Gold & Bold

The Boys are back in town. The Blue Jays are back so that means Host and Sports Manager Nathan Pagliaroli, sits down with 4th year student and broadcaster Owen MacDonald on what could be his last Gold and Bold episode to talk everything Blue Jays and MLB, alongside talking NHL as the season winds down and playoff pictures start to set. Sit back and listen to the guys make their predictions on how...

Nathan and Tanner Return for another week to continue keeping you beautiful listeners up to date with the wide world of sports. In the aftermath of all Laurier terams having been knocked out of the playoffs, the focus is on pro sports nowm, so the boys lead off with a look at the champion’s league, and the story of the day is the premier league getting trounced by their Liga matchups, what does th...

it’s all over….

Nathan sits back down with Laurier Basketball playcaller Tanner Silbur for the first episode of march to talk about the last remaining Laurier Playoff team, the women’s hockey team, their upcoming playoff matchup with Brock and the wealth of goaltending talent with which the team been blessed. And for those looking for pro sports discussion, they spend some time looking around the NBA, NFL, and NH...

After a restful reading week the small crew has returned to see all but one Laurier team knocked unceremoniously out of the playoffs. Nathan and Frankie return to talk about the disastrous circumstances that befell the Laurier Golden Hawks over the last two weeks, and do a postmortem on the men’s teams that have now been booted. Thank god the women’s hockey team is still rolling loud and has a cha...

It’s Midterms so sports manager Nathan’s flying solo this week on one of the biggest weeks of the year, and boy is it a time to have to fly solo. First of all, it’s not over yet, but things have been looking rough over the last little while for both the men’s and women’s hockey teams at Laurier, who are stumbling even as both look to cruise into playoff slots. Nathan goes on to bemoan the ongoing...

Radio Laurier Sports Director Nathan Pagliaroli sits down with RL callers Tanner Silburn and Frankie Mandarino for yet another Gold and Bold. The gang talks some disappointing ends to Laurier Teams’ seasons between the men’s and women’s basketball teams and the women’s hockey team before moving on to the Gavin McKenna Headlines, He broke that dude’s jaw in THREE places eh. Either way, the McKenna...

Nathan sat down with Laurier Basketball colour commentator Tanner Silburn to run down what’s happened in sports this year. First the guys discuss the dome being officially up over the football field. The boys mourn the departure of Laurier’s football coach a bit before moving on and talking a bit about the precarious place of the Laurier men’s basketball situation with the impending departure of m...

HOOWAH Gold and Bold returns for 2026. Laurier Playcallers Frankie Mandarino and Owen MacDonald join Radio Laurier Sports Manager Nathan Pagliaroli, assuming his position on the host’s throne for the first episode of the new year. The boys talk about the departure of Laurier’s football coach Michael Faulds, the recent heartbreaking 20 point lead blown by the men’s basketball team against western,...

Moving toward the end of the Fall 2025 semester Mike and El Presidente are joined by Tanner Silburn, one of the casters for Laurier Basketball this school year to talk about some of the problems being experienced by the non-women’s hockey teams of late, over the last little while. Before moving on to both brighter and stranger pastures; brighter in some chat about the Raptors picking up the Jays’...

The train chugs along, joined by Radio Laurier PR director and the Voice of Laurier Men’s and Women’s Hockey Matteo Beckles (IG @becklessports) Mikey and Nathan get the lowdown on how the Golden Hawks have been doing at hockey from Matteo’s perch in the broadcasting booth, before the boys all have an extended discussion about the Laurier Basketball teams and the Raptors have been doing and what fa...

When it rains it pours, first the Jays, now the Golden Hawks. Mikey and Frankie discuss the Gaels’ massive upset win over the hawks in the Yates Cup final and what it’ll mean for the team in the next year. In other news, The Jays are in the offseason now, and the Bichette Conversation remains up in the air, will Rogers sign him, will he stay in the city and win it with Vladdy. There’s also some di...

The BLUE JAYS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN, and by it, lets just say, blown it heartbreakingly, this time in the ninth inning of the seventh game of the world series. Around the Laurier sports world, we give a look ahead at what people should expect from the Golden Hawks in the Yates Cup and Beyond as they reach the end zone run of the Football season, and then shortly touch on Hockey and Basketball over th...

