Famous Canadian sprinters Bruny Surin, Nick Macrozonaris, and current Olympian pentathlete Jessica Zelinka hold all-time records in the Tomlinson Fieldhouse in their respective events. Over the past weekend, further history was made, as McGill played host to the 18th Annual McGill Team Challenge Meet—the largest indoor track meet in Canada.[Read More…]
Sports
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SSMU drops ball, should have dropped puck
“The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places—the school, the church, and the skating rink—but our real life was on the skating rink.” Last week, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) held a week of events to better inform McGill students about the[Read More…]
Superbowl Preview
49ers Offence All the talk surrounding the San Francisco 49ers is focused on quarterback Colin Kaepernick—and rightfully so. The 2011 second round pick has sent former starter Alex Smith to the bench, just like Tom Brady did to Drew Bledsoe back in 2011. When Kaepernick beat Brady in Foxborough in[Read More…]
Around the water cooler
In case you were too busy a) freezing at Igloofest b) pretending you were part of the United Nations or c) sending a monkey to space, here’s what you missed this past week in the world of sports TENNIS — The year’s first major tournament ended on Sunday, as familiar[Read More…]
Weekend of woe: Redmen drop two more
The McGill Redmen entered McConnell Arena on Friday evening hoping to bounce back after a tough 3-2 overtime shootout loss to UQTR last Wednesday night. Unfortunately for the Redmen, history repeated itself, as the Concordia Stingers outlasted McGill 3-2 in another overtime shootout. Despite falling behind just 22 seconds into[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler
In case you were too busy a) being a victim of a helmet-to-helmet hit from Bernard Pollard; b) doing carnival; or c) Lennay Kekua, here’s what you missed this past week in the world of sports … COLLEGE FOOTBALL — Last week, we told you about how the world became[Read More…]
Point Counterpoint
The 2013 National Baseball Hall of Fame election took place on Jan. 9. For the first time since 1996, no players were voted in, despite players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens being up for induction. Many baseball analysts believe that this trend may continue as more players, who played[Read More…]
Sports Briefs
Basketball: Redmen 68, UQAM 42, Redmen sweep Weekend Bouts – Bibeau, Mitrovich lead charge It was quite a weekend for the McGill Redmen hoopsters, who won a pair of close games against tough divisional foes. Starting in Lennoxville on Friday against the top-ranked Bishop’s Gaiters, the Redmen put in a motivated[Read More…]
Redmen fill seats, net in victory
With thunderous chants of “McGill once, McGill twice” echoing in McConnell Arena, the McGill Redmen faced off against the No.6 ranked UQTR Patriotes for the annual Management Carnival Game on Jan. 16. Riding a continuous tidal wave of enthusiasm from the students, McGill managed to prevail in an exciting 4-2[Read More…]
Martlets make it 13 straight in rout of Gee-Gees
After hanging on to a tight 4-3 win against the Montreal Carabins the night before, the McGill Martlets took the ice again on Saturday afternoon against the faltering Ottawa Gee-Gees at McConnell Arena. The Martlets, riding a 13-game winning streak, dominated the contest 6-1 in a lopsided affair and remain[Read More…]
