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“Sandlot” style softball game ends with fellowship circle on addiction

July 15, 2025 By Martin Keith DeWitt

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

July 14, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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

July 7, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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

July 3, 2025 By T. J. Marshall

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

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 their biggest supporter.  Steve Reichardt, the SQ Giants’ lead outside coach, was born with … [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 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

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 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

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 in Alabama and had lost his father to prison at age four, would answer that question in the … [Read More...]

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

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 outweigh the long-term physical effects on the future residents. Many public health advocates claim … [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 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 

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 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

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 time out of their busy schedules to celebrate the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center basketball … [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, the combatants gain physical conditioning and mental strength  Instructors of the "sweet … [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 Quentin. The 1000 Mile Club gave $500 to the Special Olympics fund, and SQ’s general population added … [Read More...]

Participants learn to practice Tai Chi in the Lower Yard Gym

New program promotes healthy alternative to diabetic medication

May 4, 2025 By Dave Richard

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

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 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

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 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

March 16, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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 

March 4, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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...]

Former NFL player seeks clemency, pardons for incarcerated

March 1, 2025 By Eric Allen

Former NFL pro-bowler of the Seattle Seahawks finds purpose after hanging up his cleats and shoulders pads after a successful football career. When Doug Baldwin Jr. retired from pro football, he felt himself at loose ends.  “I felt lost in the … [Read More...]

 SF Giants’ staff hold restorative justice dialogue, team building session at SQ

February 14, 2025 By Martin Keith DeWitt

The San Quentin Giants and the San Francisco Giants joined one another in a restorative justice circle that highlighted the need for change through bonding and team building methods. The impromptu visit was led by, world champion Giants player, … [Read More...]

One-and-done softball tournament and homerun derby end 2024 season

February 8, 2025 By Marcus Casillas

Softball tournament and homerun derby marks the end of the SQRC’s 2024 softball season.  The tournament, preceded by the homerun derby, consisted of competitors from Lost Dreams Awaken, Prison Sports Ministries, Goon Squad, and SQ’s own, … [Read More...]

SQ inspires Washington State Penitentiary to start running club

February 7, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

SQRC’s Thousand Mile Club held its annual marathon in November of last year. As fans were in attendance to cheer on the top-flight runners, organizations were also in attendance, trying to take in the value of sports as rehabilitation.  SQRC’s … [Read More...]

Hall-of-Famer reflects on death of Willie Mays, racism, Negro Leagues

February 6, 2025 By Anthony Manuel Caravalho

The death of Willie Mays, one of the all-time greats of the national pastime, took place 72 hours before he was to be honored at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where his professional career began in the Negro League. The Fox Sports … [Read More...]

San Quentin revives Olympics after decades

January 28, 2025 By Martin Keith DeWitt

Olympic events dating back to the early 1900s features multi-skills challenges The Lower Yard played host to the second San Quentin Olympics after a sixty-four year hiatus that highlighted sports for the incarcerated community. The … [Read More...]

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