Flag football kicks off with three competitive games
GAME ONE: The San Quentin Rehabilitation Centers’ All-In Flag Football season began with a barnburner. Team Finesse vs. Don’t Hate. Lino led team Don’t Hate with six receptions, one touchdown, and one 2-point conversion. Davion ”Smooth” Starks … [Read More...]
3-on-3 basketball and music event on Mother’s Day
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center hosted a celebration of mothers during the month that celebrated Mother’s Day. Titled “Grip the Mic,” the May 22 morning-to-noon event took over San Quentin’s Lower Yard basketball court, turning half of it into a … [Read More...]
Annual alumni game is a hit as home team smashes
Former San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s baseball players played their annual alumni game against the SQ Giants at the Field of Dreams. Resident Robert Nash pitched his third game of the season, helping the SQ Giants by giving up no earned runs … [Read More...]
Unity and teamwork through competitive sports
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center hosted a Special Olympics fundraising event that included a day of sports with a goal of promoting rehabilitation, inclusion, and positive community outreach. Hundreds of San Quentin residents, staff gathered on … [Read More...]
Soccer season starts
The soccer league’s opening game of the season started with an unexpected collision with the San Quentin Earthquakes. Dario Abramsriehn, captain of the rival team, Outsiders, arrived with new reinforcements on the team, matching the SQ … [Read More...]
Basketball season opens with SQ Warriors and Kings double header
The 2025 San Quentin basketball season started in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s gym with a doubleheader featuring the San Quentin Warriors and San Quentin Kings taking on outside teams. The Warriors, an under-40 team, and the Kings, a … [Read More...]
“Sandlot” style softball game ends with fellowship circle on addiction
A softball game by two coed teams on the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s Lower Yard brought unity and fellowship to everyone involved. The San Quentin Hardtimers softball team, scheduled to play against the Lost Dreams Awaken team April 13, … [Read More...]
Baseball infielder overcomes traumatic brain injury
Sports mimic the trials and tribulations of life: the victories and losses, the tragedies and redemptions, the falls from grace and the miraculous comebacks. Life and sports stories are as complex as a Shakespearean play. No matter the complexity, … [Read More...]
San Quentin Giants lose to LA Love in nail-biter to open season
All the traditional gallantry that came with America’s favorite pastime fully showed at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center as the SQ Giants hosted their rivals from Southern California. On April 19, LA LOVE defeated the SQ Giants in a classic … [Read More...]
Cross-Fit event encourages healthy lifestyle
Make America Buff Again gymnasium promotes fitness and nutrition The chill of the morning air and the sound of loud music signaled the anticipation of the first cross-fit competition at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. On April 17, the San … [Read More...]
SQ Giants coach’s long wait for kidney is over
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 their biggest supporter. Steve Reichardt, the SQ Giants’ lead outside coach, was born with … [Read More...]
SQ’s Hardtimers open season with win
San Quentin’s Hardtimers opened up their 2025 season with a game against Prison Sports Ministries that renewed the gratitude and warm embraces between the teams who returned to SQ’s Field of Dreams. PSM’s Doug Aubineau, a formerly … [Read More...]
Two big hitters prepare baseball field for upcoming season
Canseco & McGwire, Mays & McCovey, Montana & Rice: it seems great duos rise above the call of duty. At San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s Field of Dreams, fans of the oldest active diamond in the country can find two curators who double … [Read More...]
Nonprofit funds sports for children of incarcerated parents
Would the inclusion of athletics influence identity, academics, and social skills of youth with an incarcerated parent? Khalid Cannon, who grew up in Alabama and had lost his father to prison at age four, would answer that question in the … [Read More...]
SQRC faces synthetic turf danger in Lower Yard upgrade
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 outweigh the long-term physical effects on the future residents. Many public health advocates claim … [Read More...]
SQ kicks off baseball season
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 San Quentin Giants and threatened the season. Ill-advised planning for new turf and a refurbished … [Read More...]
Revival of 70-year-old SQ Olympics
Adrian “AD” Robinson, curator of demonstration sports as rehabilitation, dreamt about bringing the Olympics back to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center after a 64-year absence. Robinson’s vision stemmed from his own battle with depression, … [Read More...]
Youth and National Basketball League Chaplains shine
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 time out of their busy schedules to celebrate the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center basketball … [Read More...]
The sweet science of boxing
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, the combatants gain physical conditioning and mental strength Instructors of the "sweet … [Read More...]
SQ hosts Special Olympics, polar plunge, and torch run
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 Quentin. The 1000 Mile Club gave $500 to the Special Olympics fund, and SQ’s general population added … [Read More...]
New program promotes healthy alternative to diabetic medication
In an effort to fight diabetes, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center this past September started an Exercise Movement class. The San Quentin medical stated that 13% of the 2950 men incarcerated at SQRC have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The … [Read More...]
Oakland A’s and Raiders move to Las Vegas
As the 2025 Major League Baseball season kicks off with ceremonial first pitches in stadiums across America, one will remain eerily silent. Oakland, California — a city that lost the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas and Golden State Warriors to San … [Read More...]
The rehabilitative value of sports
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 of mental stability of the incarcerated community. “After the death of a female friend, I became … [Read More...]
Ryan Leaf talks about journey to sobriety
Athletes sometimes hit rock bottom, just like the rest of us. Sometimes they might redefine themselves, turning out stronger than before. Ex-San Diego Charger quarterback and formerly incarcerated resident Ryan Leaf hosted The Last Mile’s podcast … [Read More...]
SQRC’s hosts 2nd Annual Super Bowl Party
As the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, a battle of attrition took place in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s Chapel B. Although correctional officers did not participate in SQRC’s second annual Super Bowl Party … [Read More...]