Most Valuable Player: Aaron Rodgers Runner up: J.J. Watt, Tony Romo, and Antonio Brown Rodgers is the best quarterback in the league, and by the time he retires, he just might be the best quarterback ever. After starting the season 1-2, Rodgers put on a quarterback clinic to finish the[Read More…]
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Basketball: Bourque leads Redmen past Rouge et Or
McGill Redmen 73 Laval Rouge et Or 42 “Going into the game you always think you’re going to win—you have to be confident,” sophomore wing Michael Peterkin said. “We beat [Laval] two days ago, and we had a tough game when we won that so we thought if we stick[Read More…]
Know your coaches: Martlet and Redmen basketball and hockey
Peter Smith – Martlet Hockey There are very few teams in university sports that can claim to be as dominant as the Martlet ice hockey team has been in recent years. A large part of that success can be traced back to the steady hand of Peter Smith, who has[Read More…]
The week that was: January 20
Athletes of the week Francois Bourque Bourque, a towering 6’6” forward from Terrebonne, Quebec, carried the Redmen to two victories over the weekend against Laval. He notched a double double in both games and averaged 13.5 points, 13 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, proving to be too much to handle in[Read More…]
Behind the Bench: Winter ‘not so’ classic
As Troy Brouwer scored the game-winning goal with 13 seconds remaining in regulation, one could almost forget that the NHL’s annual Winter Classic was struggling to maintain its popularity among fans. This year’s game, an outdoor tilt between the Washington Capitals and the Chicago Blackhawks, may have been the most[Read More…]
Week that was for McGill Athletics: January 13
Athletes of the week Mariam Sylla It was a bit more than business as usual for star forward Mariam Sylla this weekend. The two-time Athlete of the Week scored her 500th regular season point in a Martlet uniform on Thursday, posting a double double in the lopsided win over Bishop’s.[Read More…]
Game Report: Leung sinks Gaiters at the buzzer
McGill Redmen 62 Bishop’s Gaiters 59 “We don’t like them and they’re probably not big fans of us either,” second-year swingman Michael Peterkin said after back-to-back wins against the pre-season conference favourite Bishop’s Gaiters. After the Dalhousie Rod Shoveller Tournament in Halifax, the Redmen returned from the winter break red-hot,[Read More…]
10 Things: Weird sports
Headis is a combination of tennis and soccer. It is played with two players, a ping-pong table, and a seven-inch rubber ball. The rules are identical to those of table tennis with one catch: the players can only serve, volley and hit the ball with their heads. The sport was[Read More…]
Sylla reaches milestone in lopsided win over Gaiters
McGill Martlets 85 Bishop’s Gaiters 30 Coming off a narrow defeat at the hands of No.1-ranked Windsor over the break, the McGill Martlets (6-0) reasserted their place atop the RSEQ Conference, blowing out the Bishop’s Gaiters (0-6) 85-30 at home Thursday night. The Martlets were led by Mariam Sylla, who[Read More…]
Cloutier sinks Concordia with career performance
With one second left on the shot clock, Carolann Cloutier let it fly from beyond the arc and drained a three to widen an early lead for McGill.