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Nonprofit funds sports for children of incarcerated parents

May 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Bostonian Robin Glaser, Khalid Cannon, Matt Blodgett, Put Me In

SQRC faces synthetic turf danger in Lower Yard upgrade

May 5, 2025 by T. J. Marshall

Darren Settlemeyer leading 1000 Mile running Club members on the Lower Yard

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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS

SQ kicks off baseball season

April 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: baseball, SQ Athletics

Revival of 70-year-old SQ Olympics 

April 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Adrian AD Robinson, SQ Olympics

Youth and National Basketball League Chaplains shine

April 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Athletes in Action, nba, SQ Warriors

The sweet science of boxing

April 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: boxing

SQ hosts Special Olympics, polar plunge, and torch run

April 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...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: 1000 Mile Club, Special Olympics

New program promotes healthy alternative to diabetic medication

April 4, 2025 by Dave Richard

Participants learn to practice Tai Chi in the Lower Yard Gym

In an effort to fight diabetes, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center this past September started an Exercise Movement class. The San Quentin medical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: diabetes

Oakland A’s and Raiders move to Las Vegas

March 22, 2025 by Tyrone Luqman Jones

As the 2025 Major League Baseball season kicks off with ceremonial first pitches in stadiums across America, one will remain eerily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: A's, Oakland A’s, Oakland Raiders, Raiders

The rehabilitative value of sports

March 17, 2025 by Lawrence Randall

Sports programs at San Quentin have lasted for more than 120 years and they have played a key part not only in rehabilitation, but also in the renewal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: San Quentin Niners, San Quentin Warriors

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