There are those hockey fans who believe that when the Detroit Red Wings set a new record for home wins this season there should have be an asterisk beside their names because several of those 23 victories came as a result of shoot-outs.
Then again, there are some more cerebral sports analysts who believe that if an asterisk is added to the record books, it should only be to note that with the shoot-outs included, the accomplishment becomes all the more extraordinary.
As a kid growing up in Chatham, Morgan McNaughton spent most of his summers playing competitive soccer. Looking back now, he realizes the chance to play his favourite sport in an organized league was something of a luxury.
“I knew people who weren’t able to play sports like hockey just because registration and equipment was so expensive,” said the fourth-year kinesiology student. “It’s unfortunate that some people can’t play because everyone wants us to be physically active. It’s a shame to miss out on those opportunities because your family can’t afford it.”
Given that Tom Gideon’s reason for existing is to protect NASCAR drivers, you’d think he might bristle a little more when he hears about stock car fans who say they only watch the races for the crashes. Oddly enough, it doesn’t prompt the kind of reaction you’d expect.
Canadian Interuniversity Sport recognized a pair of Lancers as the country’s outstanding performers on the track this year, Thursday morning prior to the start of the national championship tournament.
Nicole Sassine, a fifth-year kinesiology student, was named female track athlete of the year. She received a similar honour at the Ontario University Athletics championship after she won gold in the 300m and the 4x200 relay and added silver medals in the 60m hurdles and the 4x400.
Anyone who’s ever driven a truck, a bus or a bulldozer for a long period of time might have considered what kind of long-term damage the constant rumbling and bumping of those massive machines under them might be doing to their bodies.
Volleyball players like Paige McDowell have a little more spring in their step out on the court these days thanks to the award-winning research of undergraduate Renee Meloche.
 Renee Meloche. |
Sit in Don Clarke’s office for any length of time and it won’t take long to see why he’s considered kinesiology’s “go-to guy.”
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For Mike Mallender, signing on to Lancer football was all about one thing – family legacy. His father Scott and uncle Craig Mallender starred with the team in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
“I was 100 per cent sure I wanted to be a Lancer,” Mike Mallender said Monday, right after he signed a letter of intent to join for the 2012 season. “With my dad playing here and my uncle as well, being able to step into that role – how amazing is that?”
Chris Lachapelle, a UWindsor graduate (BHK 1995), will deliver a free public lecture entitled “Fans Versus Safety: Can We Afford Both?” on Friday, January 20, at noon in room 145, Human Kinetics Building.
Shannon Kerwin, assistant professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management, will deliver a free public lecture on the working environment of non-profit sport organizations on Friday, January 6.
Her lecture, presented as part of the Human Kinetics Speaker Series, is entitled “Sub-group Identity and Conflict” and begins at noon in room 145, Human Kinetics Building.
