SPORTS

SQ Giants coach’s long wait for kidney is over

June 13, 2025 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

As Shohei Otani and the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers opened the major league season in Japan, the SQRC Giants celebrated a new beginning for … [Read more...]

SQ’s Hardtimers open season with win

June 12, 2025 by Marcus Casillas

San Quentin’s Hardtimers opened up their 2025 season with a game against Prison Sports Ministries that renewed the gratitude and warm embraces between … [Read more...]

Two big hitters prepare baseball field for upcoming season

June 8, 2025 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Canseco & McGwire, Mays & McCovey, Montana & Rice: it seems great duos rise above the call of duty. At San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s … [Read more...]

Nonprofit funds sports for children of incarcerated parents

June 6, 2025 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Would the inclusion of athletics influence identity, academics, and social skills of youth with an incarcerated parent? Khalid Cannon, who grew up … [Read more...]

SQRC faces synthetic turf danger in Lower Yard upgrade

June 5, 2025 by T. J. Marshall

If San Quentin decides to install synthetic turf this year in place of the old geese-poop-filled grass, the fiscal saving in water usage may not … [Read more...]

SQ kicks off baseball season

May 25, 2025 by Martin Keith DeWitt

The sounds of baseballs meeting bats and popping gloves filled the air after weeks of inclement weather and a broken water main caused delays for the … [Read more...]

Revival of 70-year-old SQ Olympics

May 23, 2025 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Adrian “AD” Robinson, curator of demonstration sports as rehabilitation, dreamt about bringing the Olympics back to the San Quentin Rehabilitation … [Read more...]

Youth and National Basketball League Chaplains shine

May 22, 2025 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

As the local sports world buzzed with anticipation of the NBA’s 2025 All-Star Weekend, some supporters of the league, and perhaps future stars, took … [Read more...]

The sweet science of boxing

May 21, 2025 by Martin Keith DeWitt

Up to 60 incarcerated pugilists unite on SQRC’s Lower Yard to keep their edge in the sweet science of boxing. Through blood, sweat, and tears, … [Read more...]

SQ hosts Special Olympics, polar plunge, and torch run

May 20, 2025 by Martin Keith DeWitt

SQ athletes came out to support the Special Olympics with a torch run and a polar plunge this winter in the Lower Yard and the Baptistery at San … [Read more...]