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Bruised, Beaming and Bi
By Mia Kennedy Sports Editor I’m not going to explain how to play roller derby; there are YouTube videos for that. To tackle some FAQs:...
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- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Pandemic Playoffs and Super Bowl Super Spreaders
by Mia Kennedy It’s a strange time for sports. Let’s begin with the Habs. At the home opener, fans were not stuck in a traffic jam...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Skateboarding in the Olympics
By Donté-Kydd Richmond Sports Editor Photo from Skate Newswire After being enjoyed as both a profession and a hobby for decades,...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
How the NBA dealt with COVID-19
By Donté Kydd-Richmond Sports Editor Article originally published in The Plant's November 2020 Issue Photo by Joe Murphy/NBE via Getty...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Final Hurdle: Making Gym Classes More Inclusive
By Donté Kydd-Richmond Sports Editor Article originally published in The Plant's October 2020 Issue Phys Ed can be the highlight of your...
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Blackness & Basketball
By Donté Kydd-Richmond Basketball is a staple of black culture and black life at large, and has been for decades. Since the sport’s...
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- May 23, 2020
- 3 min
Bread and Circuses: the role of sports during “deconfinement”
By Eleanor Sherry It’s mid-May as I’m writing this, and already we’ve seen a lot of changes to the rules of quarantine. Thinking back a...
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- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Taking The Team Out Of Teamwork: Rowing During Quarantine
By Bridget Griffin and Eleanor Sherry With Dawson’s student population stuck in quarantine, team sports have taken a major hit. Many, if...
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- Feb 24, 2020
- 3 min
How Do We Remember Kobe Bryant?
By Eleanor Sherry - Sports Editor Content Warning: Sexual Assault Thousands of people have expressed their sorrow for the loss of Kobe...
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- Oct 17, 2019
- 4 min
Worlds 2019: An Esports Testimony
By Devyn Sherry October has always been a slow month for online competitive gaming. With the vast majority of competitive games holding...
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- Sep 24, 2019
- 3 min
NHL RFA’s: Contracts are rising, the cap is not.
By Jackson Starr We are currently entering the month of September. NHL training camps are starting, the pre-season starts in about two...
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- Sep 24, 2019
- 3 min
Have you heard about the Dawson Rowing Team?
A brutally honest ‘morning in the life’ of a Dawson rower By Romy Shoam If you didn’t know about Dawson’s rowing team, you definitely did...
theplantnews
- Oct 18, 2018
- 3 min
Dawson Sports Injustice?
by Damilare Akintade October 18, 2018 | Sports Out of all the sports played at Dawson, whether it be soccer, hockey, cheerleading or...
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- Sep 26, 2017
- 2 min
Weekly Sports Wrap-Up (Sept.22-24)
by Charles Garand, Nicholas Parrott September 26, 2017 | Sports Hockey: The Dawson Blues women’s team continues to find success, as they...
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- Sep 12, 2017
- 2 min
A DISAPPOINTING START AT HOME FOR DAWSON BLUES
by Nicholas Parrott September 12, 2017 | Sports After starting the season out with a loss to the André-Laurendeau Boomerang, the Dawson...
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- Apr 12, 2017
- 4 min
Tasting Bronze
by Gary-Joseph Panganiban April 12, 2017 | Sports Over the weekend of April 1st, the RSEQ (Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec) held their...
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- Mar 15, 2017
- 4 min
The Trials of an Athlete: the James Pila Story
by Gary-Joseph Panganiban March 15, 2017 | Sports “It was something basketball players do all the time,’’ said James. ‘‘I had the ball,...
theplantnews
- Oct 22, 2015
- 6 min
Habs Power Play Analysis
by Sports Editor October 22, 2015 | Sports After 3 games this season, the Canadiens have looked like they will be the real deal this...
theplantnews
- Oct 22, 2015
- 3 min
The Segway Line
by Nick Lariviere October 22, 2015 | Sports After 6 games this year, the Canadiens have gone undefeated. A huge part of their success...
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- Oct 22, 2015
- 3 min
Row Boats and Raise Funds
by Claire Peacock October 22, 2015 | Sports This past Saturday, Oct. 17, the Dawson Rowing Team hosted friends, family and the Dawson...
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- Oct 22, 2015
- 6 min
October Baseball is Unifying Canadians
by Nicholas Di Giovanni October 22, 2015 | Sports The moment the ball left the bat and the subsequent explosion ignited through the...