The Return of Gold & Bold. A look ahead at the seasons to expect from the Golden Hawks’ men’s and women’s basketball and hockey teams this academic year with There’s also a discussion of the crazy start to the Blue Jays’ series against the Yankees, what they can expect going forward, and who youd rather face, and really who they should be afraid of, assuming (fingers crossed) they make it to t...

It was MLB Opening Day yesterday as the Blue Jays took on divisional rivals Baltimore Orioles at the Rogers Centre…losing 12-2 and giving up 6 home-runs, starting the season in the most Toronto way possible. Also around the sports world – John Tortorella fired from the Philadelphia Flyers 10 games from the end of the season, one of the most exciting NHL Wild Card races in recent memory, and an OHL...

Concordia wins the men’s and UofT wins the women’s in the OUA hockey championships last weekend as another year of OUA competition begins to wind down. After, host Ian covers the Kitchener Rangers season, an updated NHL playoff picture, Alex Ovechkin’s goal hunt, and the wild world of NCAA March Madness.

It was an eventful week in both university and professional sports as the University of Ottawa captures both men’s and women’s OUA basketball championships, as well as significant fallout from the NHL Trade Deadline. This week’s episode also features discussion of the Toronto Raptors’ season, MLB spring training, and WLU’s women’s hockey team winning several OUA end-of-season awards.

It’s playoff action at home for Laurier’s women’s hockey team as they face off in the opening round of the OUA Playoffs after dropping the first game of the series against the Waterloo Warriors in overtime. Sports Manager Ian Bailey previews tonight’s action, as well as holds the program’s first “Public Apology” segment as callers apologize to Jordan Binnington after his game-saving performance in...

It’s Senior’s weekend for Laurier hockey as both men’s and women’s squads hold their final regulation season games tonight and tomorrow as the nationally ranked #9 women’s team faces off against TMU and the men take on Carleton and Windsor. Elsewhere, the women’s Golden Hawks on the court gear up for their playoff match next week against the Guelph Gryphons and two callers discuss Team Canada’s vi...

It’s the Super Bowl preview episode of Gold&Bold, as hosts Kevin and Ian discuss and predict the rematch between Kansas City and Philadelphia. Also featuring analysis of the shocking Luka Doncic trade that shook the sports world, J.T. Miller is sent to the New York Rangers, as well as Senior’s Day for the Laurier basketball teams as they play their last home regular season game with their sigh...

WLU’s women’s hockey program makes their first appearance on the USports national ranking for the first time since 2014! Sports Manager Ian also takes us through this weekend’s basketball games and Laurier’s own star quarterback Taylor Elgersma at the Senior Bowl in Alabama. In the NHL, a blockbuster trade involving Mikko Rantanen and the Toronto Blue Jays sign Max Scherzer.

Laurier’s basketball teams come into this weekend’s Battle of Waterloo riding a 3-game winning streak amid a strong start to the month. On the ice, the women’s hockey team is also enjoying recent success while the men’s hopes of a playoff push continue to fade. Elsewhere, the Baseball Hall of Fame announces this year’s inductees and the never-ending drama surrounding the Vancouver Canucks.

It’s NFL playoff weekend as hosts Ian and Zach preview the AFC and NFC divisional rounds. But first, Laurier’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are in action against the visiting Algoma Thunderbirds for back-to-backs and the hockey teams both play at home on Hockey Day in Canada for a packed weekend of Laurier sports. Elsewhere, the pair discuss the history of Super Bowl half-time shows as well...

Sports Manager Ian kicks off the term premiere of Gold & Bold with a recap of WLU’s men’s and women’s hockey/basketball teams as they head into the 2025 half of the OUA season with an eye on the playoffs. Also covered is Canada’s shortcomings at the World Juniors, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays, the recent success of the Montreal Canadiens, and an NFL playoff preview and picks to cap...

The term finale of Gold & Bold features a recap of the Vanier Cup, the twin seasons of WLU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as the contrasting men’s and women’s hockey teams. After, it’s an all-NHL show as host Ian Bailey takes three callers – all of different opinions – to discuss the Matthews-less Leafs, bottom-feeding Penguins, struggling Rangers, soaring Jets, and more!